Obituaries – June 2

Published 12:00 am Saturday, June 2, 2001

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METAIRIE – William E. “Bill” Avara, 72, a native of McComb, Miss., and resident of St. Charles Parish for the past 41 years, died May 28. He was the husband of Mary B. Avara and father of Arleen, Albert and William Avara.He is also survived by 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.Services were June 1 in the chapel of Leitz-Eagan Funeral Home, Metairie.CANNON
KILLONA – Wallace “Sonny” Cannon Jr., 64, a native of Killona and resident of New Orleans, died May 24. He was the son of the late Victoria Markey and Wallace Cannon Sr. and brother of Betty August, Mary Lewis and the late Vivian Gordon, Audrey Bartley, Delores Downing, Myrtle Woods and Charles, Sheldon Sr. and George Cannon.Services are today at 11 a.m. at Canaan Baptist Church, Killona, with interment at Restlawn Cemetery, Avondale. Visitation starts at 9 a.m.JOHNSON
GRAMERCY – Evella Appledeer Johnson, 91, a native and resident of Gramercy, died May 24. She was the mother of Julie Sabate, Iona Sique, Shirley Aubert and Delores, Odessa, Tites Sr. and Isaac Johnson Jr.She is also survived by 36 grandchildren, 76 great-grandchildren, 32 great-great-grandchildren, 31 great-great-great-grandchildren and one great-great-great-great-grandchild.Services were May 30 at New Zion Full Gospel Church, Gramercy, with interment at St. Joseph Mausoleum, Paulina.LANDRY
NEW ORLEANS – Alice Thompson Landry, 78, a native of Convent and resident of New Orleans, died May 27. She was the wife of the late Clarence Landry.She was also the daughter of the late Gabriel and Aline Marvigne Thompson and sister of Hilda Jordan and Beulah Block and the late Ovelia Fobb, Theresa Dennis and Freddie, Percy, Melvin and Nelson Thompson.Services are today at 10 a.m. at St. Luke Baptist Church, New Orleans, with private interment. Visitation starts at 9:30 a.m.MATHIEU
EDGARD – Noah F. “Chief” Mathieu, 84, a native and resident of Lucy, died May 29. He was the husband of the late Melba Bartholomew Mathieu and father of Karen, Larry Sr., Landry and Keith Mathieu Sr.He was also the son of the late Carmel LeBeouf and Edgar Mathieu Sr. and brother of Marie McCray, Lorraine Alexis, Roy Mathieu Sr. and the late Edgar Mathieu Jr.He is also survived by six grandchildren.He was a retired paint foreman at Avondale Shipyards.Services are today at 10 a.m. at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Edgard, with interment at the church cemetery. Visitation starts at 8 a.m.OUBRE
GARYVILLE – Pierre Oubre Sr., 94, a native of Vacherie and resident of Garyville, died May 30. He was the husband for 67 years of Celine Cambre Oubre and father of Amelia Matherne, Barbara Causey, Nobie Freeman and John and Pierre Oubre Jr.He was also the son of the late Rene and Odile Louquette Oubre and brother of Richard Oubre Sr. and the late Armentine Kliebert, Melba Cambre and Rene Sr., Claude Sr. and Hubert Oubre Sr.He is also survived by 15 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.He was a retired employee of San Francisco Sugar Mill and member of the Holy Name Society.Services were June 1 at St. Hubert Catholic Church, Garyville, with interment at St. Peter Mausoleum, Reserve.PALMER
MARRERO – Richard William Palmer, 50, a native of St. Augustine, Fla., and resident of Boutte for the past 20 years, died May 27. He was the husband of Debbie Bourg Palmer and father of Brandi Bertucci and Brad Palmer.He was also the son of Mary Prince Palmer and the late William Palmer and brother of Rodger E. Palmer.He was an inspector at Avondale Industries Inc.Services were May 31 in the chapel of Mothe Funeral Home, Marrero, with private interment.PEEL
METAIRIE – Conchetta F. Peel, 74, a native of New Orleans and resident of LaPlace for 20 years, died May 27. She was the mother of Debera Mora and Pamela Abt.She was also the sister of Cullen Peel.She is also survived by nine grandchildren.Services were June 1 in the chapel of Lamana-Panno-Fallo Funeral Home, Metairie, with interment at St. John Memorial Gardens, LaPlace.SCOTT
