Bogalusa Daily News (May 13, 2003) Obits, Washington, LA submitted by: Bonnie Dier ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Joy L. Davis Seals (Died May 11, 2003) NEW ORLEANS n Joy L. Davis Seals, 50, a resident of Kentwood, died at 3:10 a.m. yesterday in Ochsner Hospital in New Orleans. She was a member of Sunlight Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Charles Travis Seals of Kentwood; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Jason and Keisha Seals, and Eric Seals, all of Kentwood; a granddaughter, Lauren Seals of Kentwood; her mother, Mary Lee Davis of Franklinton; two brothers, Scott Davis of Kentwood, Roy Davis of Franklinton; and two sisters, Judy Simmons, and Rosemary Varnado, both of Franklinton. She was preceded in death by her father, J.M. Davis; and a brother, Michael Davis. Visitation will be held at Crain Funeral Home from 5-10 p.m. today and will continue after 9 a.m. tomorrow until the chapel funeral service at 1 p.m. The Revs. Charles Abbey, Sammy Smith and Cecil Burch will officiate at the service. Burial will follow in Sunlight Baptist Church Cemetery. -- Chemerie Bickham (Died May 9, 2003) FRANKLINTON n Chemerie Bickham, 23, a resident of Richard Magee Road in Franklinton, died Friday in Riverside Medical Center. Crain and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete. -- Davis W. Thurman Sr. (Died May 11, 2003) BATON ROUGE n David W. Thurman Sr., 58, died yesterday in Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge. Poole-Ritchie Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete. -- R.S. Williams (Died May 9, 2003) BOGALUSA - R.S. Williams, 76, a resident of Bogalusa, died Friday in the V.A. Medical Center in New Orleans. Cook-Richmond Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete.