Deaths Elsewhere Baptist camps manager RUSTON – Services will be Feb. 11 for retired Southern Baptist camp manager Joe Backus. He died Feb. 1 at age 82. He helped organize Acadian Baptist Center in Eunice and w...
Deaths Elsewhere Former prosecutor RUSTON – Services for former prosecutor as well as defense lawyer James Lewis will be Saturday. He died Jan. 29. He was a former Marine Corps captain, taught business law at U...
Deaths Elsewhere Hospital exec CUMMINGS, Ga. – Services for Warren Simonds, former president of the La. Hospital Association, will be Feb. 11. He died Jan. 25 at age 84. He was administrator of Baton Rouge (La....
Deaths Elsewhere Long-time attorney LAFAYETTE – Services for attorney Keith Borne will be Wednesday. He died Jan. 29 at age 57. He practiced with several firms before founding Borne & Wilkes in 1994. He also ow...
Deaths Elsewhere Former king of carnival NEW ORLEANS – Services for attorney, banker and former Rex, king of carnival William Young, Jr,. will be Monday. He died Jan. 245 at age 96. He was a decorated U.S. Mari...
Deaths Elsewhere First woman on major La. bank board SHREVEPORT – Services for Margaret Moss Allums, the first woman on the board of a major bank in Louisiana, will be Friday. She died Jan. 25 at age 83. When her...
Deaths Elsewhere Long-time physician KINDER – Services will be Friday for family practice physician and hospital chief of staff Dr. John Storer. He died Jan. 24 at age 92. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World Wa...
Deaths Elsewhere Math professor AMHERST, Mass. – Memorial services for long-time math educator Haskell Cohen will be Jan. 31. He died Jan. 19 at age 91. He held a Ph.D in mathematics from Tulane and was a profe...
Deaths Elsewhere Long-time coroner DERIDDER – Services will be Wednesday for former coroner, family physician and banker Dr. Etienne Roman Brown. He died Jan. 23 at age 85. A native of Eunice, he was a U.S. Nav...
Deaths Elsewhere NSU All-American NATCHITOCHES – Services for All-American basketball player and coach Dr. Charles ‘Red’ Thomas will be Tuesday. He died Jan. 22 at age 93. Thomas was Northwestern State Universi...
Deaths Elsewhere B.R. banker BATON ROUGE – Services are Friday for banker and civic leader Paul Haygood. He died Jan. 17 at age 99. He was president of Louisiana Welding Supply and a board member of City Nation...
