Roach obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana 

************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm
************************************************

Name, date of obit, date submitted, submitted for the USGenWeb archives by:

Roach, Betty Ann        17 Jan 2013    Jan 2013    Jerry Nelson
Roach, John Vesta       20 Dec 2009    Dec 2009    Jerry Nelson 

***************************************************************************

Obituary published in the Hammond Daily Star on:  1/17/2013

ROACH, BETTY ANN
Betty Ann Roach, 71 years old of Tickfaw, La., passed away Friday, Jan. 11, 
2013, at North Oaks Medical Center.  Betty was born on Monday, Jan. 5, 
1942, in Worchester, Mass. She was a volunter at CASA.  Surviving are 
daughter, Annemarie Michaels, son, John William Wilder, son & daughter-in-
law, Michael and Nettie Roach, grandchildren, Jessica, Shaun, Dalton, Ryan, 
Bethany, Katherine, Karl, great-grandchild, Elijah.  She is preceded in 
death by husband, Arthur William Roach, parents, John Wilder and Susie 
Flagg Wilder, sister, Sylvia Roberts.  Friends will be received Saturday, 
Jan. 19, 2013, from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. at Regeneration Ministry, 32210 
Hwy 43. Albany LA.  Services will be held at Regeneration Ministry, 
Saturday, at 6 p.m., with Bro Michael Roach officiating. In lieu of flowers 
the family request donations to Regeneration Ministry, at P.O. box 51, 
Tickfaw LA. 70466.  An on-line guest book is available at 
www.harrymckneely.com.

***************************************************************************

Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star:  12/20/2009

ROACH, JOHN VESTA
John Vesta Roach passed away in his Ponchatoula home on December 17, 2009.
A resident of Ponchatoula, LA for 14 years, he was born in Honeygrove, TX,
on November 5, 1926. He enlisted in the Army and served in the Pacific from
1944-1946. He attended the University of Texas and married Jane Burleson on
November 22, 1950.  John Roach retired as Comptroller of Data Com &
Offshore Telephone Company. He was co-founder and for 18 years served as
Vice President of New Freedom Institute which served addicted persons and
their families. He was a member of the American Management Association and
Vice Chairman of the LA Association on Compulsive Gambling. As a Friend of
Bill W. for 48 years, he helped hundreds of people make lives for
themselves.  John is survived by his wife of 59 years, Jane B. Roach of
Ponchatoula, sons James P. Roach of Hammond and Daniel R. Roach of Pecos,
NM; daughter Nancy J. Roach of New Orleans, 6 grandchildren and 5 great-
grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents John Ross Roach and
Nervesta Billingsley Roach Foster; brothers Ross Roach and James Roach.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Funeral Service at LAKE
LAWN METAIRIE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. at 12:00 p.m.
on Tuesday, December 22, 2009. Interment will follow at Springfield
Cemetery, Springfield, LA. Visitation will be on Monday, December 21, 2009
6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 11:00 a.m.
until service time.  Please view and sign the Family Guestbook, at
www.lakelawnmetairie.com.

***************************************************************************

File at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/tangipahoa/obits/obitssur/roach.txt