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BROGDON, VESTA GRENN
05/28/02
Vesta Grenn Brogdon, a homemaker and artist, died Sunday in Slidell. She was 88. Mrs. Brogdon was born in Brookhaven, Miss., and lived in Greenwich, Conn., Port Sulphur and in Slidell for the past 21 years. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, the St. Tammany Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, the Tammany Twirlers and Country Club Garden Club. Survivors include two sons, V. Hubert Brogdon III of Granbury, Texas, and William Grenn Brogdon of Mobile, Ala.; two daughters, Vesta Louise Burnett of Atlanta and Diane Gustafson; 15 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren. A funeral will be held today at 11 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 1041 Ninth St., Slidell. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Honaker Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
ELLIOTT, WILLIAM EDGAR
06/01/02
William Edgar Elliott, owner and broker of Bill Elliott Realty, died May 23 of colon cancer at his home. He was 69. Mr. Elliott was born in New Orleans and lived in Metairie for the past four years. He attended New Orleans Academy and Tulane University. He was a Paul Harris Fellow and past president of the Metairie Sunrise Rotary. He was a member of the Tipmasters, the Esplanade Square Civic Association, the George Washington Sons of the American Revolution Roundtable Club and Louisiana 102 Masons. Survivors include his wife, Jacklyn Tigner Elliott; two sons, John Albert Elliott of Lauderdale Lakes, Fla., and Bean Arthur Elliott of Metairie; two daughters, Grace Madeleine Marie Elliott of Culver City, Calif., and Mignon Danielle Elliott of Metairie; his mother, Margaret Elliott Storm; and two grandchildren. A memorial service will be held today at 3 p.m. at Tulane's Chapel of the Holy Spirit, 1100 Broadway. Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
GAMBLE, FLORENCE R.
06/09/02
Florence R. Gamble, a retired machine operator for Schulze & Burch Biscuit Co. in Chicago, died June 1 at Faith Health Care Center in Florence, S.C. She was 75. Miss Gamble was born in New Orleans and lived in Chicago for the past 43 years. She attended Knoxville College in Tennessee. She was a member of the Household of Ruth Eastern Stars. Survivors include a son, Keith J. Gamble; and three grandchildren. A funeral will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at Calvary Spiritual Church, 1229 St. Philip St. Burial will be in Providence Memorial Park. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
JACQUES, MARIE EVA
06/06/02
Marie Eva Jacques, a retired domestic worker, died Monday at Kindred Hospital. She was 100. Miss Jacques was born in Chenal and lived in New Orleans for the past 60 years. She was a parishioner of St. Peter Claver Catholic Church. Survivors include a niece and a great-nephew. A Mass will be said Friday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Peter Claver Catholic Church, 1923 St. Philip St. Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m. Burial will be in Lakeland-Chenal Cemetery, Lakeland. McMahon-Coburn-Briede Funeral Home handled arrangements.
WILLIAMS, MELVIN CHARLES ‘THIRTY LICKS'
06/14/02
Melvin Charles "Thirty Licks" Williams, a laborer, died Monday of liver disease at Earl K. Long Hospital in Baton Rouge. He was 45. Mr. Williams was a lifelong resident of New Orleans. Survivors include four sons, Melvin, Calvin, Michael and Kenneth Baker; his mother, Mathilda Williams; four brothers, Willie, Stanley and Earl Williams, and Leo Young; and six sisters, Pearline Watkins, Wanda Caraby, and Delores, Ella, Debra and Lisa Williams. A funeral will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home, 2120 Jackson Ave. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park.
COLEMAN, ROYAL ‘ROY E' SR.
05/29/02
Royal "Roy E." Coleman Sr., a retired sanitation worker with Plaquemines Parish, died Sunday of complications from a stroke at Meadowcrest Hospital. He was 69. Mr. Coleman was a lifelong resident of Empire. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Ann Coleman; three sons, Michael, Anthony and Royal Coleman Jr.; two daughters, Dielle C. Turner and Adrienne Jackson; a brother, Milton Coleman; a sister, Merlene Payton; and six grandchildren. A funeral will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at Greater Macedonia Baptist Church, Louisiana 23, Port Sulphur. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. at the church. Burial will be in Fisher Cemetery in Port Sulphur. Davis Mortuary Service is in charge of arrangements.
BEGOVICH, JOSEPHINE TERRITO
05/21/02
Josephine Territo Begovich, a retired cosmetologist, died Saturday at her home. She was 87. Mrs. Begovich was born in Harvey and lived in Mandeville for the past eight years. She was a member of Immaculata Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights of Columbus Council No. 4222. She was a longtime parishioner of St. Rosalie Catholic Church and a parishioner of Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Mandeville for the past eight years. Survivors include a son, Dominick Begovich Jr.; two daughters, Joan Cheramie and Elmire Norman; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. A Mass will be said today at 1 p.m. at St. Rosalie Catholic Church, 601 Second Ave., Harvey. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park. Mothe Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
TURNER, TERRY
06/14/02
Terry Turner, a homemaker, died Sunday of undetermined causes at Charity Hospital. She was 50. Mrs. Turner was a lifelong resident of Garyville. She was a choir member at True Light Baptist Church. Survivors include two daughters, Charlene Kesee and Ashley Turner; her mother, Rosia Suggs; three brothers, James, Bobby and Perry Suggs; a sister, Belinda S. Zeno; and two grandchildren. A funeral will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at True Light Baptist Church in Garyville. Burial will be in Zion Travelers Cemetery. Hobson Brown Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
BLUM, JOAN LYONS
05/21/02
Joan Lyons Blum, a high school history teacher, died Sunday of a stroke at Memorial Medical Center. She was 59. Ms. Blum was a lifelong resident of New Orleans. Survivors include a son, Robert Lyons Blum; a daughter, Adele Blum Endom; her mother, Joy Chalona Lyons; a brother, John Morgan Lyons Jr.; and three grandchildren. A Mass will be said today at 1:30 p.m. at Schoen Funeral Home, 3827 Canal St. Visitation will begin at noon. Burial will be in Hope Mausoleum.
