Obituaries H

ISIDORE HAAS -- The Evening News, Friday, June 25, 1897, Page 1, Column 6
Isidore Haas. Of Mr. Isidore Haas, a gentleman who lived and was once well known in this city the Picayune of yesterday says:
"The death of Isidore Haas, which occurred at 5 o'clock yesterday morning, deprives the city of a useful citizen and a wide circle of a beloved friend.
"Mr. Haas was a man of great business ability, sterling integrity, and possessed many social qualities. He was a native of Rheinphals, Germany, and at the time of his death was in his 54th year. He came to this country at the age of 16 and settled in North Louisiana, on the Ouachita river.
"At the age of 17 he enlisted in the Confederate army, in the Caldwell Guards. He served in the army of Virginia and participated in twenty-two hard-fought battles. After the war he returned to North Louisiana and engaged in a merchandising business in that section and in Mississippi.
"He then transferred his residence to this city and opened a produce commission business. He abandoned this about ten years ago in order to accept an agency of the New York Life Insurance Company, which he retained till his death."
--Contributed Dec 1999 by Lora Peppers, found among loosely filed newspapers located in a box in a cabinet in the Special Collections room of the Ouachita Parish Public Library. [LSU has microfilm.]

MAUDE O. MCBROOM BUBNICH HAMPTON -- The Monroe News-Star, May 6, 1977
Funeral services for Maud Hampton, 79 of 508 S. First St., Monroe, were held at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Monroe with the Rev. Torris Eldridge officiating.
Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Hampton died Thursday at Shady Oaks Nursing Home after a brief illness.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Monroe, a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary and she was a member of the Missouri Pacific Women's club of Monroe.
Survivors include her husband, Oscar Hampton, Sr., of Monroe; three sons, J. W. Bubnich of Mer Rouge, W. M. Bubnich and Oscar Hampton, Jr., both of Monroe; two daughters, Mrs. Bill Ferguson of Monroe and Mrs. Robert Burton of Tulsa, Okla.; two sisters, Mrs. Arizona Boyd and Ella McBroom, both of Monroe; two brothers, Ervin McBroom, Monroe, and Esbin McBroom, Baytown, Tex.; 10 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Lawrence Ferguson, Douglas Ferguson, Mitchell Hampton, Norwood Christianson, Fred Lindsey, A. E. Gossett.
[Maude was born April 6, 1898, in Urania, LA to William Columbus and Ella May WILSON MCBROOM. She was previously married to Joseph Bubnich on September 3, 1916, in Urania, LA.]
--Contributed 2021 Oct 02 by Doug McBroom doug324@aol.com

BARBARA JEAN HARGROVE -- News Star World, January 04, 2008
Barbara "Bobbie" Jean Hargrove came into and made this world a better place on June 22, 1927. She and her older sister, Jeri, lived in West Monroe with parents, Bill and Jeannie Dortch Hargrove and near grandparents, Ocie and Rhoda King Dortch. Bobbie was definitely "a people person" as she described herself. She loved to roller skate and to wear Shirley Temple dresses with curls in her blonde hair. She also loved dancing and met husband, Al Roethlisberger, at a dance at Selman Field during World War II. The morning after their wedding on August 13, 1945, Bobbie and Al were awakened by a phone call from her mother who announced "The War is Over!". Bobbie said bells were ringing and car horns were blowing all that day.
The couple soon moved to Pennsylvania where Al, an entrepreneur and inventor, had been born and raised. They prospered and raised two sons, Al and Dale, there.
Widowed in 1977, Bobbie moved with her son, Al, wife, Barbara and their son, also Al, to Texas where Bobbie married John Cain whose work took them to Japan for a year and then back to Houston. Sadly, Bobbie became a widow again after only a few years.
Bobbie came home to Monroe/West Monroe 19 years ago and lived again near her son, Al and family of three children, Al, John and Anne Alicia. Bobbie loved to visit and travel with her son, Dale and his wife, Ronna, of the Washington D.C. area. She loved nothing more than listening to Dale's guitar playing and attending gatherings with Ronna's family on their yacht, in Washington, D.C. and in Florida.
Bobbie was blessed with four great grandchildren; Charlotte through grandson Al; James, Jaydan (J.J.) and newborn Isabella, children of Anne Alicia, all of whom Bobbie visited with recently. She also had treasured visits with her sister, Jeri, niece Rebecca, grandson John who was home from the University of Louisiana at LaFayette, with grandson Al and Denise and family at their home in North Carolina where we gathered in mid-November.
Bobbie's Thanksgiving and Christmas found her happy and feeling like celebrating the holidays, which she did with son Al and family, Barbara's mother, Mrs. Pearlie May and Barbara's brother, Jeff May, which she had done each year since she came home again.
We have all been blessed...We love you, Bobbie!
Funeral services are 1:00 P.M. on Monday in the Chapel of the Kilpatrick Funeral Home of West Monroe with Bro. Waymond Warren officiating. Interment is in Hasley Cemetery. Visitation is Sunday evening from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. at Kilpatricks of West Monroe.

