Messer obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana 

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Messer, Loraine Parker         31 Aug 2005    Sep 2005    Jerry Nelson
Messer, Pearl Cecile Smith     23 Aug 2006    Aug 2006    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge):  8/31/2005

MESSER, LORANIE PARKER
A resident of Walker, she died at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28, 2005, at her 
home. She was 62 and a native of Ponchatoula. Visiting at Seale Funeral 
Home, Denham Springs, on Wednesday, Aug. 31, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and on 
Thursday, Sept. 1, from noon until religious service at 3 p.m. Interment in 
Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Galvez. She is survived by her 
daughters, Carrie Cook, Irene Lancaster and Sandy Colona; sons, Mark and 
James Kropog and Jason Cook; sisters, Shirley Parker Hite and Catherine 
Parker; brothers, Billy, Lee, Ozmay, Leon and Mervin Parker; eight grand-
children and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her 
parents, Elert and Carrie Lott Parker; mother, Carrie Parker; and sister, 
Irene Parker. She was a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Galvez. 

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Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on:  8/23/2006

MESSER, PEARL CECILE SMITH
Pearl Cecile Smith Messer, 83, died Monday, August 21, 2006, at 3:58 p.m.
at River Parish Hospital in LaPlace.  Born in Luling, she was a native of
New Sarpy, and a former resident of Hammond. She last resided at Twin Oaks
Nursing Home in LaPlace.  She established the New Sarpy Women's Civic Club
of New Sarpy in 1957.  She is survived by her brother, Henry "Buster" A.
Smith II; two children, Michael G. Messer and Mark S. Messer Sr.; one
daughter-in-law, Susan D. Messer; seven grandchildren, Tina D. Butler,
Daphne D. Reid, Dana D. Carter, Shawn M. Jones, Shay M. Posey, Melissa A.
Messer and Mark S. Messer II; and 13 great-grandchildren.  Her parents, Mr.
Henry A. Smith Sr. and Mrs. Flossie Chaisson Smith; her husband, Mr.
Charles E. Messer II; a brother, Ronald B. Smith; sisters-in-law, Donyce J.
Smith and Christine F. Smith; daughter, Ms. Charlotte M. Duvall; one
great-grandchild, Justin T. Posey, all preceded her in death.  Visitation
will be today from 6 to 9 p.m. at Alexander Funeral Home, Norco, and
service beginning at 8 a.m. on Thursday.  Alexander Funeral Home, Norco, is
in charge.  

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