Local Obituaries

Mar 8, 2014

Ronald Courville, 75, of Moss Bluff, LA died Saturday, March 8, 2014 in his residence surrounded by his loving family. Ronald was born on November 9, 1938 in Chataignier, LA to Percy and Eta Courville. He loved cooking, camping, and fishing. Most of all he enjoyed vacationing and his family and friends. Mr. Ronald retired from the United States Postal...

Mar 8, 2014

Thomas Phillip Falls, 84, of Moss Bluff, Louisiana died at 1:59 PM Saturday, March 8, 2014 in a local care facility. Mr. Falls was born on June 5, 1929 in Ranger, Texas. He has lived in the Lake Charles area for the past 60 years. Mr. Falls graduated from Ranger High School in 1949. After high school Thomas served in...

Mar 7, 2014

William Bill Atkins, 68 passed away on Friday, March 7, 2014 in his residence. Bill was born in New Orleans, LA and had been a resident of Sulphur for 23 years, coming from Donaldsonville. He was a U. S. Army Vietnam veteran. He enjoyed tinkering around the house, working on golf carts, generators, go carts, and various other things. Bill...

Mar 7, 2014

Lloyd John Frederick, 87, of Lake Charles passed away Friday, March 07, 2014 in Baton Rouge, LA. Mr. Frederick was born in Abbeville, LA and made Lake Charles his home for more than sixty years. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict as a Military Policeman and as a sales clerk at the Disposition Center in...

Mar 6, 2014

Robert Young, 61, of Iota died Thursday, March 6, 2014 in a hospital in Lafayette. Uncle Bob was born on September 29, 1952 in Lake Charles, LA to Ray and Lelia Young. He loved playing basketball, writing, and singing. Survivors include two sisters, Alice Marie John of Elton, LA and Loretta Dale Johnson and husband Harvey of Ragley; one brother,...

Mar 5, 2014

Donna Claire Reeds Lowery, 56, of Lake Charles, LA died at 6:10 PM on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 after a nine year and three month battle with ovarian cancer. The family would like to thank Dr. Jubilee Brown, GYN Oncologist at M.D. Anderson for the wonderful care she has given Donna from the very beginning of her illness. They would...

Mar 5, 2014

John Royall Palmore, 76, of Lake Charles died on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 in a Richmond, VA cancer hospital. Mr. Palmore was born on May 22, 1937 in Powhatan, VA. He served in the U.S. Air Force and was stationed at Chennault Air Force Base. Following his Honorable Discharge, he resided here and began his 33 year long career at...

Mar 5, 2014

Mar 4, 2014

Joseph Clifton Simon, Sr, 85, of Lake Charles died at 9:30 AM on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 in a local hospital. Mr. Simon was born on November 9, 1928 in Morse, LA and moved to Crowley, LA at eleven years old. He attended school there until March 1944 when he joined the U.S. Navy. Mr. Simon was stationed in Anaheim,...

Mar 4, 2014

Lynn A Harris, 86, of Lake Charles died at 2:45 AM on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 in his residence. Mr. Harris was born in Morris, NY on July 19, 1927 where he retired as a postmaster from the Morris Post Office. Mr. Harris was a member of the Butternut Valley Masonic Lodge #515, the Rotary Club, served on the school...

Mar 4, 2014

Percy Kimball, 94, of Lake Charles, LA died at 6:30 AM Tuesday, March 4, 2014 in a local care facility. Percy was born March 3, 1920 in Grand Prairie, LA to Marshall and Lenora Kimball. Mr. Percy was a man that loved the outdoors gardening, playing Bingo, and Listening to French music. He also enjoyed crabbing with his family and...

Mar 4, 2014

Melvin Edward Scott, 80, passed away on March 4, 2014 surrounded by his loving family. Visitation will be held on Friday, March 7, 2014 from 5-7 pm at Johnson and Robison Funeral Home and from 9-10 am Saturday at First Baptist Church of Carlyss. Services will be Saturday, March 8, 2014 at 10 am at the church with Pastor Steve...

Mar 4, 2014

Edith Braswell Barlow, 68, of Lake Charles, LA died at 7:20 AM on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 in a local hospital. Mrs. Barlow was born November 28, 1945 in Wisner, LA and lived in Lake Charles for the past thirty years. She worked as a Christian educator for over nineteen years, teaching in Wisner, LA and Lake Charles Christian School....

Mar 3, 2014

Shirley Bond, 77, of Lake Charles went home to her Lord and Savior after a valiant fight with lung cancer. She passed peacefully in her home surrounded by family on, Monday, March 3, 2014. She was a native of Maplewood, MO and moved to Lake Charles at the age of nine. Shirley was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister,...

Mar 3, 2014

William Samuel "Sammy" Kleckley, 72, of Moss Bluff passed away peacefully in his home, surrounded by his family, on Monday March 03, 2014, following a brief battle with brain cancer. Originally from Crockett Texas, Sammy served in the National Guard then was called to active duty during the Berlin Crisis. He worked as the Vice President and General Manager of...

Mar 3, 2014

Virginia Mae Turner, 78, of Lake Charles passed away Monday, March 03, 2014 in the comfort of her home. Mrs. Turner was born in Des Arc, AR, raised and educated in surrounding areas of Arkansas and has lived fifty years in Lake Charles. She had a love of life and enjoyed actively living it. She enjoyed fishing, family gatherings, coffee...

Mar 2, 2014

Julia Ann Rider, 69, of Lake Charles died at 7:00 AM Sunday, March 2, 2014. Julia was born October 12, 1944 in Arkansas to N.A. and Hazel Fulbright. She enjoyed playing Cards, Pool, and Bingo. She loved spending time with family and friends. Mrs. Julia never met a stranger and loved to joke. She was an avid Razorback fan. She...

Mar 2, 2014

Ima Jean McBurney Authement, 86, of Lake Charles died at 1:35 PM Sunday. Mrs. Authement was born in Dallas and lived all of her life in Lake Charles. She was a graduate of LaGrange Senior High School and worked as a bookkeeper at Associates Finance and Men's Discount Shop. Mrs. Authement and her sisters enjoyed singing. Her father was a...

Mar 2, 2014

James Calhoun, 65, of Sweetlake, LA died Sunday, March 2, 2014 at a local hospital. Mr. James was born on September 10, 1948 in Houston, TX to Joseph and Reba Calhoun. He loves wood working. He served his country in the U.S. Navy where he retired. He was also a Mason and was a member of a local Motorcycle Club....

Mar 2, 2014

Joseph Samuel "Joe" Hudson, 71, died Sunday, March 2, 2014, in his residence in Lake Charles. Born in Oberlin, La., on March 7, 1942, to Sam S. and Mary V. Iles Hudson, he later moved with his family to Lake Charles in 1955 and graduated from Lake Charles High School in 1960. He attended McNeese State University where he was...