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NICHOLAS, ROY SR.
March 15, 2002
Roy Nicholas Sr., a laborer with the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board, died Monday of respiratory failure at Pendleton Memorial Methodist Hospital. He was 59. Mr. Nicholas was a lifelong resident of New Orleans. Survivors include his wife, Ellen Landry Nicholas; two sons, Everette and Roy Nicholas; and three grandchildren. A funeral will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Tharp-Sontheimer-Laudumiey Funeral Home, 5001 Chef Menteur Highway. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Burial will be private.
PREVOST, CHARLES J. ‘CHIEF' SR.
March 14, 2002
Charles J. "Chief" Prevost Sr., a retired bricklayer, died Monday at his home. He was 80. Mr. Prevost was a lifelong resident of New Orleans. He was a member of International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craft Workers Local No. 1. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Survivors include his wife, Doris Robert Prevost; two sons, Charles Jr. and Kevin Prevost; a daughter, Connie Prevost-Stewart; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. A Mass will be said Friday at 11:15 a.m. at Epiphany Catholic Church, 1949 Duels St. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Burial will be in Mount Olivet cemetery. Boissiere-Labat Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
STEWART, GEORGE
March 26, 2002
George Stewart, a retired engineer, died Thursday at Slidell Memorial Hospital. He was 77. Mr. Stewart was born in New Orleans and lived in Slidell. He was a staff sergeant during World War II and received the Good Conduct Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations Medal, the Philippines Medal, the Bronze Star and the Bronze Arrowhead. He was a graduate of Jesuit High School, attended Tulane University and was a graduate of Loyola University. He was a former employee of Gulf Engineering Co. of New Orleans and Raymond International Inc. He was a lifelong member of the Southern Yacht Club and a former member of the American Welding Society and the New Orleans Machinists Union. Survivors include his wife, Imelda Bruno Stewart; two sons, David W. and Dod S. Stewart; two daughters, Hope and Mary Stewart Morse; three stepdaughters, Dinah Trahan Stewart, Karen Trahan Baye and Dolly Trahan Reeves; and 11 grandchildren. A funeral will be held today at 1 p.m. at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Lake Lawn Park.
STIGLER, GEORGE SR.
February 15, 2003
George Stigler Sr., a carpenter, died Monday of liver disease at Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He was 81. Mr. Stigler was a lifelong resident of New Orleans. Survivors include a sister, Gloria Williams. Services will be held at a later date. Charbonnet-Labat Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
COLEMAN, JOHN FORREST
February 15, 2003
John Coleman, 79, tied N.O., Honduras
John Forrest Coleman, a land developer and New Orleans' honorary ambassador to Honduras, died Jan. 12 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. He was 79.
Mr. Coleman was born in San Pedro Sula and moved to New Orleans in the late 1920s with his family. He attended Rugby Academy and Staunton Military Academy in Staunton, Va., and graduated from Isidore Newman School. He attended Tulane University.
Mr. Coleman was a developer in Honduras and country director for the International Executive Service Corps of Stamford, Conn., for the region of Honduras and Belize.
He founded The American School in San Pedro Sula in 1953 and served on its board and as president. He helped found Los Caballeros de Suyapa, a Catholic lay organization for men.
He served as president of the American Cultural Center in San Pedro Sula for several years and was a member of the Rotary Club. He was the founder of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Progreso-San Pedro Sula area. As a result of his work with AmCham, the Honduras American Chamber of Commerce has established the annual John Coleman Award for exemplary community service by a company or individual.
He was named by Mayor Marc Morial as an honorary ambassador in Honduras to the city of New Orleans.
Survivors include his wife, Marilyn Peyrefitte Coleman; a daughter, Carol Ann Coleman Montealegre; three sons, J. Forrest, James P. and Clayton T. Coleman; a sister, Teresita Williams Park of Mandeville; and nine grandchildren. A funeral was held Jan. 13 in San Pedro Sula.
