The News-Digest from Amite City, Louisiana (2024)

Obituaries MRS. MAGGIE VINNING TANNER died at 9 a.m. Thursday, April 3, 1975, enroute to Hood Memorial Hospita, Amite. She was 74, and a native and resident of Montpelier. Religious services wer eheld at 1 p.m.

Moday at the church, the Rev. Leo Smith officiating. Interment inMontpelier Cemetery. Survived by her daughter, Miss Annie Mae Williams, New Orleans: brother. Frank Eugene Vinning, Montpelier; sister, Mrs.

Annie Vinning GUy, Montpelier; nephew, Eugene Frank Vinning, Detroit, niece, Mrs. Helen Fisher Rangold, New York City, N.Y.; and cousin, Sidney A. Douse, Albany, Ga. Preceded in death by her parents. Louis and Lula Vinning: husband, Ernest Tanner: and granddaughter Brenda Ann Chapman.

MRS. DELMA WARNER KING died Saturday, April 5, 1975 at 5:23 a.m. at Fountainlodge Nursing Home, Baton Rouge. She was 8 83, a native and resident of Pine Grove. Religious services were held at Pine Grove Methodist Church at 2 p.m.

Sunday conducted by the Rev. C. L. Johnson and Jim Constable. Survived by five daughters, Mrs.

Myrtle Carbone, New Orleans, Mrs. B. L. (Carmen) Fairchild Baton Rouge, Mrs. Kathleen Stanley, Baker, Mrs.

Allen (Irene) Sowell, Amite, Mrs. Percy (Alberta) Stevens, Denham Springs; two sons, Clifton King and T. C. King, both of Pine Grove; three sisters, Mrs. Leon Nesom, Beaumont, and Mrs.

Willie Bellue, Jackson, and Mrs. Lea Gregory, Washington, D.C.; a brother, Denra Warner, Washington, D.C., 23 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by her husband, Lawson J. King, two sons, Lawson King Jr. and Warner King, daughters, Martha Hope King and Garnet King, and one grandsn, Prentiss Alford.

SAMUEL DEWITT MORGAN died Saturday, April 5, 1975, at 2:15 p.m. at St. Helena Parish Hospital. He was 87, a native and resident of Greensburg. Religious services were held at Greensburg Methodist Church at 11 a.m.

Monday, the Rev. John Casey officiating. Burial was in Greensburg Cemetery. Survived by his wife, Mrs. Sadie George Morgan, Greensburg; three sons, Olton D.

Morgan, Baton Rouge, Stanley R. Morgan, Greensburg, and H. Morris Morgan, Fairbanks, Alaska; two daughters, Mrs. George (Mildred) King, Gibson, and Mrs. Boyd (Jewel) Devall, Baton Rouge; one sister, Mrs.

Minnie Powers, Baton Rouge; 10 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. Member Greensburg Methodist Church and Odd Fellows Lodge. LIZZIE A. MARTIN died Thursday, April 3, 1975 at 9:30 p.m. at Clinton Infirmary.

She was 63, a native of Mississippi and a resident of Ethel. She was a housewife. Religious services were held at Charlet Funeral Home chapel at 1 p.m. Saturday conducted by the Rev. Roy Stockstill.

Interment in Plank Road Baptist Church Cemetery. Survived by her husband, David- V. Martin, Ethel; two daughters, Mrs. Geraldine Sumeral, Slaughter and Mrs. Shirley Whitehead, Jackson, four sons, David C.

Martin and Roy A. Martin, both of Baton Rouge, Homer C. Martin, Prairieville, and Reece H. Martin, South America; five brothers, Charlie Fitzhugh, John Fitzhugh and Floyd Fitzhugh, all of Mississippi, James Fitzhugh, Kentwood, and T. J.

Fitzhugh, Clinton; 21 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. STEVE OGIMA died Monday, April 7, 1975 at Seventh Ward General Hospital, Hammond. He was 89, a native of Italy and resident of Hammond. Religious services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Hammond.

Burial was in Colonial Cemetery, Independence. Survived by four sons, Roy Ogima, Albany, Jake and Louis Ogima, Hammond and Sam Ogima, New Orleans; one daughter, Mrs. Annie Spallino, Crowley; 18 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren. THE NEWS-DIGEST THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1975 MRS. AMY COWART died Thursday, April 3, 1975, at Baton Rouge General Hospital.

She was 68, a resident of 4943 E. Brookstown Dr. and a native of Hammond. Religious services were held at the Hollabaugh-Spindle's Wooddale Memorial Chapel at 3 p.m. Saturday conducted by the Rev.

