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PRADOS, MARVIN ANTHONY SR.
06/15/02
Marvin Anthony Prados Sr., a merchant seaman welder, died Tuesday of cancer at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He was 57. Mr. Prados was a lifelong resident of New Orleans. He attended Joseph S. Clark High School. He served in the Army. Survivors include a son, Marvin Anthony Prados Jr.; a daughter, Marlene Ruth Bellamy; two brothers, Kenneth and Ferdinand Prados Jr.; five sisters, Antoinette Jones, Cornell Goudeau, Myrna Patterson, Delores Dugas and Vanessa Miller; and seven grandchildren. A funeral was held Friday at Boissiere-Labat Family Funeral Service, 1703 N. Claiborne Ave. Burial was in Holt Cemetery.
TURNER, TERRY
06/15/02
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 today 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.
FAUCHEUX, WILLIAM ALBERT
06/15/02
William Albert Faucheux, a retired land surveyor for Shell Oil Co., died Wednesday at his home. He was 80. Mr. Faucheux was born in New Orleans and lived in Metairie for the past 40 years. He was an Army veteran of World War II and was awarded the Bronze Star. He graduated from Warren Easton High School and received a master's degree in engineering and forestry from Louisiana State University. He was a member of the American Legion and was a parishioner of St. Ann Catholic Church. Survivors include his wife, Eleanor Duncan Faucheux; a son, Maurice Albert Faucheux; two daughters, Michelle Faucheux Darling and Monique Faucheux Shepard; and two grandchildren. A Mass will be said today at 10 a.m. at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd., New Orleans. Visitation will begin at 8 a.m. Burial will be in Metairie Cemetery.
BREAUX, LAWRENCE
06/14/02
Lawrence Breaux, a retired employee of St. Charles Grain Elevator, died June 6 of cancer at Doctors Hospital of Jefferson. He was 75. Mr. Breaux was born in Seller and lived in New Sarpy for the past 50 years. He was a Navy veteran. He was a member of St. Matthew Baptist Church. Survivors include a son, Vernon Dell Breaux; two daughters, Mae Beth Washington and Debra Lee Breaux; four stepsons, Donald, Ronald, Dwayne and Anthony Myers; three stepdaughters, Jacqueline Marshall, Patricia Davis and Antoinette Myers; four brothers, Edward Chatman and Troy, Michael and Lanis Breaux; 23 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. A funeral will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Little Zion Baptist Church, 2200 Kenner Ave., Kenner. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Burial will be in New Sarpy Cemetery. N.A. James Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
POPLUS, TYRONE
05/24/02
Tyrone Poplus, a retired longshoreman, died Saturday of diabetes at his home. He was 60. Mr. Poplus was born in New Orleans and lived in Metairie for 47 years. He was a member of International Longshoremen's Association Local 3000 and Haven United Methodist Church, where he was a member of the choir. Survivors include two daughters, Kecia Maria Poplus and Yolanda Gail Butler; two brothers, Samuel G. Poplus Jr. of Kenner and Andrew L. Poplus; a sister, Barbara P. Williams of LaPlace; and two grandchildren. A funeral will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Haven United Methodist Church, 1238 Joliet St. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Burial will be in Providence Memorial Park. D.W. Rhodes Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
DeLAY, MICHAEL PAUL
06/06/02
Michael Paul DeLay, a mechanical operator, died Saturday of undetermined causes at his home. He was 52. Mr. DeLay was a lifelong resident of New Orleans. He was an employee of the Fair Grounds for 31 years. Survivors include his wife, Stella Simons DeLay; three stepsons, Kirk, Anthony and Clement Roche Jr.; two stepdaughters, Vanessa and Linda Roche; three brothers, Stanley, August and Gregory DeLay; four sisters, Shirley Jackson, Elaine Meyers, Charyl Galle and Peggy Patrick; and nine grandchildren. A Mass will be said Saturday at 10 a.m. at Epiphany Catholic Church, 1949 Duels St. Visitation will begin at 8 a.m. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Littlejohn's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
MAY, JAMES H. SR.
