Obituaries for Friday, March 5, 2010
Published 9:00 pm Friday, March 5, 2010
Landen Barrett Grisham
Services for Landen Barrett Grisham, of Ponchatoula, La., are 11a.m. Saturday, March 6, at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral HomeChapel in Hammond, La., with burial in Rose Memorial Park Cemeteryin Hammond. Dr. David Cranford will officiate.
Visitation is Friday from 6 until 9 p.m. at the funeral home, andon Saturday from 8 a.m. until the time of the service.
Mr. Grisham, 15, died March 3, 2010, at his residence. He was bornon Tuesday, Dec. 27, 1994, in Hammond.
He was a remarkable young man. He was an honor roll student wholoved baseball, hunting, his dog “Buck,” and his friends andfamily. His baseball career was highlighted by several seasons as aPonchatoula All-Star. He loved taking Buck hunting and enjoyedgoing “down the river.” Landen also had a heroic side. He saved thelives of two drowning children when he pulled them from theTangipahoa River at Carpenter’s Landing in 2009. Landen had friendsuncounted. He was loved by all who knew him. He will be sorelymissed.
Preceding him in death were his paternal grandparents, Lee EarlGrisham Sr. and Mary Alline Mauney Grisham; his great-grandfather,Hoyte Hart; and his uncles, Jake Alfano and Billy Grisham.
Survivors are his parents, Lee and Cecilia “Cissy” Davis GrishamJr.; his sister, Melanie Lee Grisham; his maternal grandfather,James B. Davis; his maternal grandmother, Diane Hart Davis; hismaternal great-grandmother, Lois Hart; and his 10 aunts and uncles,and numerous cousins.
Contributions may be made to the Landen B. Grisham Memorial Fundestablished at First Community Bank in Hammond.
Ralph Allen Richardson
Services for Ralph Allen Richardson, of Waynesboro, are 1 p.m.Sunday, March 7, at Freeman Funeral Home Chapel in Waynesboro, withburial in Concord Cemetery in Lauderdale County. Drs. Steve Smithand John Stodghill will officiate.
Visitation is Saturday from 5 until 8 p.m. at the funeral homeparlor.
Mr. Richardson, 70, died March 3, 2010, at his residence. A nativeof Brookhaven, he was born on April 24, 1939, to McKinleyRichardson and Ruby Roberts Richardson.
He was a certified registered nurse anesthetist (hospital). He wasa veteran of the U.S. Army, and served in Vietnam. He was a memberof the First Baptist Church in Waynesboro.
Preceding him in death were his parents, and his brother, DavidRichardson.
Survivors are his wife, Linda J. Richardson, of Waynesboro; hisdaughters, Tina Emmons (Barry), of Newton, and Susan EavesCarmichael (Freddie), of Meridian; his sons, Anthony Richardson, ofWaynesboro, and Todd Richardson, of Birmingham, Ala.; his stepsons,Bryan Sisson, of Enterprise, Scotty Sisson (Ashley), of Meridian;his sisters, Helen Segers, of Leesburg, Va., Eva Dee Rodriquez andAyleen Boyette, both of Brookhaven; his brother, LeRoy Richardson(Joann), of Brookhaven; and his eight grandchildren, and onegreat-grandchild.
To sign the online guestbook, visit freemanfh.com.
Gloria Jean Sisco Schreck
Memorial services for Gloria Jean Sisco Schreck, of St. Augustine,Fla., were held on Feb. 28, 2010. St. Johns Family Funeral Home inSt. Augustine was in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Schreck, 58, died Feb. 25, 2010, after suffering a heartattack. She was born on Sept. 13, 1951, to Elmer Clay and AudreyLee Sisco, of Bogue Chitto.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her sister, Helen Rawls,of Brookhaven; her brother, Carroll Sisco, of Petal; and nieces,Sharon Rawls Wilkins and Melanie Rawls Heard.
Survivors are her husband, Paul E. Schreck, of St. Augustine; herson, Brandon, of Miami, Fla.; her brothers, Hollis Sisco and wifeMaude, of Sevierville, Tenn., Willie Sisco and wife Virginia, ofHampton, Ga., and Barney Sisco and wife Frances, of Bogue Chitto;her sisters, Shirley Calcote and husband Calvin, Janet Lupo andhusband Jerry, of Brookhaven, Joyce Brown and husband Hilton, ofBogue Chitto, Patsy Fillebaum and husband Roger, of Vicksburg, JudyWall and husband Bill, of Clinton, and Lexine Freedman, of St.Augustine; and a host of nieces, nephews, extended family andfriends.
She will be missed and fondly remembered by all of those whoselives she touched.