Mansfield obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Mansfield, Abraham       29 Jan 2001    Jan 2001    Don Johnson
Mansfield, Leggio        30 Apr 2007    May 2007    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on:  1/29/2001

MANSFIELD, ABRAHAM
Gulfport, Miss. - Abraham Mansfield, 88, died Sunday, Jan. 28, 2001. He was
born in Folsom and was a former resident of the Glendale community near
Hattiesburg, Miss. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II and was a
retired Mississippi Central and Illinois Central Railroad Co. employee. He
was a deacon at First Baptist Church of Glendale and Fernwood Baptist
Church in Gulfport. He is survived by one son, Phillip Mansfield of
Perkinston, Miss.; two daughters, Joyce Weatherford of Gulfport; Marsha
Kaye Mansfield of Gulfport; three brothers, Milton Mansfield, Ezell "Pete" 
Mansfield, both of Folsom, Harvey Mansfield of Mandeville; two sisters,
Eula Reid of Folsom, and Burnett Pitts of New Castle, Texas; three grand-
children, four grandchildren, two step-grandchildren and eight great-
step-grandchildren. Visitation is today from 6 to 9 p.m. at Rieman Memorial
Funeral Home, state Highway 49 North, Gulfport. The funeral will be Tuesday
at 10 a.m., and burial will be in Flora Hills Memorial Gardens in Gulfport. 
Memorials can be made to Fernwood Baptist Church, 2307 East Pass Road,
Gulfport, Miss. 39507. 

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Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on:  4/30/2007

MANSFIELD, LEGGIO "JOE" 
Leggio "Joe" Mansfield, 73, of Loranger, died Sunday, April 29, 2007 in
North Oaks Medical Center.  He was born February 3, 1934 in Uneedus, son of
the late Adam and Ophelia Ard Mansfield.  Surviving are children Deborah
Mansfield, Roxanne M. Pollard, Cheryl Mansfield, Patricia Mansfield, Joel
A. Mansfield, Leggio Mansfield, Jr., and Mike Mansfield; four sisters,
Geneva M. Taylor, Ernestine M. Newman, Evelyn M. McGahagin, Ordean M.
Wright; and a dear friend, Anabelle White.  He was preceded in death by two
daughters, Jayne M. Tossin and Marilyn M. Fiorello.  Friends will be
received at Harry McKneely & Son in Hammond on Tuesday, May 1, 2007 from 
9 a.m. until the Noon Funeral Home Chapel Service.  Interment will follow
in the Noah Cemetery, Loranger, Louisiana 70446.  Email condolences to:
hmckneely@i-55.com/subject line: Mansfield.

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