Sept. 23, 1938 – Jan. 2, 2020

 

FERRIDAY—  Services for James T. “Babe” Huff, 81, who died Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020, will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church in Ferriday, with the Rev. Josh Morea and the Rev. Larry Wagner officiating.

Burial will follow at the Natchez City Cemetery under the direction of Young’s Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the church.

Mr. Huff was born Sept. 23, 1938, the son of Howard and Wildred Norris Huff.

He was a 1956 graduate of Cheneyville High School and attended Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. He served his country in the U.S. Army, Missile Squadron, Cleveland, Ohio.

He was a highly regarded mud engineer for many of the major operators in the offshore oil industry for 35 years and worked as a consultant for 10 years. Babe was an avid sports enthusiast, and was active for a big part of his life in baseball, basketball, golf, fishing, hunting and gardening. During his three-year stint in the Army, he was recruited to play in baseball, basketball and ping pong tournaments all over the United States.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Max Huff, and two brothers-in-law, Roland Landry Sr., and Alton Robert “Bobby” Patton.

Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Anita Patton Huff; two sons, Ty Howard Huff and wife, Eleanor, of Frisco, Texas, and Max Huff and wife, Angie, of Prairieville, Louisiana; one daughter, Kelly Huff of Lake St. John; five grandchildren, Ayden Huff, Vannessa Huff, Noah Huff, Jylliann Huff and Samuel Huff; and one sister, Joyce Huff Landry.

Pallbearers will be nephews Bobby Landry, Terrell Landry, Trey Smith, and friends, Jeremy Wood, George Cupit, Keith Dallalio, Josh Johns and Pat Gaspard.

Honorary pallbearers will be Chester Hoover, Paul Patterson, Duke Ellis, Curtis Savoy, Larry Stuard, David Feduccia and Wayne Miley.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church of Ferriday or the American Cancer Society.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at youngfh.com.