WILLIAMS, ERNEST LEE
February 15, 2003
Ernest Lee Williams, a maintenance worker, died Feb. 7 of lung cancer at his home. He was born in Baton Rouge and lived in New Orleans for the past 60 years. He was a former employee of Perlis Clothing Store. Survivors include his wife, Pamela Williams; four daughters, Sharon C. and Felicia Williams and Janice and Janet Bailey; two stepsons, Bobby Williams and Royal Cola; two stepdaughters, Keoka Rivio and Shavonne Johnson; and two grandchildren. A funeral will be held today at noon at St. James Methodist Church of Louisiana, 1925 Ursuline Ave. Visitation will begin at 8 a.m. Burial will be in Providence Memorial Park. Tilly's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
HOLMES, RAYMA L. NURSE
February 15, 2003
Rayma L. Nurse Holmes, a homemaker, died Tuesday of complications from surgery at University Hospital. She was 72. Mrs. Holmes was a lifelong resident of New Orleans. She was a former member of Greater King Solomon Baptist Church and Moving On Star Bright Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, William M. Holmes III; two sons, Wayne and Eddie Squire Jr.; six daughters, Cynthia S. Clark of Detroit, Brenda S. Brown of Jackson, Fla., Randra Wright of Atlanta, Laura Richardson of New Caney, Texas, Sandra Fisher of LaPlace and Wandeo Squire; two sisters, Mildred Matthews and Anita Joseph; 23 grandchildren; and 28 great-grandchildren. A funeral will be held today at 3 p.m. at St. James Methodist Church of Louisiana, 1925 Ursulines Ave. Visitation will begin at 8 a.m. Burial will be private. Tilly's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
WILMORE, ALDONIA MARIE
February 15, 2003
Aldonia Marie Wilmore, a domestic worker, died Feb. 7 of undetermined causes at East Jefferson General Hospital. She was 64. Mrs. Wilmore was born in Convent and lived in St. Rose for many years. She was a member of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Metairie. Survivors include her husband, Earl G. Wilmore; a son, Walter Earl Wilmore Sr.; two daughters, Charlotte M. Wilmore Bibbins and Desjiae Bird Williams; a brother, Joseph Green; a sister, Geraldine Butler; 12 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. A funeral will be held today at 11 a.m. at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 9024 West Metairie Ave., Metairie. Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m. Burial will be in Providence Memorial Park. Richardson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
KRUZICH, ANDREW J.
01/04, 2003
Andrew J. Kruzich, federal AIDS crusader
Andrew J. Kruzich, a federal official who awarded millions of dollars in grants to organizations fighting AIDS, died Thursday of complications from the disease at his New Orleans home. He was 55.
A native of Centerville, Iowa, who lived in New Orleans since he retired two years ago, Mr. Kruzich was responsible for distributing money to community groups throughout the country that provide outpatient care for people infected with the AIDS virus. Near the end of his eight years at the federal Health Resources and Services Administration, that amounted to more than $100 million a year, said Deborah Parham, one of Mr. Kruzich's colleagues who is the associate administrator of the agency's HIV/AIDS bureau.
Mr. Kruzich's persistence against the disease that eventually would kill him won praise from his colleagues.
"He looked this disease in the eye and never blinked, " said Dr. Joseph O'Neill, director of the White House Office of AIDS Policy, who called him "a real hero and a model for the nation."
Mr. Kruzich "was very open about the fact that he had HIV, " O'Neill said. "He provided tremendous leadership and courage for people struggling with the illness."
He held a series of grant-related positions for AIDS services in that branch of the Department of Health and Human Services. Besides directing money to existing health-care activities, Mr. Kruzich developed new programs and gave seed money to fledgling projects to improve access to treatment, Parham said.
"Because of the kind of work that Andy did to make sure that people had access to care and treatment, thousands of people all over the country are alive today, " O'Neill said. "He was somebody who, in a very quiet, persistent, constant way, was very effective in getting done what needed to be done. He had truth, honesty, persistence and a great deal of heart."
Before joining the federal government, Mr. Kruzich worked in health programs in New York City and Washington state. He was development coordinator for New York's Care for the Homeless Program, a consultant to the AIDS Theatre Project and deputy director of the New York AIDS Consortium. In Washington, Mr. Kruzich established and wrote grant requests for AIDS services in Seattle, developed a program to predict the state's health needs and set up short- and long-range programs for older people in a four-county area.
A graduate of Coe College who did postgraduate work at the University of Iowa, Mr. Kruzich was a former vice president of the Washington State Public Health Association and of the Seattle Counseling Service's board of directors.
Survivors include his companion, Patrick Lee; a brother, Joseph Kruzich of Kansas City, Mo.; and three sisters, Joan Kruzich of Kansas City, Barbara Kruzich of Centerville and Mary Anne Muir of Chesterfield, Mo.
The funeral and burial will be private. Bultman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
WRIGHT, MELVIN SR.
February 15, 2003
Melvin Wright Sr., a retired custodian, died Monday of a heart attack at St. Tammany Parish Hospital. He was 68. Mr. Wright was a lifelong resident of Covington. He worked for St. Scholastica Academy for 25 years. Survivors include three sons, Bobby and Melvin "Peter" Wright, both of Houston, and Mark Wright; three daughters, Joyce Wright of Houston, JoAnn Henry of Shreveport and Lillian Gray; four brothers, James Wright of Atlanta and David, Henry and Marshall Wright; six sisters, Ethel Giddens of Oakland, Calif., George Ellen Davis of New Orleans, Victoria Bryant of Harvey and Hattie, JoAnn and Mary Wright; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. A funeral will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Doughty Chapel AME Church, 608 North Florida St., Covington. Burial will be in Wilson cemetery. N.A. James Funeral Home Inc. in Hammond is in charge of arrangements.
GOODEN, BISHOP R. HEBER
February 15, 2003
R. Heber Gooden, Episcopal bishop
Episcopal Bishop R. Heber Gooden, who for 27 years supervised the Episcopal Church over a vast swath of Latin America and briefly served as acting bishop of the Diocese of Louisiana, died Tuesday in Shreveport. He was 92.
