Monday Afternoon

Lettie Stevens Rushing
(July 30, 1911 – November 10, 2008)
Died at 12:15 a.m. on Monday, November 10, 2008 at Ochsner Health Center in Baton Rouge. She was a native and a resident of Amite. Age 97 years. Visitation at Kedron Baptist Church, Amite, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Tuesday and from 11 a.m. until religious services at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Services conducted by Rev. Pat Bourg and Rev. Herb Cowan. Interment Kedron Cemetery, Amite. She is survived by her 3 daughters, Mollie Turner and husband, Robert, Central, Yvonne Cutrer, Ethel, and Bettie Joe Miller and husband, Glenn, Roseland; 8 grandchildren, Dawn Bergeron, Clifton Cutrer, Sherri Skrivanos, Rob Turner, Donald Guidry, Reggie Guidry, James Guidry and Renee Casze; 12 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, “Cricket” Rushing; granddaughter, Jennifer Cutrer; parents, Zach and Pearl Rushing; 2 sisters, Vergie Henry and Ethel Wilson; 2 brothers, Joe Boy Stevens and Walter Stevens. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Kedron Baptist Church Building Fund.

Tommy Earl Hicks
(April 7, 1973 – November 9, 2008)
Tommy Earl Hicks, son of Rev. Tommy R. and Margaret Lois Hicks, Independence, passed away at 4:59PM, Sunday, November 9, 2008 at Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans. He was 35, a native of Covington and a resident of New Orleans.

Tommy is survived by his parents, Rev. Tommy R. and Margaret Lois Hicks, Independence; a sister, Lindy Hicks Cleere and husband, Robert, Baton Rouge; a son, Aiden Cole Hicks, Metairie, and Aiden’s mother, Melo Matus; 2 nieces, Alora & Averi Cleere; a nephew, Caleb Cleere; maternal grandmothers, Margaret Bryant, Covington & Frances Glass, Madisonville; and numerous extended family.

He is preceded in death by paternal grandparents, Robert & Henrietta Hicks; maternal grandfathers, Sidney Glass & Ernest Bryant.

Visitation will be at the McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 from 6:00PM until 9:00PM and on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 from 8:00AM until Religious Services in the funeral home Chapel at 10:00AM, with Dr. Stephen P. Hicks & Bro. Chris Chavers, officiating. Interment in the Bankston Cemetery, Hwy 43, Albany, LA

Tommy’s great love for cooking and working for some of the top restaurants in New Orleans and surrounding areas. He worked for NOLA, a restaurant owned by Emeril Lagasse. He also was an avid artist, painting abstracts of New Orleans. Tommy loved fishing and his faithful companion, Floyd, his birddog.

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McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, is located at I-55N & Hwy 16W next to Coggins-Gentry Ford.