Nov. 19, 1978 THE SHREVEPORT TIMES Joseph Roppolo DEATHS Funeral services for Joseph P. "Joe" Roppolo, 66, of 1916 Audubon Place will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Catholic Church with the Rev.
Murray Clayton and the Rev. Joseph Inzena, pastors at St. Joseph Catholic Church, officiating. Burial will be at Forest Park Cemetery under direction of Rose-Neath Funeral Home Marshall Street Chapel. Mr.
Roppolo died at 3:15 a.m. Saturday at Schumpert Medical Center after a brief illness. A New Orleans native, he lived in Shreveport the past 50 years. He was president of Roppolo Insurance Agency and past president of the Progressive Men's Club, the Caddo Levee Board and the American Legion. He was a veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Fannie Papa Roppolo of Joseph Shreveport; two and sons, Mark Gregory, Roppolo Roppolo, both of Shreveport; five sisters, Mrs. N.J. Huckaby of Bossier City and Mary Pritchard, Mrs. T.J. DeFatta, Ann Como and Mrs.
A.C. Cefalu, all of Shreveport; four brothers, Angelo Roppolo, Nick J. Roppolo, Leon F. Roppolo and Carlo P. polo, all of Shreveport; and a granddaughter.
Pallbearers are Joe Russo, Joseph Glorioso, Dominick Tuminello, Ronnie Tuminello, Rickey Roppolo and James Huckaby. Ted Claude Whited Services for Ted Claude Whited, 56, of Memphis, will be held at 1 p.m. Monday in the chapel of First Presbyterian Church of Shreveport with Dr. John B. Rogers officiating.
Burial arrangements are pending. Osborn Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Whited died Friday in Jackson, Miss. He was a resident of Shreveport for 12 years.
He was a Baxter Springs, native and grew up in Amarillo, Texas. He attended Texas Christian University and graduated from Wichita State University. Mr. Whited was a manufacturer's representative with the Whited Co. He served during World War II as a Navy aviator and was a deacon in the Second Presbyterian Church of Memphis.
Survivors include his widow, Virginia Whited of Memphis; his mother, Mrs. Claude Whited of Wichita, son, Dr. Steven Whited of Kensington, a daughter, Patricia Whited of Houston, Texas; two sisters, Myron Hull of Wichita, and Mrs. 'Curtis Schneider of Topeka, and a grandson. Pallbearers will be Lee Bransford, Raymond R.
Flowers, Dr. Melvin Johnson, James J. Mangan, Robert W. Owens, Joseph Scheirer, Fletcher Thorne-Thomsen and Edward B. Wilkey.
The family requests that any memorials be made to the First Presbyterian Church or other charity. Jimmy Hodges Services for Jimmy Hodges, 42, of Cotton Valley will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at the Fellowship Tabernacle Church in Bossier City with the Rev. Lonnie G. Jordan, pastor of the church, officiating.
Burial will be at Hillcrest Cemetery in Bossier City, with Wellman's Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mr. Hodges was a Humphrey, native and a construction worker. He died Friday at 7:10 p.m. at Veterans Hospital in Shreveport after a long illness.
He was a member of the Fellowship Tabernacle Church and a veteran of the Korean and the Vietnam wars. Survivors include his widow, Tommie A. Hodges of Cotton Valley; mother, Lillie Willis of Waldon, three sons, Thomas C. Gibson of Cotton Valley, James R. Gibson of Humphrey, and Leonard L.
Gibson of Humphrey, three daughters, Claudia McWilliams of Bossier City; Dorothy Hodges of Humphrey, and Joyce Bascus of Shreveport; a brother, Joe Roy Hodges of Humphrey, four sisters, Bertha Rowe of Fort Payne, Dorothy Lyons of Wasco, Faye Wiggins of Gravelly, and Alice Feco of Haughton; and 16 grandchildren. Myrtie Kirk Teer Funeral services for Myrtie Kirk Teer, 66, of Rodessa will be at 2:30 p.m. today in McGuire Funeral Home Chapel in Vivian with the Rev. J.W. Crowe, pastor of Walnut Hill Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Chapelwood Memorial Gardens in Vivian. Mrs. Teer died about 10 p.m. Friday at Brooks Hospital in Atlanta, Texas, following a lengthy illness. A native of Aubrey, Texas, she lived the past 42 years in Rodessa.
