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MIZELL, PERCY
06/15/02
Percy Mizell, a retired worker for LaPlace Concrete Co., died Thursday from heart failure at Riverlands Health Care Center in Lutcher. He was 60. Mr. Mizell was a lifelong resident of LaPlace. He served in the Army. Survivors include two brothers, Ronald and Harrison Mizell; and two sisters, Fannie C. Mizell and Myrtle A. Nicholson. The funeral will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Milesville Memorial Church of God in Christ at 129 Apple St. in LaPlace. Burial will be in Zion Travelers Cemetery in Reserve. Hobson Brown Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
GIOE, BALDASSARE ‘SASA'
05/17/02
Baldassare "Sasa" Gioe, a retired cook for Rocky & Carlo Restaurant and Bar in Chalmette, died Monday at Chalmette Medical Center. He was 85. Mr. Gioe was born in Violet. When he was 5, his family moved to Italy, where he remained until 1962 before returning to Chalmette, where he lived for the past 40 years. He was a past employee of the St. Bernard Parish Police Jury and worked in the family-owned Rocky & Carlo Restaurant & Bar for more than 30 years. Survivors include his wife, Liboria Gioe; a son, Gasper Gioe; a daughter, Giuseppa "Josie" DiCristina; two brothers, Bernardo and Giuseppe Gioe; two sisters, Anna Tommaseo and Maria Greco; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services were held Thursday at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church in Chalmette. Burial was in St. Bernard Memorial Gardens. St. Bernard Memorial Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
James Pitts, former T-P photo editor
06/13/02
James "Jimmy" Pitts, a Mississippi native who started his career at The Times-Picayune as a copy boy and ended it as a photo editor, died Wednesday at Memorial Medical Center's Baptist Campus. He was 75.
Mr. Pitts was born in Carthage, Miss., and joined the newspaper's staff in the spring of 1948 after moving to New Orleans with his family.
"He soon started hanging out in the darkroom and learned the business," said Fritz Harsdorff, a former Times-Picayune associate editor. "A year later, he became an apprentice photographer, then a hell of a photographer."
An award-winning photographer, he preferred taking pictures of people and favored available light because, as Mr. Pitts once observed, "you get no background with flash."
In 1979, Mr. Pitts was promoted to photo editor.
Times-Picayune staff photographer Ellis Lucia, who was hired by Mr. Pitts in 1979, fondly remembers the irascible editor barking orders with a Muriel cigar lodged in his mouth -- an exterior that "belied a kind and gentle heart that he didn't want you to see."
Mr. Pitts was "very good with young photographers, very patient with them," recalled Vince Randazzo, a former Times-Picayune city editor and travel editor.
"Everyone liked Jimmy," said O.J. Valeton Jr., a former Times-Picayune wire news editor, night editor and copy editor. "He was hard-nosed but very fair, a key man in those days, the ‘60s and ‘70s, before computers."
And he remained so until he retired in the spring of 1990.
Pitts, an avid naturalist and voracious reader with a penchant for history, later moved with his wife, former Times-Picayune reporter Stella Martin Pitts, to Woodville, Miss. The couple co-authored two books on the history of Mississippi's Wilkinson County.
A graduate of Carthage High School, Mr. Pitts served in the Navy from 1943 to 1945. He attended Harding College in Searcy, Ark.
In addition to his wife, survivors include a son, Thomas Pitts of New Orleans, and a daughter, Sara Elizabeth Jennings of Colorado.
Bultman Funeral Home in New Orleans is in charge of arrangements, which were incomplete Wednesday.
MURRAY, JOHN EMMETT ‘CAJUN' JR.
06/13/02
John Emmett "Cajun" Murray Jr., a carpenter foreman for Key Construction, died Saturday from injuries sustained in an automobile accident near Newton, Kan. He was 58. Mr. Murray was born in New Orleans and lived in Wichita, Kan. Survivors include his wife, Jonita Rice Murray; two sons, Hugh Dennis Murray of Bay St. Louis, Miss., and John Whitaker of Andover, Kan.; three daughters, Lori Grissom of Phoenix, Brandy Key of Colwich, Kan., and Shawn Harris of Kenner; his mother, Nathalie Hansmann Murray of New Orleans; three brothers, David Murray of Pearl River, Kevin Murray of Slidell and Bill Murray of New Orleans; a sister, Lynn Allen of New Orleans; and 10 grandchildren. A Mass will be said Friday at 10 a.m. at St. Mark's Catholic Church in St. Mark's, Kan. A vigil will be held today at 7 p.m. at Resthaven Mortuary in Wichita. Burial will be in Resthaven Gardens of Memory in Wichita. Resthaven Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
KELLY, ETHEL ISOBEL BIAGGNE
06/06/02
Ethel Isobel Biaggne Kelly, a retired legal secretary, died Friday at Poydras Home. She was 97. Mrs. Kelly was born in New Orleans and lived in the French Quarter for the past 27 years. She graduated from Sophie B. Wright High School. Survivors include two daughters, Aurora Buckner of Longview, Texas, and Judith Shirer; a sister, Ruth Catherine Biaggne Freed; six grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. A private Mass will be said. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
CAMPOS, RAMIRO
05/24/02
Ramiro Campos, a retired electronic salesman, died Tuesday at his home. He was 100. Mr. Campos was born in Nicaragua, lived in New Orleans, then lived in Monticello, Ga., for many years. Survivors include four daughters, Gloria M. Enriquez of Skokie, Ill., Irene E. Carr of Minneapolis, Eleanore J. Durand of Salem, Ore., and Victoria Vaughn of Monticello; 18 grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren. A Mass will be said today at 11 a.m. at Holy Cross Catholic Church, 3175 Hathaway Court N.E., Atlanta. Burial will be in Peachtree Memorial Park Cemetery. Crowell Brothers Funeral Home in Norcross, Ga., is in charge of arrangements.
