Sellers obituaries/memorials, 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: Sellers, Alex (Sister Mary Charles) d. 1 May 1995 Mar, 2001 Don Johnson Sellers, Fay Alford 7 Jan 2000 Jan, 2000 Don Johnson Sellers, Hyacinth Joyce 8 Dec 1999 Mar, 2000 Sandra McLellan Sellers, James D. 29 Apr 2000 Apr, 2000 Don Johnson Sellers, Joann Montz 30 Oct 2008 Nov, 2008 Jerry Nelson Sellers, Mary O. 5 Dec 1999 Dec, 1999 Don Johnson Sellers, Simone Eva 22 Jan 2004 Jan, 2004 Don Johnson *************************************************************************** Memorial, Alex Sellers (Sister Mary Charles), Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana Submitted with permission of Dorothy Dawes, O.P. -- dmdawes@accesscom.net 580 Broadway, New Orleans, LA 70118, 504-861-8155, FAX 504-861-8718 or 865-8079 photos at http://www.dominican-sisters.net/stmarys/memoria/sellers.htm In Memory of [Sr. M. Charles Sellers] Dominican Sisters Congregation of St. Mary New Orleans Alex Sellers August 13, 1904 - May 1, 1995 "Can I get you anything, Sister, anything at all?" "Nothing," Sister replied. "I have everything." A campus minister at the University of Southwest Louisiana in Lafayette once marveled at the students from Kaplan. They would arrive early on the bus and wait in the Catholic center until class time. "What is it about Kaplan?" she wondered aloud. They all seem so gracious and gentle." Someone said, "Maybe it's something in the water." Sister Mary Charles was from Kaplan; she was gracious, gentle, and more. Her father, Victor Sellers, a rice farmer, had a German name, and her brothers, Romuald, Willie, Cleveland Charles, and sister, Adela, like herself were not given French names; her mother was Marie Hebert, and French was spoken at home. The youngest was baptized "Alix" in French. She later altered the spelling to Alex, but resisted any suggestion that it was short for anything. (The profession book has "Alexandrine.) She retained the soft French accent of Southwest Louisiana to the end. She came to St. Mary's Dominican Academy in New Orleans where she appears in group pictures as tall, slender and beautiful After school she would help Sr. M. Teresa Prendiville fold clothes and they would talk. Alex entered the convent in 1924 with Sisters M. Rita, Liguori, Alexaidia, Paul and Reginald. A novice, Sister M. Clare, would become her lifelong friend. So it was, too, with her seemingly inseparable friend Sister M. Clare, who preceded her in death by more than two years. "She died; I 'm still living," she said, matter-of-factly, as she chose life. Off in her wheelchair to her weekly Bingo at Metairie Manor; active in motherhouse activities: the music therapy group where she surprised everyone by kicking the nerf-ball with her "wooden" leg; Share the Word, the Friday scripture discussion group. She rarely missed a movie. She did not freely admit her age, maybe not even to herself. Sister Mary Charles taught in eleven parochial schools, grades one to five. Earl Garitty remembers her from St. Anthony, where she taught him fourth grade in 1936. When he came to school with a cut foot, Sister went over to the convent for a pillow to put under it. She was skilled at sewing and fancy work; Sr. Marjorie Millet's whole family treasure the rosaries made by her hands. Her rosary pliers will be kept in the archives as a memorial. Sr. M. Veronica told of praying the rosary with her. Veronica once asked, "Do you ever get tired of praying?" Her answer was laconic, and to the point. "No." She kept the beauty of her youth; her eyes spoke her sense of humor. She was graceful, affectionate and she loved people. She was courageous in the face of pain and suffering; after being attacked at St. Agnes Convent in Baton Rouge in 1981, she testified in court, saw the criminal convicted, and returned to work in the parish and at the soup kitchen until she retired five years later at 82. A leg amputation was not the end for her; she kept on going. Marjorie McKay, a faithful friend, onetime pupil at Lourdes, visited regularly. Often she would ask, "Can I get you anything, Sister, anything at all?" "Nothing," Sister replied. "I have everything." *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on: 1/07/2000 SELLERS, FAY ALFORD A native and resident of Ponchatoula, she died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2000, at North Oaks Medical Center, Hammond. She was 86. Visitation at First United Methodist Church of Ponchatoula from 1 p.m. Saturday until religious services at 2 p.m. Interment in Wetmore Cemetery. Survived by her husband, James Durham Sellers Sr., Ponchatoula; a daughter, Maureen Caryal Sellers, Ponchatoula; a son, James Durham Sellers Jr., Newport Beach, Calif.; two grandchildren, Tyler Elizabeth Pond Fussell and Kevin Miles Pond, both of Covington; and two great-grandchildren, Kyle Durham Fussell and Caroline Reede Fussell, both of Covington. Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Ponchatoula, in charge of arrangements. *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Ponchatoula Enterprise on: 12/08/1999 SELLERS, HYACINTH JOYCE Funeral services for Hyacinth Joyce Sellers, 90, were at noon Saturday, Dec. 4, from St. Joseph Catholic Church. Burial was in Ponchatoula Cemetery. Mrs. Sellers died Friday, Dec. 3, in Belle Maison Nursing Home. Survivors are a son, Joseph R. Sellers Jr. of Hammond; one daughter, Margaret Kessels of New Orleans; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on: 4/29/2000 SELLERS, JAMES D. A retired automobile dealer and a resident and native of Ponchatoula, he died Wednesday, April 26, 2000, at Belle Maison Nursing Home, Ponchatoula. He was 91. Memorial services at a later date. Survived by his daughter, Maureen Caryol Sellers, Ponchatoula; a son, James Durham Sellers, Newport Beach, Calif.; two grandchildren, Tyler Elizabeth Pond Fussell and Kevin Miles Pond; two great-grandchildren, Kyle Durham Fussell and Caroline Reede Fussell. Preceded in death by his wife, Fay Alford Sellers; and two brothers, Joseph Sellers and Burton Sellers. *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on: 10/30/2008 SELLERS, JOANN MONTZ Mrs. JoAnn Montz Sellers, 72, of Hammond, died Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008, at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. She was born on Thursday, Sept. 17, 1936, in New Orleans, daughter of the late Xavier "Joe" and Edith Baye Marinello. Mrs. Sellers was a retired educator in Orleans and Tangipahoa parishes with more than 30 years of service. She will be greatly missed by all her family and friends. Surviving are her husband, Joseph Sellers; four sons, Clint, Mark, Rodney and Wallace Montz; stepson, Cullen Sellers; stepdaughter, Katie S. Rogelstad; eight grandchildren, Hope and Noah Montz, Kelsie and Zachary Montz, Lawson Nettles and Karli Rogelstad, Cullen Sellers Jr. and Caroline Sellers; and brother, James B. Marinello. Friends will be received at Grace Memorial Episcopal Church, Hammond, on Friday, Oct. 31, from 10 a.m. until service at 10:30 a.m., with the Rev. Anne Maxwell officiating. Interment in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Grace Memorial Episcopal Church Cemetery Fund. An online guestbook is available at www.harrymckneely.com. *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on: 12/05/1999 SELLERS, MARY O. A resident of Kentwood, she died at 9:20 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, 1999, at North Oaks Medical Center, Hammond. She was 77 and a native of Seminary, Miss. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Sunday. Visitation at Evergreen Baptist Church, Seminary, from 12:30 p.m. until religious services at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, conducted by the Rev. Dennis Mitchell. Interment in the church cemetery. Survived by three daughters, Elizabeth Howell, Spring Hill, Kan., Kathy Adams, Kentwood, and Pam Sellers, Charleston, S.C.; two sons, Jerry Sellers, Houston, and David Sellers, Kentwood; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two sisters, Joyce Rainey, Seminary, and Bobbie Hensley, Oil City; and two brothers, Henry Bucklew Jr., Laurel, Miss., and Sennett Bucklew, Hattiesburg, Miss. Preceded in death by her husband, Hascal O. Sellers; a son, Harold Sellers; a sister; and two brothers. *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on: 1/22/2004 SELLERS, (INFANT) SIMONE EVA She was born on Monday, Jan. 19, 2004, and passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2004, at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond. Graveside service at Woodland Cemetery, Kentwood, at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23, 2004, conducted by the Rev. Tim Daniels. Survived by her parents, Bill and Michell Sellers, Kentwood; grandparents, David and Pam Sellers, Kentwood, Celeste and Newman Bond, Springfield, and Kenneth and Dawn Falcon, St. Amant; and numerous aunts, uncles and friends. McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, in charge of arrangements. *************************************************************************** File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/tangipahoa/obits/obitssur/sellers.txt