Monday Afternoon

Patricia Louise “Patty” Allison, age 65, a resident of Bogalusa, LA, passed away on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at Kentwood Manor Nursing Home in Kentwood, LA.

She is survived by her sister, Barbara H. Erwin; a brother, Danny Erwin; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Luke Woodrow Allison and Mary Louise O’Connor Allison.

Visitation will be held at Poole-Ritchie Funeral Home on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 from 11:00 a.m. until the Funeral Services at 2:00 P.M. in the Poole-Ritchie Funerl Home Chapel with Bro. Craig Whaley to officiate and Interment to follow at O’Keefe Cemetery in Folsom, LA.

To view and sign online, http://www.pooleritchiefuneralhome.com

Evelyn Strickland Duplechan
(August 21, 1926 – April 27, 2012)

A resident of Stone Mountain, GA, died on Friday, April 27, 2012 at Stone Mountain Estates Assisted Living Center in Stone Mountain, GA. She was born August 21, 1926 in New Orleans, LA and was 85 years of age. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Tuesday and from 8 a.m. until Religious Services at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Services conducted by Rev. Michael McNamara. Interment Arcola-Roseland Cemetery, Arcola, LA. Survived by, 2 sons, James Truett Strickland and wife, Laura, Drue William Strickland and wife Elaine both of Atlanta, GA, 3 grandchildren. Preceded in death by husband Glen Truett Strickland, parents, Emmett and Lorena Day, 2 brothers, 2 sisters, and 2 nephews. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

Mrs. Alice Bankston, a former teacher at Sumner High, passed away last night at home.