The son of Episcopal Bishop Robert Gooden, a bishop of California, Heber Gooden was educated at Stanford University and did his theological studies at Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University. He was ordained in 1935.
Bishop Gooden spent most of his career in Latin America, starting with nine years in Cuba. At 35, he became bishop of the missionary diocese of Panama, which later included oversight of Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Colombia. Later he became bishop in charge of Ecuador.
At one time he estimated that various transfers of jurisdictions left him with supervision of eight republics under nine flags with nine monetary systems. He retired as bishop of Panama and the Canal Zone.
On his retirement from Latin American service in 1972, Bishop Gooden became assistant bishop to Bishop Iveson Noland of the Diocese of Louisiana. When Bishop Noland was killed in a 1975 plane crash, Bishop Gooden became acting bishop until Bishop James Brown was chosen as his successor the following year.
Bishop Gooden's first wife of 27 years, Elena Fernandez deMendia, died in 1982. He married
Sandra Roberts in 1988 and moved to Shreveport, where he was bishop in residence at St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Besides his wife, survivors include two sons, Reginald and Richard Gooden; a stepson, Marshall Roberts; two sisters, Frances Beckwith and Murial Badger; and five grandchildren.
The Holy Eucharist will be celebrated at St. Paul's in Shreveport on Saturday at 2:30 p.m., with Bishop Bruce MacPherson of the Diocese of Western Louisiana officiating. Bishop Gooden's ashes will be interred at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Shreveport.
AMOS, MARION C. MAUBERRET
February 15, 2003
Marion C. Mauberret Amos, a retired educator, died Monday at her home. She was 87. Mrs. Amos was born in New Orleans and lived in Seattle for the past nine years. She graduated from St. Louis University with an associate's degree and Our Lady of the Lake College in San Antonio with a bachelor's degree and attended graduate school at Nicholls State University. She taught school in Houma, New Orleans, Biloxi, Miss., and Ocean Springs, Miss. She was a member of the Audubon Society, Gem and Mineral Clubs in Mississippi and Washington and the Louisiana Teachers Association. She was a parishioner of Holy Rosary Church in Edmonds, Wash. Survivors include two daughters, Claire Amos of Lynnwood, Wash., and Cathy L. Luciano of St. Louis; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. A memorial service will be held today at 11 a.m. at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Edmonds. A memorial service will be held in New Orleans at a later date.
McGEE, JESSIE 'DETROIT'
February 15, 2003
Jessie "Detroit" McGee, a maintenance worker, died Friday of undetermined causes at Charity Hospital. He was 51. Mr. McGee was a lifelong resident of New Orleans. He had worked at Oak Place Apartments and for Soniat Realty. He was a member of the Cabbie Pool Club. Survivors include his wife, Linda Craige McGee; two sons, Jessie McGee III and Kwan Crawford; two daughters, Lisha and Misha Crawford; his mother, Nora Lee Johnson; four sisters, Cynthia Thomas of Leesville, Deborah Williams, Gwendolyn McGee and Cheryl Cooper; and 12 grandchildren. A funeral will be held today at 9 a.m. at Majestic Mortuary, 1833 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. Visitation will begin at 8 a.m. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park.
ALLEN, CHARLES FREDDIE JR.
February 15, 2003
Charles Freddie Allen Jr. died Monday of undetermined causes at Charity Hospital. He was 22. Mr. Allen was a lifelong resident of New Orleans. He graduated from L.B. Landry High School. Survivors include his father, Eugene B. Scott; his mother, Etta Davis-Scott; three brothers, Tim and Edward Allen and Shennen Lee; seven sisters, Keishaun and Kayla Scott, Shannel M. Taplet, Esha and Donna Mosby, Jonquil and Tawanda Wilfred; and his grandfather, Alfred Davis. A funeral will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Davis Mortuary, 230 Monroe St., Gretna. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Burial will be in Providence Memorial Park.
LONGLEY, FRANCES MARIE
February 15, 2003
Frances Marie Longley, a homemaker, died Feb. 7 at Sparks Regional Hospital in Fort Smith, Ark. She was 85. Mrs. Longley was a lifelong resident of Fort Smith. She was a 1940 graduate of Xavier University. She was a parishioner of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Survivors include four sons, Thomas Longley of Denver, Michael Longley of Atlanta, Joseph Longley of Fort Smith and Mark Longley of Ames, Iowa; seven daughters, Frances Longley, Ruth Jordan and Bernadette Longley, all of Fort Smith, Mary Longley of Boston, Teresa Williams of New Orleans, Veronica Gaddis of Valrico, Fla., and Christine Gatewood of Little Rock; a brother, Clarence H. Wilson Jr.; a sister, Lucretia Smith of Fort Smith; 21 grandchildren and a great-grandchild. A funeral was held Monday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Fort Smith. Burial was in Calvary cemetery in Fort Smith. Rowell-Parish Mortuary of Fort Smith handled arrangements.