05/25/02
James H. May Sr., a retired ground support employee of the Space Shuttle at Lockheed Martin, died Wednesday of complications after heart bypass surgery at Lakeland Regional Medical Center in Lakeland, Fla. He was 75. Mr. May was born in Columbus, Ohio, and lived in Lakeland for the past 30 years. He was a member of American Legion Post No. 8 in Winter Haven, Fla. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Survivors include his wife, Mary C. May; three sons, Allen May of Kooskia, Idaho, and James and John May; two daughters, Deb Hartman of Mesquite, Texas, and Cheryl May of Oxford, Mich.; a stepdaughter, Marcia Beuth of Palm Bay, Fla.; a brother, Robert May of Columbus; two sisters, Madeline Prima of New Orleans and Marie Treado of Columbus; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. A memorial service will be held Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m. at Foxwood Estates Club House in Lakeland. Trinity Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home in Lakeland is in charge of arrangements.
Clarence Samuels Sr.
05/24/02
Clarence Wilhelm Samuels Sr., a vocalist who was one of the first artists released on the Chess brothers label Aristocrat, died Monday at Jefferson Health Care Center. He was 79.
Mr. Samuels was born in Baton Rouge and lived in New Orleans for the past 10 years.
Mr. Samuels was known as a "blues shouter," and was well known for his songs "Going to the Hop," "Chicken-Hearted Woman," and "Lolly Pop Momma." He wrote and recorded at least 50 songs.
Samuels was most popular in the 1940s and ‘50s. He started his career with his father's band, the Roseland Six, in Baton Rouge. In the ‘40s he played with Joe Turner. He recorded "I Ain't Gonna Do It" with Dave Bartholomew. Saxophone player Ornette Coleman started his career with Samuels' band in the 1940s. Mr. Samuels also managed Johnny Adams from 1962 to ‘67.
"He lived a full life," said his daughter-in-law, Theresa Samuels. "He enjoyed himself. He traveled the world. I think he enjoyed what he did. He lived his life the way he wanted to live it."
Two years ago he played at a music festival in the Netherlands, his son said. "He hadn't had a gig like that in quite a while," said guitarist Clarence Samuels Jr.. "For the first time in my life, I played his music from the ‘40s. That was quite a treat for me and for him."
His father had been playing around town almost every week at benefits and local clubs, including at Ponderosa Stomp during this year's Jazzfest.
Last year, Mr. Samuels Sr. went back into the studio and re-recorded some of his more popular hits. He sold his latest CD, "Louise," to family, friends and fans.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Moultrie Samuels; four other sons, Dexter Samuels of Orlando, Fla., Anthony Samuels of Las Vegas, Nev., and Clifford and Edgar Samuels; two daughters, Sharon Samuels of Daytona, Fla., and Andrea Samuels of Las Vegas; three brothers, Edward Samuels of Baton Rouge, Carlos Samuels of Houma and Michael Samuels of Boutte; two sisters, Marion and Eddy Marie Samuels of Houston; 12 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
A funeral will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at St. James Methodist Church, 1925 Ursulines Ave. Visitation will be today at 4 p.m. at Tilly's Funeral Home, 2831 St. Claude Ave., and Saturday at 8 a.m. at the church. Burial will be in Restlawn Park.
MASON, TERRANCE LAMONT
06/02/02
Terrance Lamont Mason, a 7-month-old infant, died Wednesday of undetermined causes at University Hospital. He was a lifelong resident of New Orleans. Survivors include his father, Terrance Lamont Jones; his mother, Tara Lynell Mason; two brothers, Horace and Tyree Mason; a sister, Raven Mason; his grandfather, Hurbert Mason; and his grandmothers, Dianne Mason and Brenda Jones. A funeral will be held Tuesday at noon at Heritage Funeral Directors, 4101 St. Claude Ave. Burial will be in Garden of Memories.