She was a member of Walnut Hill Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, E.H. Teer of Rodessa; a son, Dale Teer of Rodessa; two daughters, Louona Harper of Monticello, and Frances Tate of Corpus Christi; 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Pallbearers are Rex Thompson, Lester Sanders, Joe Terry, Clive Small, Belton Moore and Donald Upchurch. Edward House Services for the son of a Edward M.
House, 58, of 1004 will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Home in Monroe. Mr. House Schumpert Medical Center after Mr. House, formerly of year Monroe resident.
He was and a Bonami native. Survivors 1 include his wife, Monroe; mother, Irene House son, Lt. Col. Jack R. Harper of and two grandchildren.
Joseph Bannon Jr. Shreveport woman, Filhiol Monroe, Kilpatrick Funeral died at 5:30 a.m. in a lengthy illness. Shreveport, was a 20- an insurance agent Vermelle House of of Shreveport; one Fort Leavenworth, Services for Shreveport native Joseph D. Bannon 54, of Sulphur are scheduled for 2 p.m.
Monday at Maplewood Baptist Church in Sulphur with the Rev. Clarence Young officiating. Burial will be in Mimosa Pines Cemetery in Sulphur. Mr. Bannon died Saturday afternoon in Sulphur Hospital after a long illness.
Survivors include his widow, Marie son, Paul D. Bannon of Baton Rouge; Bonnie Byrd of Shreveport; and children. Hixson Funeral Home in Sulphur is arrangements. Roy M. Culver Bannon; a a daughter, three grandin charge of Roy M.
Culver, 77, of Shreveport died Friday of injuries he received in an auto accident north of Minden. Services for the Bienville Parish native will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Southern Funeral Home of Jonesboro with the Rev. C.M. Abbott officiating.
Burial will be in Antioch Cemetery near Dodson. Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Doris Bilberry of Dubach; two sisters, Annie Cole of Rosepine and Leona Caldwell of Minden; three brothers, Floyd Culver of Bienville, Lloyd Culver of Oak Grove and Boyd Culver of Shreveport; four grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. Dura Browne Dura A. Browne, 72, of 219 Pennsylvania died Friday in Willis-Knighton Hospital after a brief illness.
The Riverdale, native had been a resident of Shreveport since 1945 and was a member of Queensborough Baptist Church. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Forest Park Cemetery with the Rev. Jeff Chandler, pastor of Queensborough Baptist Church and the Rev. Gerald Trussell, interim associate pastor of Queensborough Baptist Church, officiating under the direction of Osborn Funeral Home.
Survivors are her husband, W. Kendall Browne; three daughters, Carol Trust of Shreveport, Kenda Browne of Dallas and Judye Ryan of Bossier City; one brother, W.D. Barnett of Riverdale, and seven grandchildren. Pallbearers will be James H. Downs, C.H.
Dunn, Kenneth L. Prothro, C.S. Ryan, J.G. Page and Melvin Addington. Milo Johnson Milo Verne Johnson, 48, of 9480 Clauson Court died Saturday in Schumpert Medical Center following a short illness.
Mr. Johnson, a native of Phillip, S.D., had been a six-year resident of Shreveport and was a beef manager for John Morrell Meat Packing Co. A Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Monday in St. Mary's of the Pines Catholic Church.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in St. Mary's of the Pines Catholic Church with Father Hugh Biggar officiating. Burial will be in Forest Park Cemetery. Mr.
Johnson is survived by his wife, Shirley R. Johnson; four sons, Gregg Johnson of Sioux Falls, S.D., Brad Johnson of New York, N.Y., and Mark Johnson and Doug Johnson, both of Shreveport; two sisters, Mrs. Marian Hanson and Shirley Sether, both of Phillip, S.D.; and one brother, Myrl Johnson of Phillip. Janice Parker Janice Claire Cowart Parker, 28, of 700 Whittington in Bossier City died Saturday in WillisKnighton Hospital. The Louisiana Tech student had lived in Bossier City most of her life and was a member of the Bossier First Baptist Church.
She was a New Orleans native had been an employee of the Northwest Regional Office for Handicapped Children. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church of Bossier City with the Rev. Barry G. Landrum, pastor, and the Rev.