PAULINA – Elijah Scott Sr., 64, a native and resident of Paulina, died May 26. He was the husband of Catherine Ann Joseph Scott and father of Linda Gaines, Erica Walker, Barbara Manuel, Odeal, Eldrin, Jason, Ricky, Anthony and Elijah Scott Jr. and stepfather of Christopher and Bernard Blunt.He was also the son of the late Edward Sr. and Odeal Ward Scott and brother of Ernestine Lee, Joseph, George, Jake, Samuel and the Rev. Benjamin Scott and the late Pearly Batiste, Octavia Ezidore, Mary Sanchez and Neuman, Phillip and Alex Scott Sr.He is also survived by 28 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.He was chief deputy of the St. James Parish Sheriffs Office.Services were June 1 at Evergreen Baptist Church, Paulina, with interment at Antioch Cemetery, Paulina.TASSIN
LAPLACE – Kenneth “Hot Papa” Tassin, 41, a resident of LaPlace, died May 26. He was the son of Ida Mae Tassin and brother of Sheila Anderson, Samantha Wilson, Nelson and Wayne Watkins, Mack and Robert Dickey, Andre Burl and the late Linda James, Kevin Tassin and Alfred Dickey.He was reared by the late Doris and Elvin Burl.Services were June 1 at Milesville Memorial Church of God in Christ, LaPlace, with interment at Providence Rest Haven Cemetery, LaPlace.TUMBAR
NEW SARPY – Felicia Shantel Tumbar, 25, a native of New Sarpy and resident of Hahnville, died May 22. She was the mother of Tanisha Roberts.She was also the daughter of Joseph Tumbar and Cherly Washington Clay, stepdaughter of Richard Clay and Tyrease Tumbar and sister of Rebha Tumbar and George Brown.Services are today at 11 a.m. at St. Matthew Baptist Church, New Sarpy, with interment at New Sarpy Cemetery. Visitation starts at 9:30 a.m.URSIN
PAULINA – Frederick Marquese Ursin, 21, a resident of Paulina, died May 25 in an automobile accident in Bristol, Tenn. He was the son of Molen and the late Geraldine Ursin and brother of Carisa Ursin, Nicole Jones and Ricou J., Travis, Calvin and the late Trashira Ursin.Dismissal services are today at 11 a.m. at Evergreen Baptist Church, Paulina, with interment at Antioch Cemetery, Paulina.URSIN
PAULINA – Geraldine “Jean” Ursin, 46, a native of Paulina and resident of Woodville, Miss. for the past 13 years, died May 25 in an automobile accident in Bristol, Tenn. She was the mother of Carisa, Ricou, Travis, Calvin and the late Frederick and Trashira Ursin.She was also the sister of Jerry Mae Clayton.She is also survived by three grandchildren.She attended Lutcher High School.In the same accident, Frederick Ursin, 21, Trashira Ursin, 16, and grandchild, Ricou Terrell Ursin, 5, also died.Dismissal services are today at 11 a.m. at Evergreen Baptist Church, Paulina, with interment at Antioch Cemetery, Paulina.URSIN
PAULINA – Ricou Terrell Ursin, 5, a resident of Paulina, died May 25 in an automobile accident in Bristol, Tenn. He was the son of Ricou J. Ursin and Ekeisha Green and brother of Tyree Ursin and Kayleigh Green.He was also the grandson of Molen Ursin and the late Geraldine Ursin, Alvin Green Sr. and Emma Johnson.Dismissal services are today at 11 a.m. at Evergreen Baptist Church, Paulina, with interment at Antioch Cemetery, Paulina.URSIN
PAULINA – Trashira J. Ursin, 16, a resident of Paulina, died May 25 in an automobile accident in Bristol, Tenn. She was the daughter of Johnny Jackson and the late Geraldine Ursin and sister of Carisa, Ricou J., Travis, Calvin and the late Frederick Ursin.Dismissal services are today at 11 a.m. at Evergreen Baptist Church, Paulina, with interment at Antioch Cemetery, Paulina.VINNETT
ST. ROSE – Marjorie Vinnett, 74, a native and resident of St. Rose, died May 30. She was the wife of the late Hampton Vinnett and mother of Brenda Mitchell, Larry Vinnett and the late Gerald, Kenneth, Donnie and Gloria Jean Vinnett.She was also the daughter of the late Josephine Albert and Philogene Paul and sister of Morris Paul and the late Lillian Evans, Hazel Boyd, Leola Williams and Oliver, Elvin and Philogene Paul.She is also survived by three grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by one grandchild.Services are today at noon at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, St. Rose, with interment at St. Rose Cemetery. Visitation starts at 10 a.m.