Jimmy Schwartz is a little better today. Thank God for Jimmy’s progress.
Nikki Newell is having seizures again – after a change of medication. Pray this seizure issue can be resolved.
Susan Rimes will be on our prayer list for a while. These kidney stones seem to really like her.
Pray for Andy Taylor as he faces two long sessions this week to evaluate his wrist and its potential for movement.
Joseph “Jo Jo” Currier
(March 10, 1916 – September 9, 2012)
Joseph “Jo Jo” Currier was born in Amite, LA on March, 10, 1916 to Sicilian immigrants, Carmelo Currier and Josephine Magliolo Currier. He died on Sunday, September 9, 2012 at Hood Memorial Hospital, Amite, LA at the age of 96. He was a 1935 graduate of Amite High where he was a member of the football team and was MVP for 2 years. He continued to be an avid Amite Warrior fan working all the home games and attending all the away games until the late 1990’s when his health declined. Jo Jo was a lifelong member of the St. Helena Catholic Church in Amite and a charter member of the St. Helena Knights of Columbus Council 10911. During World War II, Jo Jo served in the Coast Guard as a Machinist Mate 3rd Class. In Amite, he worked for 41 years at Home Lumber and Hardware during the day and at night he helped at the family business, the town’s movie theater. For 21 years, Jo Jo served his country on the Selective Service Board under five U.S. Presidents. In 2003, Jo Jo was elected as the 25th Amite City Oyster King. Jo Jo is survived by two devoted daughters, Anita Gayle Currier and Jessie Lynn “Cookie” Coxwell and husband, Sid, all of Amite; a loving son, Camile Currier, Monroe, LA; Two adoring granddaughters, Jennifer Currier Boyle and husband, Jason, Bryan, TX and Lynne Marie Coxwell, Baton Rouge, LA; two step grandchildren, Cynthia Coxwell Konzelman, Amite and Charles Coxwell, Mobile, AL; two great granddaughters, Eleanor and Claire Boyle, Bryan, TX and two step great grandchildren, Tyler and Destiny Coxwell, Mobile, AL. Also survived by numerous relatives and friends which he cherished everyday. Loved ones preceding Jo Jo in death include his wife of 56 years, Vera Warren Currier, his parents, Carmelo and Josephine Magliolo Currier, and his siblings, Charlie “CP” Currier, Venera Estevan, Ida C. Landry. Also preceding him in death, his nephew Bruha “Butch” Estevan and step grandsons, Chris and Corky Coxwell. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Monday and from 8 a.m. until 9:15 a.m. on Tuesday. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Helena Catholic Church, Amite, at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 11, 2012. Services conducted by Fr. Mark Beard. Interment Amite Cemetery, Amite, LA. For an online guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.
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