BROWN, DARRYL BENARD
06/14/02
Darryl Benard Brown, a painter for Commercial Paint Co., died June 7 of a gunshot wound in Jefferson Parish. He was 45. Mr. Brown was a lifelong resident of New Orleans. He was a former employee of Avondale Shipyard, Louisiana Power & Light Co., Kaiser Aluminum, Sears and the Army Corps of Engineers. He was an Army veteran. Survivors include two sons, Damian and Alonquin Benard Brown; two daughters, Javonka Darrell and Kia Nicole Brown; three brothers, Donnell, Keith and Kevin Brown; two sisters, Janice Atkinson and Natasha Brown; his stepfather, Ivory Brown; his grandfather, Stoney Woodson of Michigan; and three grandchildren. A funeral will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at D.W. Rhodes Funeral Home, 3933 Washington Ave. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Burial will be in Providence Memorial Park.
BABB, THE REV. JAMES C.
06/13/02
The Rev. James C. Babb, a Jesuit priest, died Wednesday of renal failure at Ignatius Residence. He was 87. Father Babb was born in Brockton, Mass., and lived in New Orleans. He graduated from Boston College High School. He entered the Jesuit novitiate at Grand Coteau in 1933 and attended Spring Hill College in Mobile, Ala., St. Louis University and St. Mary's College in St. Mary, Kan., where he was ordained in 1946. He was the former director of the Jesuit Mission Bureau and served in Sri Lanka. He was a former rector of St. Charles College in Grand Coteau, the Jesuit House of Studies at Spring Hill College in Mobile and Jesuit High School in New Orleans. He served as superior or director at retreat houses in New Orleans, Grand Coteau and Atlanta. From 1973 to 1977 he was vice provincial at the Pastoral and International Apostolates of the New Orleans Providence. He was assigned to Ignatius Retreat House in Atlanta from 1991 until last week, when he came to New Orleans. Survivors include a sister of Granite Bay, Calif. A wake will be held today from 7 to 8 p.m. at Thomas Hall Chapel of Loyola University, 6363 St. Charles Ave. A Mass will be said Friday at 10 a.m. Thomas Hall Chapel. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Burial will be in Jesuit Cemetery, St. Charles College, Grand Coteau. Jacob Schoen & Son Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
YOUNG, LORRAINE GASPARD
06/14/02
Lorraine Gaspard Young, a retired housekeeper, died June 7 of complications from diabetes at Memorial Medical Center. She was 67. Mrs. Young was a lifelong resident of New Orleans. She retired from the Congress Inn. She attended Valena C. Jones Elementary School and Joseph S. Clark High School. She was a member of Wilson Chapel A.M.E. Church. Survivors include a foster son, Ronald Helmstetter; two foster daughters, Mary Lynne Jacks and Pauline Helmstetter; two sisters, Angelina Perry of Los Angeles and Hilda Mae Gaspard; eight foster grandchildren; and nine foster great-grandchildren. A funeral will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Wilson Chapel A.M.E. Church, 10121 Old Gentilly Road. Visitation will be today from 6 to 9 p.m. at Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home, 1610 Lapeyrouse St. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park.
PHILLIPS, MAUDE B.
06/06/02
Maude B. Phillips, a counselor with the Orleans Parish public school system and a day-care owner, died Tuesday at St. Charles General Hospital. She was 82. Mrs. Phillips was born in Memphis, Tenn., and lived in New Orleans for most of her life. She graduated from Xavier University and Louisiana State University and almost completed a doctorate at Tulane University. She was a member of Zeta Phi Beta and Phi Beta Kappa sororities, which honored her for services to them, and she was given an award by the mayor's office for her contributions to children. She was a member of Mount Zion Methodist Church. Survivors include a son, William E. Phillips; two grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. A funeral will be held Friday at 10 a.m. at Mount Zion Methodist Church, 2700 Louisiana Ave. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Charbonnet-Labat Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