FRANCES HASSON, MRS. -- The Ouachita Telegraph, Dec 20, 1866, Page 2, Column 5
Died. - At Waverley Plantation in the Parish of Caldwell, on the 6th ult., of paralysis, in the 70th year of her age, Mrs. FRANCES HASSON, mother of Dr. J.T. Simmons, of this town.
For more than forty years, she has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Her life had been consicrated (sic) to its interests, deeming no sacrifice too great for its interests, deeming no sacrifice too great for its advancement and prosperity. Her sufferings were long and protracted, but she bore her afflictions with patience and resignation.
Her Christian spirit in life more than supplied the absence of a dying testimony of her acceptance with the Lord. And thus she passed away from the sorrows of earth to the joys of Heaven. R.S.T.
--Contributed Dec 1999 by Lora Peppers, found among loosely filed newspapers located in a box in a cabinet in the Special Collections room of the Ouachita Parish Public Library. [LSU has microfilm.]

CARRIE FLORENCE (MAY) HATTEN -- The News-Star, Monroe LA, 17 Sep 1941
Mrs. Luther E. Hatten, 44, died at her residence, Smith Street, West Monroe, Tuesday afternoon [16 Sep 1941]. Services were held at the Hickory Spring Methodist Church in Jackson Parish, at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. C. Karlos Smith officiating. Interment followed in the Hickory Spring cemetery under the direction of the Dixie Funeral home.
Mrs. Hatten is survived by her husband and two daughters, Mrs. H. C. Beavers and Mrs. T. R. Gewin, both of West Monroe; four brothers, Eli, Bill, and Burkett May, all of West Monroe; Judge May of Cotton Valley, and a sister, Katie Algy of Caldwell parish.
--Contributed 2021 Oct 02 by Doug McBroom doug324@aol.com

HENRY HERRING, MRS. -- The Evening News, Friday, June 25, 1897, Page 4, Column 1
The remains of the late Mrs. Henry Herring, whose demise at Little Rock was chronicled in the News yesterday, arrived by last evening's train, accompanied by her husband and were met at the depot by a number of friends and relatives, who accompanied them to the residence of Hon. A. J. Herring where they reposed until this morning when the funeral took place to Grace Episcopal church thence to the city cemetery where the remains were interred, a large number of friends attending the obsequies.
--Contributed Dec 1999 by Lora Peppers, found among loosely filed newspapers located in a box in a cabinet in the Special Collections room of the Ouachita Parish Public Library. [LSU has microfilm.]

JUANITA BROWNELL HERRINGTON -- The News-Star, Monroe LA, 4 Jun 2003
Services for Juanita Brownell Herrington, 84, of West Monroe, LA will be 1:00 PM Wednesday, June 4, 2003 at Kilpatrick Funeral Home Chapel, West Monroe, LA with Robert Lee Herrington, Jr. and Rev. Gordon (Skip) Dean officiating. Burial will be in Hasley Cemetery, West Monroe, LA under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home, West Monroe, LA.
Mother was a member of Highland Baptist Church and was employed by Fashion Cleaners for many years. She loved going to church and reading her Bible. Her favorite activity was shopping with her four girls.
She was preceded in death by her husband: Robert Lee Herrington, Sr., her mother: Maggie Mock and a grandson: Dwayne McGough.
Survivors include her four daughters: Georgie Lee Roberson and husband Bennie of Delhi, LA; Sara Sue Dennis and husband Darrell of West Monroe, LA; Maggie Lou McGough and husband Dwight of Chatham, LA; Danon Roberts and husband Dr. Jesse Roberts, Jr. of Simsboro, LA; three sons: Lowery Herrington and wife Gloria of Vidalia, LA; Larry Herrington of Weatherford, TX; Robert Lee Herrington, Jr. and wife Sandra of Mountainburg, AR; nephew: Mike Brent, fourteen grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Bennie Wayne Roberson, Tim Herrington, Donnie Dennis, Jesse H. Roberts, III, Jason Roberts and Jamie Roberts. Honorary pallbearers will be Sergeant Jeremy Roberts (stationed in Afghanistan) and Dwayne McGough (deceased).
Visitation will be from 9:00 AM until time of service on Wednesday at Kilpatrick Funeral Home, West Monroe LA.
--Contributed 2021 Oct 02 by Doug McBroom doug324@aol.com