W.L. Sewell, a retired minister from Alexandria, officiating under the direction of Rose-Neath Funeral Home's Bossier chapel. She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Y.L.
Cowart of Bossier City. Pallbearers will be Bob Matheny, Harding Flair, Herbert Patrick, Joe Ahlers, Billy Bickham and Allen Morgan. LOGANSPORT- Moses Lee Gates, 80; services, 10 a.m. Monday, Rose-Neath Chapel; burial, Cook Springs Cemetery; survivors include two sons, Johnny Lee Gates and Joe W. Gates, both of Shreveport.
SAREPTA- Edward L. Charles, 71; services, 2 p.m. today, Midway Baptist Church; burial, Old Sarepta survivors inicude a son, David Charles of Plain Dealing and a sister, Mrs. Leora Beatty of Shreveport. LEESVILLE- Garrett Edgar Jean 81; services, 2 p.m.
today, Burr Pentecostal Church; burial, Canaan Cemetery. Pierry LEESVILLE- Jesse E. Smith, 67; services, 3 p.m. today, Hixson Funeral Home Chapel; burial, Mitchell Cemetery in Anacoco; survivors include a daughter, Virginia Mae Ford of Shreveport. MONTGOMERY- Frank Freidieu, 66; services, 2 p.m.
today, Mount Zion Methodist Church; burial, Mount Zion Cemetery. JENA- Jeff Breithaupt, 52; services, 3 p.m. today, First Baptist Church; burial, Jena Cemetery. GAINESVILLE, Texas- Claude Traylor, 89; services, 4 p.m. Monday, Hail Church of Christ near Farmerville, burial, Liberty Cemetery in Linville.
SAN AUGUSTINE, Texas- M.G. Wiggins, 79; services, 10 a.m. Monday, First United Methodist Church; burial, Fairview Cemetery. MARSHALL, Texas- Bessie E. Lavender; services, 3 p.m.
today, Raines Memorial Chapel; burial, Algoma Memorial Gardens. HARLTON, Texas- Michael Dean McGill, 15; services, 2 p.m. today, Harlton Baptist Church; burial, Center Cemetery. MARSHALL, Texas- Daniel Eugene Kirkpatrick, 33; services, 11 a.m. Monday, Colonial Chapel of Sullivan Funeral Home; burial, Colonial Gardens.
MAGNOLIA, Mrs. Ora Dyson, 87; services, 10 a.m. Monday, Philadelphia Methodist Church; burial, church cemetery; survivors include a daugther, Mrs. Nellie Thomas of Shreveport and a sister, Mrs. Alice Nelson of Shreveport.
Fisherman swims 12 miles to land Fla. (AP) for about five hours before being "He'd just come out of the cabin and NEW SMYRNA BEACH, released. was walking toward the bow when the A 21-year-old fishing boat crewman crawled out of the Atlantic Ocean on Knopp said Lear told him that he wave hit," Knopp said. "Sometimes Saturday after an all-night 12-mile fell into the ocean Friday afternoon when a wave hits, the boat will do swim that began when waves tossed when a wave smacked the side of the something you're not expecting." him from the fishing boat. boat.
During the night-long swim, Lear used the Coast Guard station's No one was on deck when Lear was Peter Knopp, skipper and part lighthouse as a beacon toward land. tossed overboard. owner of the 44-foot fishing trawler Kate, said that Jimmy Lear of Day- The trawler and its five crewmen, Later in the morning, one of the tona Beach told him that he managed which had been fishing for swordfish crewmen awoke, went on deck and to get to a beachside house after in the Gulf Stream, were en route to a found Kate heading straight swimming for 12 miles. From there, marina at New Smyrna Beach, about toward the beach. "We were only he asked a resident to call police and 15 miles south of Daytona Beach, about 150 yards from the beach.
We then collapsed, Knopp said. when the incident occurred. whipped the boat around and started Lear, an experienced taken sailor, to Fish Knopp below and decks to crewmen leaving immediately notified the Coast Guard surfer the other had looking for Jimmy," said Knopp, who and scuba diver, was gone sleep, Memorial Hospital where he was held Lear in charge, Knopp said. by radio. Man dies after wreck A 31-year-old Shreveport man died Saturday about seven hours after the car he was driving flipped over a grassy area in the 3800 block of Milam.
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