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Justus, Sherman C., Jr.             13 Apr 2010   Apr 2010   Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star:  4/13/2010


JUSTUS, SHERMAN C., JR.
Sherman Justus, long time resident of Amite, passed away Friday, April 9,
2010. He was 85 years old. He was born in Shreveport where he graduated
from Fair Park High School. He is survived by his wife, and high school
sweetheart, Hildred Beasley Justus; a son, Steven of Valencia, California
and his wife Jackie; and two grandchildren, Erin and Scott both in
California; niece, Lisa Justus of Dallas and nephews, Bobby Ray Justus of
Wascom, Texas, Jay Justus of Tulsa, Clint Winter of Houston, and Richard
Justus of Shreveport. Sherman was a proud veteran of WWII serving as a deck
and gunnery officer in the Navy aboard the USS Oakland. The USS Oakland was
moored adjacent to the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945. He
was officer of the deck when the armistice was signed with Japan and
witnessed the proceedings from his position. He remained in the Navy in the
active Officer Reserves until 1957. After the war, Sherman resumed his
studies at Louisiana Tech where he graduated in 1947 "cum laude" with a
degree in Chemical Engineering. Both he and his wife are graduates of Tech.
He was inducted into Tau Beta Pi, an honorary Chemical engineering
fraternity. Sherman began his career with Gulf Oil Corporation in their
Port Arthur refinery. In 1958 he moved to Houston to Eastern States Oil &
Refining specializing in catalytic cracking and reformer operations. In
1961 he moved to Los Angeles in a merger of Eastern States with Signal Oil
& Gas. He was to become Chief Process Engineer with Signal and was then
promoted and transferred again to Houston as the Refinery Operations
Manager. He retired in Houston as the Vice President of Refining for
Charter Oil. Well known in the industry for his expertise in catalytic
cracking and other refinery operations, he continued his work as a
consultant for several years before fully retiring and moving to Amite in
1990. He and his wife were very active in the Methodist church as well as
Kiwanis and other community activities. The family would like to thank the
staff at St Helena Parish Nursing Home and Hospital for the loving care and
support they gave to both Sherman and the family in the last 1.5 years of
his life. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in his name
could be made to Habitats for Humanity or St Judešs Childrenšs Research
Hospital. Memorial Services will be held Thursday, April 15 at 1:30pm at
the First United Methodist Church in Amite. McKneely Funeral Home, Amite,
in charge of arrangements. For an online guestbook, visit
http://www.mckneelys.com.

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