Obituaries
Mechiah Warner
Sep 19, 2017
Service Graveside Resthaven Gardens of Memory 11817 Jefferson Hwy Baton Rouge, LA 70810 Friday, October 6, 2017 12:00 pm
Michael Garcia
Sep 17, 2017
Michael Anthony Garcia, age 68, a resident of Baton Rouge, LA, passed away on September 17, 2017. Michael was a graduate of Redemporist High School and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He retired from the Department of Health and Hospitals. Sports were always an important part of his life. This was evident from his youth as an athlete...
Francis Rivet, Jr.
Sep 17, 2017
Francis Oliver Rivet, Jr. "Frank" was given to this world on July 16, 1942 and returned home to the Lord on Sunday, September 17, 2017. Sleep on Beloved Calm is thy slumber as an infant's sleep. But thou shall wake no more to toil and weep; Thine is perfect rest secure and deep. Goodnight! Only goodnight beloved, not farewell!...
Stella Edwards
Sep 15, 2017
Stella Marie Fanguy Edwards age 98, a resident of Baton Rouge, passed away on Friday, September 15, 2017. Stella is survived by her children, Charles Normand Edwards and wife, Carol Jones Edwards, Margaret Lynne Sharp and husband, Darwin Cyril Sharp, Daniel James Edwards and wife, Sandra Rodriguez Edwards, Susan Edwards Hoover Saltz, Patricia Dale Edwards; grandchildren, Jennifer Lauren Hurley,...
Elizabeth Baker
Sep 15, 2017
Elizabeth Goode Baker, 96, a resident of Baton Rouge, passed away on September 15, 2017. Elizabeth's undergraduate and graduate degrees were from Louisiana State University. She was a teacher of accounting and mathematics and a school librarian. She loved to travel. Some of her favorite travel memories were hot air ballooning over the Serengeti, riding an elephant in India,...
Steven Earle
Sep 14, 2017
Steven Gregory "Greg" Earle, age 39, a resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, passed away on September 14, 2017. Greg, a graduate of Runnels High School, was a warm, loving, artistic, and witty soul who positively touched the life of every person that came into contact with him. Greg is survived by his brother, Trey Earle, his mother, Pamela Culp,...
Emma Crouse
Sep 12, 2017
Emma Sue Zito Crouse was 65, a resident of Prairieville, LA, passed away on September 12, 2017. Emma is survived by her husband, John Crouse, two sons, Ty and Rickey Zito, Jr., a step daughter and her husband, Lauren and Sean Rogers, a brother Pete Smith, a sister, Henrietta Spillman, two brother in laws, Barry Zito and Artie Hudson...
Joe Watson
Sep 12, 2017
Joe S. Watson, age 80, a resident of Baton Rouge, LA, passed away on Tuesday, September 12, 2017. Joe was born on September 24, 1936 in Emmett, Arkansas. He graduated from Emmett High School in 1955. Joe served in the US Army from 1955-1957 as a specialist 3rd class in the 5th Field Artillery 1st Infantry Division and was...
Paul Zajac
Sep 12, 2017
Paul Brian Zajac a resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana passed away on September 12, 2017 at Oschner Medical Center. He was bom in Erie, PA and was a graduate of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Brian was employed by Exxon Mobil, Baton Rouge as a Chemical Engineer for the past 28 years. His greatest passion was bowling...
Tammy Arceneaux
Sep 11, 2017
Tammy Lynn Pike Arceneaux and her unborn daughter Scarlet Arabella Arceneaux, residents of Prairieville, LA passed away on Monday, September 11, 2017 at the age of 38. Tammy was a graduate of Episcopal High School and the Culinary Art Institute of Dallas. Tammy loved to cook and could turn a hotdog into a gourmet meal. She was also a...
Dr. Coogan
Sep 11, 2017
Dr. Michael James Coogan, a resident of Baton Rouge, passed away at 12:50 on the afternoon of September 11, 2017. He was an esteemed and well-respected pediatrician who loved and cared for several generations of children in the area. Born in New Orleans on September 17, 1947, he was a proud alumnus of Jesuit High School, Class of 1965,...
Michael Lloyd
Sep 10, 2017
Michael Myles Lloyd, avid fisherman, griller of meat, and connoisseur of cheap beer, passed away peacefully in Baton Rouge, LA on September 10, 2017 at the age of 55. He was born on December 26, 1961 in Dearborn, MI and was an employee of Dow Chemical. He married Lisa Trepagnier and tormented her with his snoring and corny sense...
Douglas Baugher
Sep 7, 2017
D. Keith Baugher, Sr., age 76, a native of Harrisonburg, VA and a resident of Baton Rouge, LA, passed away on Thursday, September 7, 2017. Keith was born on May 1, 1941 to Cornelia Burner Baugher and Ira Jackson Baugher. He graduated with honors from Virginia Tech in 1964. After graduation he was hired by Exxon Corporation where he...
Ronald Mika
Sep 7, 2017
Ronald Andrew "Mike" Mika, 72, a resident of Baton Rouge, LA and former resident of Salem, NH, passed away on September 7, 2017. He graduated from Salem High School in Salem, New Hampshire in 1963 and attended Louisiana State University. While attending LSU he met the love of his life Ann Buquet and they were married for 52 years....
Hazel Smith
Sep 6, 2017
Hazel V. Smith left this world on September 6, 2017 to be with her heavenly father at the age of 91. She was a native of Bayou Current and resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She was a prayerful and loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, who enjoyed spending time with her family. Hazel is survived by her five children, Peggy...
Esther Martin
Sep 6, 2017
Martin, Esther Ruth Coppage Having trusted in Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior many years ago, Esther peacefully entered His presence on September 6, 2017, while a patient at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. A resident of Baton Rouge since 1965, Esther was a loving mother, mother-in-law, and friend. Esther was born in rural, poverty-stricken...
Lillie Hancock
Sep 5, 2017
Lillie Mae Bennett Hancock, 92, a proud resident of Baton Rouge went to be with Jesus, her Lord and Savior Tuesday, September 5, 2017. She was born November 23, 1924 to Henry and Estella Bennett. Lillie Mae is preceded in death by her loving husband of 57 years, James Leonard Hancock; and her parents, Henry and Estella Bennett. She...
Grant West
Sep 5, 2017
Grant Edward West, age 28, a resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, passed away on September 5, 2017. Grant was a kind, gentle, and generous person, with a marvelous sense of humor especially with regards to practical jokes, which his family and friends were recipients. As a freshman at Woodlawn High School he earned the perfect attendance designation which unfortunately...
Loretta Babin
Sep 4, 2017
Loretta F. Babin, age 76, a resident of Baton Rouge, LA, passed away on Monday, September 4, 2017. Loretta was Valedictorian from St. John High School in Plaquemine, LA. She graduated from business school as a legal secretary, however, she dedicated her life to her loving family as a devoted wife and mother of four children. She loved to...
John Colona
Sep 2, 2017
A loving and devoted spouse and father, John "Ryan" Colona went to his heavenly home Saturday, September 2, 2017 at the age of 34. Ryan was a native of Baton Rouge, LA. and a resident of Prairieville, LA. He never met a stranger. Ryan was kind hearted and loved his family and friends. He loved sports and was an...
