Obituaries
Carolyn Cooper
Aug 25, 2022
Carolyn Mae Cooper, a loving mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away at The Crossing on Thursday, August 25, 2022 at the age of 77.
She is survived by her daughters, Connie Butler and husband Carl, and Carol J. Cooper and husband, Percy Wilson; and granddaughter, April Butler. She was preceded in death by her husband, Larry C....
Lori Bursavich
Aug 24, 2022
Lori Dodds Bursavich passed away peacefully on August 24, 2022, at Rainey Hospice House in Anderson, South Carolina. Born on April 1, 1956, she was 66 years old.
She was a native of Baton Rouge, but she and her husband Mike had lived in Greenville, SC for many years and loved the beauty of the state. Due...
James Shirley
Aug 24, 2022
James Shirley, age 96, passed away in his home in Baton Rouge on August 24, 2022. He was born in Choctaw County, Alabama, to Jesse Harmon Shirley and Nora Dunnam Shirley and was one of nine children. The family later moved to Kentwood, LA, where he was raised. He is a WWII Veteran having served in the Army Air...
Daniel Dietrick, Sr.
Aug 23, 2022
Daniel John Dietrick Sr., 76, of Baton Rouge, passed away peacefully on August 23, 2022. Daniel was born in Chicago, IL to Edward and Margaret Dietrick on September 11th 1945. Daniel was a proud member of the University of Southern Mississippi Golf team where he graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in Accounting. He worked as a CPA...
John Woods
Aug 22, 2022
On August 22, 2022, John Stanton Woods, a loving and devoted husband, brother, son, uncle, and friend to many, sadly but peacefully passed away at the age of 66 after a long, courageous battle with cancer. His wife, Bunny, and sister-in-law, Sue, were with him when he climbed that final mountain into heaven. Although heartbroken, we take comfort in...
Hong Phung
Aug 21, 2022
Hong Phung of Baton Rouge, Louisiana passed away on Aug 21, 2022. His loved ones are composing his obituary, which you will be able to read here.
Jeffery Hutchinson
Aug 21, 2022
Jeffery Paul Hutchinson (Jay), age 59, a resident of Central, Louisiana, passed away on August 21, 2022.
He was a master automotive mechanic. All who knew Jay knew him as a laid- back informal person who enjoyed fishing, football, and NASCAR.
Jay is survived by his life partner, Jennifer Ricks; mother, Muriel Aucoin Hutchinson; three...
Henry Rusk
Aug 20, 2022
Henry Floyd Rusk, 90, a resident of Baton Rouge, was called to his heavenly home on Saturday, August 20, 2022 after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s.
Born to Ruby and Thomas Rusk, Henry was raised in Simmesport, LA along with his five siblings. He attended Simmesport High School where he met, and later married, his high school...
Doris "Trice" Adams
Aug 15, 2022
Doris M. “Trice” Adams, Age 78, a resident of Baton Rouge, LA, passed away on August 15, 2022.
Previously married to Kenneth Ray Trice, Keith Kennedy, and Mark Adams. Owned Doris' Daycare for over 40 years.
Doris is survived by her children: Jackie Ray Trice and Beverly Trice; Michael Shane Trice and Sharon Trice; Karen...
Dorothy Watson
Aug 14, 2022
Dorothy B. Roberts Watson, 92, of Bude, MS, passed away on August 14, 2022. Born to Jesse B. Berryman, Sr. and Nola Holcomb Berryman in Monroe County, MS, she moved to Baton Rouge, retired from the Louisiana Department of Labor, and returned to Mississippi. She was a member of Meadville Baptist Church and an avid reader who loved to...
Vonley Daughtry
Aug 14, 2022
Vonley J. Daughtry, AKA The Candy Man, left us Monday, August 14, 2022 at the age of 91. He was a native of Baton Rouge, La.
Vonley is preceded in death by his Mother; Omie Langston, Father; Leroy Daughtry, Brother; Burdette Daughtry, and Sisters; Annette Wilcox and Nancy Gashio.
He is survived by his former...
Kathleen Snyder
Aug 13, 2022
Kathleen Snyder, a resident of Denham Springs, passed away on Saturday, August 13, 2022 at the age of 101.
Kathleen was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where she met and married a GI and came to Baton Rouge in 1946 through Ellis Island, New York. She had two children and was widowed in 1962. She then went...
Thomas Stringer
Aug 12, 2022
Thomas "Brad" Bradford Stringer passed away unexpectedly on August 12, 2022, at the age of 48. He was a native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, born on February 13, 1974, and was currently residing in Denham Springs, Louisiana. Brad leaves behind partner of 23 years, Stephanie Daniels; loving parents, Kelly Barrett Stringer and Ivy Marie Aucoin Stringer; siblings, Kelly Barrett...
Charlotte Merchant
Aug 12, 2022
Charlotte Long Merchant, age 92, a resident of Centennial, Colorado, passed away on August 12, 2022. Charlotte will be remembered as a gracious and loving woman who touched the lives of many and was touched by the lives of many more. She was born in Big Sandy, Texas. She grew up mostly in Melville, Louisiana. She was the oldest...
Leslie Snipes
Aug 11, 2022
Les Snipes, a resident of Baton Rouge, passed away at his home on Thursday Aug. 11, surrounded by his family.
While Les spent the last 19 months of his life with Acute Myeloid Leukemia- he never lost his zest for life or his sense of humor. He was born on July 22, 1952 in San Diego, Cali., the...
Leigh Hart
Aug 11, 2022
Our beloved Leigh Whitney Hart, 74, of Baton Rouge passed away on August 11.
He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Chester and Mary Hart on October 26, 1947.
He is survived by his wife, Eva; his son, Karsten Leigh Hart (Deja) of North Kingstown, RI, with whom he relished their daily phone calls;...
Jane Wooley
Aug 10, 2022
Jane Wooley, age 81, a resident of East Baton Rouge, passed away on August 10, 2022.
Jane and her husband Lynn began their family in Dallas Texas before moving to Massachusetts and making roots with the Burlington Church of Christ. After living in Massachusetts for 47 years, they moved to Baton Rouge to live out their days...
Elaine Mckenzie
Aug 4, 2022
Elaine Lamb McKenzie passed away on the evening of August 4, 2022, after living with Alzheimer’s Disease for several years. Elaine was 90 years old, having been born in Alexandria, Louisiana on January 23, 1932, to the Reverend Charles E. Lamb and Mary Hawkins Lamb. Elaine’s childhood was spent mostly in Baton Rouge and in Chattahoochee, Florida, and she...
Helen Hurst
Jul 23, 2022
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16
Marjorie Helen Ashford Hurst, a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend, died on Saturday, July 23, 2022, surrounded by family. She was 92 years young.
Born...
Gordon Derouen
Jul 20, 2022
Gordon Ray “Gordy” DeRouen, age 73, passed away on July 20, 2022. He was the beloved husband of Karen Lucille Labbe DeRouen. Son of the late Gordon Joseph and Verda Rey Case DeRouen, he was born in New Iberia on March 30, 1949.
He graduated from New Iberia Senior High School and received a Bachelor of Science from the University...
