Obituaries published in the Sept. 12, 2006, edition of The Natchez Democrat

Services Today

Joseph T. Bland

3 p.m. at Hickory Hill Cemetery, Laurel, Miss.

Thomas C. “Geronimo” Holleman Jr.

Nov. 17, 1923 – Sept. 10, 2006

NEW IBERIA, La. – Funeral services for Thomas C. “Geronimo” Holleman Jr., 82, who died Sunday, Sept. 10, 2006 in New Iberia, will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Pellerin Funeral Home Chapel-New Iberia.

Burial will follow at the Holleman Family Cemetery.

Visitation will be today from 5 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mr. Holleman was born Nov. 17, 1923, in McAlester, Okla., the son of Thomas C. Holleman Sr. and Angie Dearen Holleman. A graduate of McAlester High School, he attended South Eastern Oklahoma University on a football scholarship. He was then sent to S.L.I., currently University of Louisiana of Lafayette, by the United States Marines, with the V-12 Program during World War II. Mr. Holleman then served in World War II and the Korean Conflict, as a member of the Third Battalion First Marine Division, First Marine Regiment, receiving the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V; Navy Commendation Ribbon with Combat V; Korean Service Medal with one star; and the United Nations Service Medal. He is a past Commandant of the McIlhenny Marine Corp. League.

Mr. Holleman was one of the founders of Cardinal Wireline Specialist, in New Iberia, and was a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and his wife of 59 years, Eleanor Landry Holleman.

Survivors include his sons, Thomas C. Holleman III and wife, Vicki, John Holleman and wife, Betsy, and James A. Holleman and wife, Kelly, all of New Iberia; daughters, Mary Holleman Beaullieu and husband, G. A. “Buster” of New Iberia, Eleanor A. Holleman of Indianapolis, Ind.; grandchildren, Gerald “Beau” Beaullieu IV, Charlie Beaullieu, Paul Beaullieu, Helen Bayard, Thomas Holleman IV, Lindley Holleman, Andrew Holleman, Rebecca Holleman, Robin Boatright, Elizabeth Holleman, John Holleman Jr., and Lindsay Holleman; great-grandchildren, Mary-Alizabeth Beaullieu, Emma T. Beaullieu, Gerald A. Beaullieu V, Thomas L. Beaullieu, Noah T. Bayard, and Kennedy A. Holleman.

Pallbearers will be Gerald A. “Beau” Beaullieu IV, Charlie D. Beaullieu, Paul H. Beaullieu, Thomas C. Holleman IV, Andrew Holleman, Lindley S. Holleman, and John Holleman.

Joseph T. Bland

Oct. 21, 1923 – Sept. 10, 2006

LAUREL, Miss. – Graveside services for Joseph T. Bland, 82, of Ferriday, who died Sunday, Sept. 10, 2006, in Ferriday, will be 3 p.m. at Hickory Hill Cemetery with the Rev. Wayne Gray officiating.

Burial will follow under the direction of Young’s Funeral Home Ferriday.

Visitation will be from 8 to 10 a.m. at the funeral home.

Hampton Clark III

WOODVILLE – Funeral services for Hampton Clark III, 52, of Woodville, who died Monday, Sept. 11, 2006 at Field Memorial Community Hospital in Centreville, are incomplete at Concordia Funeral Home Ferriday.

Calline McCoy

VIDALIA – Funeral services for Calline McCoy, 51, of Vidalia, who died Sunday, Sept. 10, 2006 at Natchez Community Hospital, are incomplete at Concordia Funeral Home Ferriday.

Lola Mae Barnes

FAYETTE – Funeral services for Lola Mae Barnes, 93, of Fayette, who died Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006 at Promise Specialty Hospital in Ferriday, are incomplete at Spencer Funeral Home.

Catherine Williams

FAYETTE – Funeral services for Catherine Williams, 67, of Fayette, who died Monday, Sept. 11, 2006 at Natchez Community Hospital, are incomplete at Spencer Funeral Home.