CECIL C. HOBBS -- The News-Star, Monroe LA, 22 Aug 2003
Graveside services for Mr. Cecil C. Hobbs, age 85, of Farmerville, LA, formerly of West Monroe will be 10:00 AM Friday, August 22, 2003 at Walnut Grove Cemetery, West Monroe, LA with Rev. Charles Tolbird officiating under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home, West Monroe, LA.
Mr. Hobbs died Wednesday August 20, 2003 in Monroe, LA.
Mr. Hobbs was a retired farmer, and a veteran of the U.S. Army having served during World War II.
Mr. Hobbs was preceded in death by his parents, Homer & Nora Caples Hobbs, a brother, James Victor Hobbs, and a sister, Opal Winslow.
Survivors include daughter: Phyllis Boggs and husband Jackie, Farmerville, LA; son, Gary Hobbs and wife Theresa, West Monroe; sister; Claudine Hogge, West Monroe; seven grandchildren; three great grandchildren; and numerous niceces and nephews.
--Contributed 2021 Oct 02 by Doug McBroom doug324@aol.com

FRANCES MARCILLE (MAY) HOBBS -- The News-Star, Monroe LA, 21 July 1999
Services for Mrs. Frances Marcille Hobbs, 76 of Farmerville, LA will be Thursday, July 22, 1999 at 10 AM at Kilpatrick Funeral Home Chapel, West Monroe with Rev. Robert Hi___, Rev. David Martin and Rev. Charles Tolbird officiating. Burial will be at Sardis Cemetery, Farmerville, LA.
Mrs. Hobbs died Monday, July 19, 1999 at North Monroe Hospital.
Survivors are two children: Gary Hobbs and wife, Theresa, of West Monroe, LA; Phyllis Boggs and husband, Jackie, of Farmerville, LA; one sister, Maxine Lee; and two brothers, Marvin May; and Jack Lynch, all of West Monroe; seven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild; several nieces and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.
Pallbearers will be Billy D. May, Jimmy May, Mitchell Lee, Bryan Turner, Marion Barr, Don Owens, and Matthew Graves.
Visitation will be from 5-9 PM, Wednesday at Kilpatrick Funeral Home, West Monroe.
[Mrs. Hobbs was the daughter of Marvin Jeter MAY and Myrtle L. HEARN.]
--Contributed 2021 Oct 02 by Doug McBroom doug324@aol.com

HOMER SILAS HOBBS -- The Morning-World, Monroe LA, 25 Sep 1963
Funeral services for Silas Homer Hobbs, 79, of 101 Linderman, West Monroe, are scheduled for 3 p.m. today in the Walnut Grove Methodist Church with the Rev. C. K. Brooks, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Earl Emmerich. Mr. Hobbs was a retired worker for Louisiana Power and Light Co. and a native of Ouachita Parish. The body will lie in state at Hixson Brother's Funeral Home until noon today. Burial will be in Walnut Grove Cemetery.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Nora Hobbs, West Monroe; two sons, James V, Whitman, Ind., and Cecil, West Monroe; two daughters, Mrs. Claudine Hogge and Mrs. Opal Winslow, both of West Monroe; five brothers, Curt Hobbs, Horace Hobbs, Aubrey Hobbs, all of West Monroe, Eual Hobbs and Walter Hobbs, both of Monroe; two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Beeson and Mrs. Verna Futch, both of West Monroe; and five grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Jimmie Hobbs, J.D. Wilbanks, W. D. Wilbanks, Victor Rutledge, D.M. Evans and C.P. Holloway.
[Homer Silas Hobbs died 23 Sep 1963.]
--Contributed 2021 Oct 02 by Doug McBroom doug324@aol.com

JOHN HUFFMAN -- Monroe Times, Wednesday, November 11, 1891, Page 3, Column 1
John Huffman, son of the late Capt. J.M. Huffman of Oak Ridge, died at Jackson, La., last week. He was at the time attending Centenary College.
--Contributed Dec 1999 by Lora Peppers, found among loosely filed newspapers located in a box in a cabinet in the Special Collections room of the Ouachita Parish Public Library. [LSU has microfilm.]

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