Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Robert "Uncle Bob" Young
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,...
John Royall Palmore
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...
Donna Claire Reeds Lowery
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...
Joseph Clifton Simon, Sr.
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,...
Lynn A. Harris
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...
Percy Kimball
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...
Edith Braswell Barlow
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....
Melvin Edward Scott
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...
William "Sammy" Kleckley
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...
Katherine Shirley Bond
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,...
Virgina Mae Turner
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...
Joseph Samuel Hudson
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...
James Calhoun
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....
Ima Jean Authement
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...
Darrel John "Shorty" Granger
Mar 2, 2014
Darrel John "Shorty" Granger, 53, of Lake Charles, LA, died at 2:50 PM on Sunday, March 2, 2014 in a an Alexandria Hospital. Mr. Granger was born September 28, 1960 in Lake Charles, LA, where he was a lifelong resident. He attended Lake Charles High School and worked as a diesel mechanic for most of his life, spending a number...
Julia Ann Rider
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...
Linda Mae Lawson
Mar 1, 2014
Linda Mae Lawson, 64, passed away on Saturday, March 1, 2014 in her residence. Visitation will be held on Monday, March 3, 2014 from 3-9 p.m. at Open Door Biker Church 423 W. Burton Street Sulphur, LA. Service will be held on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at 2 p.m. at Open Door Biker Church with Pastor Vince Guidry officiating. Burial...
Michael James Reed
Mar 1, 2014
Michael James Reed, 30, of Sulphur, LA, passed away on March 1, 2014. Visitation will be held on Thursday, March 6, 2014 at Johnson and Robison Funeral Home from 3-9 pm and resume Friday, March 7, 2014 from 8am until time of service. Services will be held on Friday, March 7, 2014 at 10 am at Johnson and Robison Funeral...
Terri Guidry Richard
Mar 1, 2014
Terri Suzanne Guidry Richard, 48, passed from this life at 12:48 PM on Saturday, March 1, 2014. Terri is survived by her daughter, Stephanie Gizelle Richard; parents, Wayne and Ruby Guidry; and father of her child, Mark Alfred Richard. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Junius Guidry, Allie Odom, and John Higdon. Her funeral service...
