Obits for June 7, 2008

Published 12:00 am Friday, June 6, 2008

Dantin

John “Frog” Dantin, 40, died Sunday, June 1, 2008. The Destrehan resident is survived by wife Sherry Lynn Dantin, daughter Serenity Joy Dantin, brothers Dudley Glenn Dantin and Jeffrey Niefelt Jr., sisters Kristel and Sherry, stepfather Jeffrey Niefelt Sr., father Michael Dantin, grandfather Aubrey E. Allen, grandmother Velma LaBat and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

Preceded in death by grandparents and mother.

Memorial services will be held Saturday, June 7, at 7 p.m. at the H.C. Alexander Funeral Home in Norco. In lieu of flowers, friends may make a donation to the family.

Hotard

Delora Morvant Hotard, 80, died Monday, June 2, 2008. The Norco native and resident was mother of Mary Hotard Becnel, Jan Stevens, Robert Hotard, Susan Stephen, Bruce Hotard and Dean Hotard, grandmother of Bradley Becnel, Ainsley Becnel, Margaret Stevens O’Reilly, Ronald Stevens Jr., Scott Stephen, Brett Stephen, Glenn Stephen, Katie Hotard, Hannah Hotard, Danielle Hotard Pepper and Samantha Hotard and great-grandmother of Kalyn and Alaina Stephen.

Preceded in death by husband Edmond Nicholas Hotard, parents Edgar Morvant Jr. and Mary Bethancourt Morvant, sister Lorraine Morvant Guedry and brother Robert Mark Morvant.

Services were held Wednesday, June 4, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Norco. Interment in St. Charles Borromeo in Destrehan.

Keller

Priscilla “Prissy” Keller, 61, died Sunday, June 1, 2008. The Destrehan resident was mother of Shelley, Samantha and Robert, grandmother of Jessie and Sean and daughter of Jenelle Robert.

Funeral arrangements under the direction of H.C. Alexander Funeral Home in Norco.

Owens

Joyce Ann Scott Owens, 63, died May 16, 2008. The New Orleans native was the daughter of the late Alberta Walker and Sonny Scott, mother of Theron Owens, grandmother of Angel Owens, sister of the late Ronald Richardson and Carl Walker.

Visitation and services were held Tuesday, June 3, at the True Light Baptist Church in Garyville. Interment in Zion Travelers Cemetery in Reserve.

Spear

Kenneth A. Spear, 51, died May 30, 2008. The LaPlace and Gramercy resident was the husband of Sherrill G. Spear, father of David E. Spear, Jason A. Spear, and Jesse L. Spear, and son of Alvin B. Spear and Adrienne D. Spear.  

Memorial Services were held at the First Baptist Church LaPlace on Wednesday June 4. Burial in D’Iberville Memorial Park Cemetery in Biloxi, Ms.

Walker

Alberta Walker, 86, died May 16, 2008. The Garyville native was daughter of the late Ophelia and Charlie Walker Sr., mother of the late Ronald Richardson, Carl Walker and Joyce Owens, sister of the late Rosa Williams, Octavia Driver, Bernice, Eddie, Leon and Charlie Walker Jr. and Rosenburg Dumas.

Visitation and services were held Tuesday, June 3, at the True Light Baptist Church in Garyville. Interment in Zion Travelers Cemetery in Reserve.

Williams

Dallas L. Williams, 74, died May 29, 2008. The Edgard native was the son of the late Joseph and Agnes Williams, husband of the late Beverly Ann Gauthier, father of Curry Patrick, Marlon Joseph Williams, Donna, Debbie, Tami, and Christi, brother of Alvin Williams Sr., Clara Gaudet, and Marion Jacobs.

Visitation and funeral services were held Friday, June 6, at the New Jerusalem Baptist Church, in Edgard. Interment at Young Cemetery, Edgard.

Young

Phyllis Catoir Young on Monday, June 2, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. Beloved wife of Wayne Young. Mother of Cliff Himel. Stepmother of Clint Young. Daughter of Mary (Love Joy) Catoir and the late Tullos Catoir. Sister of Julie LeBlanc, Roger Catoir, Steven Catoir, Joy Corbin and the late Todd Catoir. Age 52 years. A native of Reserve, and a resident of Gonzales, La., for the past 35 years.

Visitation and services were held at Millet-Guidry Funeral Home in LaPlace on Friday, June 6. Burial to be private at a later date.