TROMATORE, ANTHONY ‘TONY' JOSEPH
06/03/02
Anthony "Tony" Joseph Tromatore, a retired supervisor at International Harvester Twine Mill and New Orleans Twine Mill, died Thursday of heart failure at Veterans Administration Hospital. He was 74. Mr. Tromatore was born in New Orleans and was a lifelong resident of Gretna. He was a former member of Veterans of Foreign War Post No. 54. He was a corporal in the Army. Survivors include his wife, Velma Jean Tromatore; four sons, Ray, Keith, Francis and Vincent Tromatore; and eight grandchildren. A funeral will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Mothe Funeral Home Chapel, 2100 West Bank Expressway, Harvey. Visitation will be today from 6 p.m. until 11 p.m. and Tuesday beginning at 8 a.m. Burial will be in Hook and Ladder Cemetery, Gretna.
BABINO, ERIC
05/17/02
Eric Babino, a laborer, died Sunday of kidney failure at West Jefferson Medical Center. He was 26. Mr. Babino was born in New Orleans and lived in Marrero. He attended L.B. Landry High School and was a member of Tabernacle Church in Westwego. Survivors include his fiancee, Toneka Harper; his father, Felton Williams; his mother, Shirley Babino; his grandmother, Theresa Hudson; and three brothers, Felton and Keith Babino and Felton Williams. A funeral will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Tabernacle Church, 355 Sala Ave., Westwego. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Burial will be in Christian Social Cemetery in Gretna. Davis Mortuary Service is in charge of arrangements.
HENRY, LOUIS ‘PAPEE' JR.
05/24/02
Louis ‘Papee' Henry Jr., a retired laborer at B.F. Goodrich, died Tuesday of a heart attack at Kenner Regional Medical Center. He was 81. Mr. Henry was born in Norwood and lived in New Orleans for 68 years. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was member of Ninevah Baptist Church and a former member of 1st House of Prayer Baptist Church. Survivors include three sons, Percy Allen, Edgar and Joseph Henry; three daughters, Rebecca Henry Lindsey, Essie Allen and Minnie Kennedy; and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. A funeral will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Ninevah Baptist Church, 1009 Wilker Neal Ave. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Burial will be in Garden of Memories.
ESPINOSA, WILLIAM
06/09/02
William Espinosa, a business administrator, died Thursday of a gunshot wound at his home. He was 39. Mr. Espinosa was born in Pereira, Colombia, and lived in New Orleans for the past 22 years. He attended Tulane University and graduated from Delgado Community College. He was a former general manager for Downman Road Storage. Survivors include a son, William Espinosa Jr.; three daughters, Naara, Valeria and Crystal Espinosa; his father, Hernando Espinosa; his mother, Cecilia Espinosa; two brothers, Henry and Hernando Espinosa Jr.; and a sister, Yolanda Espinosa. A Mass will be said Monday at 10 a.m. at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, 4640 Canal St. Visitation is today from 2 p.m. to midnight and Monday from 9 to 9:30 a.m. at Jacob Schoen & Son Funeral Home, 3827 Canal St. Burial is in Lake Lawn Cemetery.
TAYLOR, CHARLES R. SR.
06/14/02
Charles R. Taylor Sr., a retired longshoreman, died Friday at Kindred Hospital of complications from injuries suffered when he was hit by a car. He was 74. Mr. Taylor was born in Wilmington, N.C., and lived in New Orleans for the past 50 years. He was an Army veteran. Survivors include a son, Charles Taylor Jr.; two daughters, Sylvia Taylor and Lynn Taylor Salvant; two brothers, Johnny and Willie Taylor; two sisters, Mary Taylor Davis and Dorothy Taylor Hensly; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. A funeral will be held Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at Charbonnet-Labat Funeral Home, 1615 St. Philip St. Visitation will begin at 8:30 a.m. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park.
BOURGEOIS, JOYCE DOMANGUE
06/15/02
Joyce Domangue Bourgeois, a retired pharmacy assistant at K&B; Drug Stores, died Thursday of cancer at her home. She was 76. Mrs. Bourgeois was born in New Orleans and lived in Waveland, Miss., for the past 15 years. Survivors include her husband, Earl J. Bourgeois; four sons, Michael D. Bourgeois of Terry, Miss., Earl J. Bourgeois III of Picayune, Miss., Tom Bourgeois of Harahan and Ron A. Bourgeois; four daughters, Toni Arceneaux of Kenner, Marlean Gallagher and Laura Fleetwood, both of Metairie, and Paulette Candebat; two sisters, Shirley Jenkins of Baytown, Texas, and Melanie Aupied of Wichita, Kan.; 18 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. A Mass will be said today at 11 a.m. at St. Clare Catholic Church in Waveland. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Burial will be in Waveland Cemetery. Edmond Fahey Funeral Home in Bay St. Louis, Miss., is in charge of arrangements.
