Obituaries
Billy Ratcliff
Jan 30, 2026
Billy Ratcliff passed away on Friday, January 30, 2026, at the age of 90.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Funeral Service at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, February 6, 2026, at Resthaven Funeral Home, 11817 Jefferson Highway in Baton Rouge. A Visitation will be held at the funeral home beginning at 12:30 p.m. Interment will follow at Resthaven Gardens...
Nancy Chapman Mosley
Jan 28, 2026
Nancy Chapman Mosley passed away on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, at the age of 84.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Funeral Service at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, at Resthaven Funeral Home, 11817 Jefferson Highway in Baton Rouge. A Visitation will be held at the funeral home beginning at 12:00 p.m. The family will attend a...
Richard Steven Voivedich
Jan 27, 2026
Richard Steven Voivedich, born on July 17, 1957, in Ostu, Japan, passed away on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, at the age of 68.
Richard became the owner of Lightspeed Motorsports in Gonzales. He himself was a motorcycle enthusiast. He was a proactive owner in exploring the latest merchandise, enjoyed rapport with his customers and mentored many with his voice of reason...
Russ Naylor
Jan 25, 2026
Russ Naylor passed away on Sunday, January 25, 2026, at the age of 73. He was born in Charleston, West Virginia on June 18, 1952, to Russell Dorl Naylor, Sr. and Freda Sovine Naylor. He attended the former Stonewall Jackson High School in West Virginia. He eventually moved to New Orleans, Louisiana in 1972, to be closer to his...
Dr. Paul Gregoire Catrou
Jan 24, 2026
Dr. Paul Gregoire Catrou passed away on Saturday, January 24, 2026, at the age of 77.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Funeral Mass at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 7, 2026, at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, 5604 Highway 308 in Plattenville, Louisiana. A Visitation will be held at the church beginning at 9:00 a.m....
Susan Jerome Samaha
Jan 23, 2026
Susan Elizabeth Jerome Samaha passed away peacefully on January 23, 2026, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on January 16, 1954, to the late Frank Jerome and Sue Jerome in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her family later moved to Ruston, Louisiana, where she and her brother, Douglas Jerome, spent their childhood. She was a straight-A student throughout her education...
Albert J. "Blackeye" Falcon, Jr.
Jan 23, 2026
Albert Joseph "Blackeye" Falcon, Jr., was born on November 5, 1934, in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, and a resident of Baton Rouge. He joined his loving wife in heaven on the 14th anniversary of her passing on Friday, January 23, 2026, at the age of 91. Heaven is a better place today. He was a loving father, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle, and friend.
Albert...
Diann Rallinson Thomas
Jan 22, 2026
Linda Diann Rallinson Thomas, age 73, a resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, passed away on Thursday, January 22, 2026, surrounded by family, friends, songs, prayers, tears and laughter.
Born in Bastrop, Louisiana, Diann grew up in Mer Rouge and Taylor, Louisiana. She attended Gibsland High School and played basketball there. She graduated in 1970, as salutatorian of her class, after getting...
Sandra Flattmann Roccaforte
Jan 22, 2026
Sandra Flattmann Roccaforte passed away peacefully at her home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Thursday, January 22, 2026. She was born on October 14, 1943, in New Orleans to Elwood A. Flattmann and Cleon Reuther Flattmann. She attended St. Christopher School and was a 1961 graduate of St. Mary's Dominican High School.
She is preceded in death by her parents and...
A W Cooper, Jr.
Jan 22, 2026
A W Cooper, Jr., a native of New Orleans, Louisiana and a resident of Greenwell Springs, passed away on Thursday, January 22, 2026, at the age of 81. He was a 1962 graduate of Istrouma High School. He went to Northwestern State University, where he was eventually drafted into the Unites States Army. He would go back late in life...
Tim B. Elkins, Sr.
Jan 22, 2026
Tim B. Elkins Sr. was born in West Frankfurt, Illinois in 1940, to his parents, Timothy Jackson Elkins and Quinton Maxine Burnett Elkins. He worked for his family’s newspaper, The Daily American, during his high school years, continuing his studies at Southern Illinois University, and then enlisting in the United States Army National Guard.
In 1966, Tim moved to Baton Rouge,...
Connie Hodgeson
Jan 21, 2026
Connie Ray Hodgeson, age 95, native of Galvez, Louisiana and resident of Baton Rouge, passed away on Wednesday, January 21, 2026. Connie was a graduate of Istrouma High School class of 1948. He met the love of his life, Anna, when they were just 16. Connie and Anna spent 63 happily married years together. Both were active members of Woodlawn...
Jacqueline Weaver Bishop
Jan 20, 2026
Jacqueline Weaver Bishop passed away on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, at the age of 98.
She is survived by her son, Barry B. Bishop (Paula); grandchildren, Brent Bishop, Brandon Bishop, Kyle Bishop (Sarah), Brock Bishop (Melissa), and Todd Bishop; great-grandchildren, Emma Kate, Emelia, Isla Mae, Cullen, Caden, Evie, and Remy Bishop; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by...
Raymond Theodore "Ray" Huxen, Sr.
Jan 18, 2026
Raymond Huxen passed away on Sunday, January 18, 2026, in Sweetwater, Tennessee at the age of 82. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana to Raymond Junius Huxen and Catherine Lucille Case Huxen. Ray proudly served our country in the United States Navy. After being honorably discharged, he attended Loyola University, where he received his master’s degree in education. Ray’s...
Billy Joe Dendy
Jan 16, 2026
Billy Joe Dendy, 81, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 16, 2026, surrounded by his family he loved so dearly.
Born in Stewart, Mississippi, Billy Joe proudly served in the United States Army Reserve and spent his working years as a crane operator with Local 406, taking pride in the lowering of the nuclear reactor at the Entergy plant in St....
Harold "Drew" Siegel
Jan 16, 2026
Harold “Drew” Siegel was born on December 15, 1948, and passed away on Friday, January 16, 2026, at the age of 77.
Drew was born in Opelousas, Louisiana. After graduating from college, he went on to become an engineer. He always enjoyed golfing, fishing, and traveling.
Drew is survived by his loving wife of 55 years, Camille Siegel; daughter, Sandie Siegel Smith...
Ronald Wayne Browning
Jan 14, 2026
Ronald “Ron” Wayne Browning was born in 1942. He is a native of Baton Rouge and a proud 1960 Istrouma High School graduate. He returned to his Heavenly Father on Wednesday, January 14th, 2026. He was 83 years old.
Ron retired from DHH as a manager of Adult Protective Services where he trained investigators of abuse and neglect cases. He was...
Nita C. Vicari
Jan 14, 2026
Juanita M. “Nita” Cretini Vicari passed away on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, at the age of 93. We will forever miss her but found comfort and peace in being able to be with her when she passed at her home - where so many memories as a family were made. Nita was born on August 5, 1932, in Lake Charles,...
Bruce Hayden Clark
Jan 14, 2026
Bruce Hayden Clark passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at the age of 69, at his home surrounded by family after a lengthy illness. He was born in Owensboro, Kentucky but was a long-time resident of Baton Rouge. He was a graduate of Robert E. Lee High School class of 1974 in Baton Rouge.
He was preceded in death...
Janice Sue Clark Leopard
Jan 14, 2026
Sue passed away on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, surrounded by family at The Crossing at Clarity Hospice in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at the age of 87. She was born September 6, 1938, in San Benito, Texas. She was the first of five children born to the late AB and Juanita Clark.
She is survived by her three daughters, Debra Frick (Don),...