Fred Dyess. Interment was in Salem Cemetery, Walker. Survived by four sons, Herman Cowart, Barney Cowart and Lonnie Cowart, all of Baton Rouge, and Alvin Cowart, Denham Springs; sister, Mrs. Addie Thornton, Baton Rouge; six granddaughters; and one great-grandson. She was a member of Jerusalem Baptist Church, Hammond.

MRS. PARMYS NEWSOM SHILG died Friday, April 4, 1975 at 5:25 p.m. at Touro Infirmary, New Orleans. She was 66, a native of New Orleans and a resident of Baton Rouge. Religious services were held at Tangipahoa Methodist Church, Tangipahoa, 11 a.m.

Monday, the Rev. W.M. Proctor officiating. Burial was in Tangipahoa Cemetery. Survived by her husband, Merritt Shilg, Baton Rouge; ond daughter, Mrs.

Howland (Pamela) Hayes, New Orleans; one son, Jondon Shilg, Baton Rouge; one granddaughter Kimberly Dowdan Hayes, New Orleans. MRS. LOUISE SANCHEZ LANDRY died at 1:20 p.m. Saturday, April 5, 1975 at Seventh Ward General Hospital, Hammond. She was 80.

a native of Maurepas and a resident of Bear Island. Religious services were held at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Mary Catholic Church, Bear Island, with burial in the Maurepas Cemetery. Survived by a son, Monroe Landry, New Orleans; two daughters, Mrs.

Thelma Picou and Mrs. Albertine Farrell, both of Bear Island; four sisters, Mrs. Emma Benefield, Bear Island. Mrs. Celestine Hudson and Mrs.

Odessa Pinion, both of Ponchatoula, and Mrs. Syrilla Keller, French Settlement, eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. JAMES T. (JIM) McCULLEN died Monday, April 7, 1975 at Seventh Ward General Hospital, Hammond. He was 90, a native of Pine Grove and a resident of Georgeville.

Religious services were held at Bethlehem Baptist Church, Albany. Burial was in the church cemetery. Survived by his wife, Mrs. Betty Herring McCullen, Hammond; two sons, Tunney McCullen, Georgeville and Ralph McCullen, Hammond; two daughters, Mrs. Winson (Vera) Smiley, Livingston and Mrs.

Al (Velma) Mansour, Hammond; one sister, Mrs. Richard Kinchen, Hammond; 10 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by two sons, Clyde and James T. McCullen, Jr. COL.

WAYNE SMITH (U.S. Army-Ret.) died at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 5, 1975 at Seventh Ward General Hospital, Hammond. He was 76, a native of Brookhaven, and a resident of Hammond. He was a veteran of World War I and II and the Korean conflict.

Survived by his wife, Mrs. Magruder Everett Smith, Hammond; a son, Wayne Smith Dallas, a daughter, Mrs. Robert (Jean) Hall, West Palm Beach, Fla; a brother, Tad Smith, Oxford, a sister, Miss Louise Smith, Brookhaven, and four grandchildren. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and Wahabi Shrine Temple of Jackson, Miss. He was a retired track supervisor for the Illinois Central Railroad.

MRS. LENA MAE LAMBERT WOMACK died at 9:45 p.m. Friday, April 4, 1975 at E. S. Pike Memorial Hospital, Kentwood.

She was 68, a native and resident of Kentwood. Religious services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Brown Funeral Home chapel, the Revs. Ben Purvis, E. H.

Dearman and W. D. Milton officiating. Burial was in Woodland Cemetery, Kentwood. Survived by her husband, Kentwood Marshal D.

K. (Duncan) Womack; two brothers, Lonnie Lambert and Clyde Lambert, both of Kentwood; two sisters, Mrs. Herman (Ruby) Watts and Jahuee (Grace) Catha, both of Baton Rouge; a number of grandchildren, nieces and nephews. You'll love the great bargains during our inflation fighting AFTER -EASTER SALE! Thursday, Friday, Saturday Selected DRESSES PANTSUITS up to off JEANS regular to $17.00 $8 a pair SHORTS SWIMSUITS off SPECIAL SPORTSWEAR off MISSES COORDINATES off LINGERIE off SCARFS reg. $2.50 sale $2 T.

for Her Sheriff Sale Jimmie C. Effler to Mid State Homes 362.58; 22-7-8 2A. to purchase and sell bet. Elmo R. Agree.

Valega and Auto Clinic Inc. and Hydraulic Repairs, und. int. leasehold; steel bldg. Dation en paiement Walker Land Co.

to Roy F. and William J. Guste Jr. 1629.72 A. Cancel Lease Thomas J.

Ridgedell Earl Ray Sharkey Charter Rick Supplies Charlie Rick Arthur E. Hood Fred A. Anderson Sr. Judg. Succn.

Lillian Goodbee and Albert Rieker (Orleans). Acknow. receipt of sedttle. of comm. bet Bonnie Sue and Anthony R.

Bonura. Lease DePaulas General Tire Store to Community State 1 yr. 150.00; Sq. 64 Hyer Surv. Hammond.

Quitclaim Financial Corp. to John Dyson; und. int. 1 A HR 40-3-7. Lease Sam Bankston to Leroy Bankston and Gerald Allen 12 mo.

300.00; 52 A 44-5-7; 40 A. 20-5-7: mov. with option to purchase for 75,000.00. MATT SKINNER admires the original oil painting of a Louisiana bayou scene done by Mrs. W.

L. Caldwell of Gillis especially for the parlor in Faith Cottage on the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home campus in Monroe. Mrs. Caldwell, the former Estelle Varnado DANNA LYNN DURBIN died at 11:45 a.m. Monday, April 7, 1975 at Seventh Ward General Hospital, Hammond.

She was eight months old, a native of Covington and resident of Rt. 2, Hammond. Religious services were held at the Thomas Funeral Home chapel at 11 a.m. Thursday, the Rev. Bobby Creel officiating.

Burial in Johnson Cemetery, east of Hammond. Survived by her mother, Ms. Pamela Durbin, Hammond; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hammond; maternal great grandparents, and Mrs.

F. 0. Durbin; and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ferrara; an uncle, Dennis Durbin, all of Hammond and an aunt, Mrs.

Randy Bailey, Robert. MRS. JANICE VIOLA BEYL died Tuesday, April 8, 1975 at 2:50 p.m. at Lallie Kemp hospital, Independence. She was 42, a native and resident of Hammond.

Religious services were held at the Harry McKneely and Son Funeral Home chapel at 10 a.m. Thursday. Other arrangements incomplete. Survived by her husband, Robbie Beyl, Amite: five daughters, Mrs. Pamela Sue Manchak, Miss Shelly Dale Beyl and Miss Robin Fenise Beyl, all of Hammond, Miss Karron Jean Fredricks and Miss Lindon Darlene Beyl, both of Amite; her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Milton Blount: has already given the Home oil painting of Louisiana's flower, the magnolia, which of near Amite, an original official state she did to go in the parlor of Hope Cottage, now under construction. paternal grandmother, Mrs. John Fredricks; three grandchildren; seven sisters, Mrs. Dennis Wayne Morse and Mrs.

Douglas Robertson, both of Robert, Mrs. Joe Albritton, Baton Rouge, Mrs. Frank Kendrick, Waverly, Mrs. Larry Delaune, Pumpkin Center, Mrs. Robert Bell, Vidalia, and Mrs.

Betty Jo Blount, Hammond; and three brothers, Milton Blount Lloyd Wayne Blount and Charles Ray Blount, all of Hammond. Miscellaneous court news Atty. Contract between Louis E. Bennett and Roy L. Wood re work.

comp. in Aug. '74. Police Jury work Est. E.

J. Courtney; FRS 53 2B 031373. Accept. Police Jury work Est. E.J.

Courtney FRS 53 2B 031373A. C. CURRIER ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING SALES AND SERVICE 748-2821 210 E. Mulberry We service what we sell. GAS AND ELECTRIC WATER HEATERS HOTPOINT BUILT-IN APPLIANCES BATH FIXTURES AMERICAN STANDARD CRANE UNIVERSAL RUNDLE KOHLER NUTONE AND TRADE WINDS HOODS JENN-AIR APPLIANCES THERMADOR APPLIANCES WASHERS AND DRYERS GAS AND ELECTRIC HOTPOINT MICROWAVE OVENS Built -in and Portable No.

12 Elect No. 12 Joseph M. (Tip Top) Currier Alderman, Town of Amite City SECOND Primary Saturday, May 3 The backbone of a strong community is a good church-going people. See you in church Sunday! The civic-minded firms who are sponsoring this series urge you to attend the church of your choice regularly. St.

Helena Catholic Church East Side Garage, Inc. Amite Nursing Central Progressive Bank C. P. Currier Amite Marble and McKneely Funeral Home The Walkers Amite Cafe Fine Home Cooked Food Ardillo's Grocery Kent Bus Sales Clemons Bros. Lumber Co.

Community State Myron and Cheryl's Amite Sunflower Store Amite Milling 2 I CEO Home Sullivan's Drive-In Norman Wallace Sullivan Citizens National Bank Amite. Hammond. Ponchatoula Granite Works Hood Motor Co. McClendon Patenotte Insurance Carter Mobile Homes Service Amite. Greensburg, Hammond W.

E. Dykes Feeds Bank Buster's Furniture Inc. L. E. "Buster" Baham.

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