WEBBER-SANDERS, VANESSA
06/13/02
Vanessa Webber-Sanders, a personal caretaker for Exceeds Their Needs, Inc., died Monday of cancer at Meadowcrest Hospital. She was 40. Mrs. Webber-Sanders was born in New Orleans and lived in Algiers. She attended L.B. Landry High School. She was a member of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. Survivors include her husband, Ike Sanders Jr.; a son, Daymond Webber; a daughter, Staci Brackens; her father, Lawrence Webber Sr.; three brothers, Lawrence Webber Jr. of Los Angeles, Samuel Hodges and Aaron Webber; five sisters, Terry and Sonia Hodges, Rebecca Burks, Tracey Lemieux and Diane Ferguson; her grandmother, Katie Reddick; and three grandchildren. A funeral will be held Friday at 10 a.m. at D.W. Rhodes Funeral Home, 1020 Virgil St. in Gretna. Visitation will begin at 8 a.m. Burial will be in Restlawn Park.
TILLMAN, JAMES
06/15/02
James Tillman, a retired supervisor of the City of New Orleans Traffic and Sign Shop, died Tuesday at his home of undetermined causes. He was 52. Mr. Tillman was a lifelong resident of New Orleans. He attended Walter L. Cohen High School and RETS Electronics School. He was a specialist in the Army during the Vietnam War. Survivors include his wife, Bobbie S. Tillman; two sons, Chad Steven Tillman Sr. and Brandon Jay Tillman Sr.; a daughter, Sonja Tillman Johnson; his mother, Catherine McCritter; and six grandchildren. A funeral will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Gaskin-Southall-Gordon & Gordon Mortuary, 1225 N. Rampart St. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Holt Cemetery.
ROSATO, HELEN O'NEILL
06/10/02
Helen O'Neill Rosato, a retired office manager at Trapolin Insurance Agency, died Saturday at her daughter's home. She was 96. Ms. Rosato was born in New Orleans and lived in Metairie for the past 14 years. She graduated from Sophia B. Wright High School and Soule Business College. Survivors include two sons, Deacon J. Ronald and Edward A. Rosato; a daughter, Marilyn R. Hansen; a sister, Ida Bell Keehan; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. A Mass will be said Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Jacob Schoen & Son Funeral Home, 3827 Canal St. Visitation will be today from 7 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday beginning at 8 a.m. Burial will be in Metairie Cemetery.
POLITZ, HENRY A.
05/28/02
Henry A. Politz, a judge on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, died Saturday of a heart attack at his home in Shreveport. He was 70. Judge Politz was born in Napoleonville, graduated from Louisiana State University and LSU Law School and moved to Shreveport, where he worked for Booth, Lockard, Jack, Pleasant and LeSage until becoming a judge. He took the bench in 1979 after being appointed by President Carter. He was the court's chief judge from 1992 to 1999, when he assumed senior status. Judge Politz served on many legal boards and commissions, including the executive committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States, which sets policy for the nation's federal courts. Survivors include seven sons, Mark Politz of Sulphur; Henry Politz of Mandeville; Michael Politz of Shelton, Wash., John Politz of Dallas, and Nyle, Bennett and Scott Politz of Shreveport; four daughters, Jane Geralyn Brandt of Dallas, Nina Virginia Thayer of Woodstock, Va., and Angela Maria VanSant and Alisa Marie Rayburn; three sisters, Lena Hernandez of Napoleonville, and Virginia Trich and Rosemary Politz, both of Baton Rouge; and 19 grandchildren. A Mass will be said Thursday at 2 p.m. at St. John Berchmans Cathedral in Shreveport. Visitation will begin Wednesday at 5 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home on Marshall Street in Shreveport, concluding with a vigil service at 7 p.m. Burial will be in Rose Neath Cemetery in Bossier City.
KLIEBERT, JUDGE THOMAS J.
05/31/02
Thomas J. Kliebert, a retired judge, died Thursday of congestive heart failure at East Jefferson General Hospital. He was 76. Judge Kliebert was born in St. James and lived in Paulina. He attended Lutcher High School and enlisted in the Navy where he was selected for the V-12 Program, a World War II officer's training program. He earned a degree in accounting from Tulane University and worked with The California Oil Co. He graduated from Loyola Law School. He won a seat on the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal in 1980. In 1982 he became one of the original members of the Fifth Circuit of Appeal. In 1991, Judge Kliebert became chief judge of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal. He served in that position until his retirement in 1995. Survivors include his wife, Agnes Ruby Kliebert; a son, Tom Kliebert Jr.; four daughters, Gwen Kliebert Hankenhof, Sharon Kliebert Deroche, Cindy Kliebert Meyer and Jane Kliebert Poche; a brother, Roy Kliebert of Lutcher; two sisters, Norma Faye Bourgeois of Lutcher; and Beatrice Picou of Slidell; 12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. A Mass will be said Saturday at noon at St. Joseph Church in Paulina. Visitation will be from 8 to 11:30 a.m. at Alexander Funeral Home, Lutcher.
GRAHAM, LEROY
06/14/02
Leroy Graham, a retired conductor who worked for Kansas City Southern Railroad for 38 years, died Tuesday at his home. He was 65. Mr. Graham was born in Keithville and lived in Orleans Parish for the past 38 years. He attended Booker T. Washington High School in Shreveport. He was a member of the Brotherhood of United Transportation and the Brotherhood of Kansas City Southern Railroad. Survivors include his wife, Johnnie V. Graham; a daughter, Jacqueline Graham-Morton; two grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. A funeral will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Tharp-Sontheimer-Laudumiey Funeral Home, 5001 Chef Menteur Highway. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
