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ANTHONY, ERNEST M.
December 01, 2002
Ernest M. Anthony, a retired blacksmith and former owner of Erny's Stump Grinding Service and Inventors Machine Shop, died Tuesday at University Hospital. He was 82. Mr. Anthony was born in Linn County, Iowa, and lived in Lacombe for the past 32 years. Survivors include his sister, Esther Marie Yosko of Lady Lake, Fla. A memorial service will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at Honaker Funeral Home, 1751 Gause Blvd. West, Slidell. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m.
CRAIG, SHAWN MARIE
December 01, 2002
Shawn Marie Craig, a homemaker, died Nov. 22 of a seizure at her home. She was 23. Mrs. Craig was born in Heidelberg, Germany, and lived in Metairie for most of her life. She graduated from Des Allemands High School. Survivors include her husband, Glenn Scot Craig II; a son, Nathan Joshua Craig; her father, Joe G. McWilliams II; her mother, Heike McWilliams; a brother, Joshua McWilliams; and her grandparents, Joe G. McWilliams, and Bernhard and Maria Kalis. Services were private. United Funeral Services was in charge of arrangements.
CROCHET, EDWARD L. JR.
December 01, 2002
Edward L. Crochet Jr., a retired restaurateur, died Nov. 21 at Pendleton Memorial Methodist Hospital. He was 80. Mr. Crochet was a lifelong resident of New Orleans. He was a merchant mariner and a Coast Guard veteran. He was a past king and member of the Krewe of Carrollton. Services were private. L.A. Muhleisen & Son Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
FARTHING, LESSIE
December 01, 2002
Lessie Farthing, a retired seamstress, died Thursday at Pendleton Memorial Methodist Hospital. She was 76. Ms. Farthing was born in Gulfport, Miss., and lived in New Orleans for many years. Survivors include her sister, Ruby F. Holton. A funeral will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at D.W. Rhodes Funeral Home, 1716 N. Claiborne Ave. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Providence cemetery.
GIBSON, PERCY 'GIP' SR.
December 01, 2002
Percy "Gip" Gibson Sr., owner of Gibson's Restaurant and Bar and Percy Gibson Sr. Taxi Service, died Nov. 24 of kidney failure at St. Claude Medical Center. He was 68. Mr. Gibson was a lifelong resident of New Orleans. He was a former longshoreman foreman and was a member of Longshoreman Local No. 3000. Survivors include his wife, Jacqueline V. Crump Gibson; five sons, Keith, Kelvin, Troy, Farend and Percy Gibson Jr.; five daughters, Valrita, Tara, Terri Lynn, Trina and Carla Gibson; a brother, Henry E. Gibson Jr.; two sisters, Lillie Conerly and Maxine Benson; 18 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. A funeral will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at D.W. Rhodes Funeral Home, 3933 Washington Ave. Visitation will begin at 8 a.m. Burial will be in Providence Memorial Park cemetery.
GILMORE, DAVID JOHN
December 01, 2002
David John Gilmore, a retired wholesale liquor salesman for Great Southern Liquor Co., died Thursday of respiratory complications at Lifecare Hospital in Kenner. He was 67. Mr. Gilmore was born in New Orleans and lived in Metairie before moving to Kenner 11 years ago. Survivors include a son, David E. Gilmore; two sisters, Freddie G. Landry and Karla G. Kirby; and two grandchildren. A funeral will be held today at 5 p.m. at Lamana-Pallo-Fallo Funeral Home, 1717 Veterans Memorial Blvd. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Burial will be private.
DOUROUX, LAWRENCE JOSEPH
December 01, 2002
Lawrence Joseph Douroux, a retired firefighter with the Eugene, Ore., Fire Department, died Tuesday of cancer at his home. He was 61. Mr. Douroux was born in New Orleans and lived in Eugene for the past 32 years. He was a graduate of St. Augustine High School, where he was a quarterback on the football team. He attended classes on auto body work to pursue a hobby of restoring antique cars. He was a Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. He was a member of the Association of Black Professional Fire Fighters, the Classic Car Club of America and the Shadow Hills Country Club. Survivors include his wife, Aloma Orticke Douroux; his mother, Marie Douroux of Destrehan; a brother, Gary Douroux; and two sisters, Consuella Wyble of Norco, Calif., and Bernadette Douroux of Destrehan. A memorial service will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Musgrove Family Mortuary in Eugene.
KEMP, DOUGLAS R. JR.
December 01, 2002
Douglas R. Kemp Jr., a retired Navy officer, died Wednesday at St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington. He was 83. Mr. Kemp was a lifelong resident of Ponchatoula. He was a veteran of World War II. He was a life member of the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and many other military societies. Survivors include his son, Allen L. Kemp; a sister, Hattie Kemp Wilson of Zolfo Springs, Fla.; and two grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at a later date at Windsor Senior Living Community, 1770 N. Causeway Blvd., Mandeville. Mr. Kemp's body was donated to the Bureau of Anatomical Services. Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
JENKINS, KEITH 'LIL KEITH'
December 01, 2002
Keith "Lil Keith" Jenkins, an electrician at Louisiana State University Medical Center, died Nov. 23 of a gunshot wound at the intersection of Jackson Avenue and Constance Street. He was 20. Mr. Jenkins was a lifelong resident of New Orleans. He graduated from Walter L. Cohen High School. He was a parishioner of St. Peter Claver Catholic Church. Survivors include his companion, Shelitha Davis; his mother, Loritta Royal; his stepfather, Duan Reece; two brothers, Kenneth Jenkins and Ke'Michael Jones; and three sisters, LaKeisha and Keoka Jenkins and Keonia Jones. A Mass will be said Tuesday at 10 a.m. at St. Peter Claver Catholic Church, 1923 St. Philip St. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Burial will be in Providence Park cemetery. Majestic Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
LEWIS, SHIRLEY MAE JOHNSON
December 01, 2002
Shirley Mae Johnson Lewis, a retired educator in the Orleans Parish public school system, died Friday of lung cancer at St. Charles General Hospital. She was 69. Mrs. Lewis was a lifelong resident of New Orleans. She graduated from Booker T. Washington High School and Southern University at Baton Rouge. She was a parishioner of St. Francis De Sales Catholic Church, where she was a member of the Christian Life Community and served as Eucharistic minister, lector and liturgical coordinator. Survivors include her husband, Raymond J. Lewis Sr.; five sons, Alfred and Keith Moore, David Dawson, and Randall and Raymond Lewis Jr.; three daughters, Rita L. Arceneaux, Dawn M. Collins and Tamara L. Yilla; 14 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. A Mass will be said Tuesday at 11 a.m. at St. Francis De Sales Catholic Church, 2203 Second St. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Mausoleum. D.W. Rhodes Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
