i of MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 2001 THE TIMES www.shreveporttimes.com THI PAID ANNOUNCEMENTS obituaries on-line at www.shreveporttimes.com Successful SWM Seeks Intelligent SWF INTERESTED? 289-1761 AP Roice, who did not give his last name, is a single the bar scene, so he advertised on a billboard near man who is looking for a girlfriend. He grew tired of the Superdome in New Orleans. Single white male makes his marquee By Joan Treadway The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS The billboard looms over Interstate 10, right where eastbound traffic swoops left to skirt the Superdome. Prime space, at a hefty price: $4,000 for a month. But for a 44-year-old roofing contractor the "successful SWM" behind the city's largest personal ad it's a small price to pay if it means never again having to darken the door of a singles bar.
"I've been in New Orleans almost a year and I've tried the bar scene. The people are not serious, not sincere and are just looking for a one-night stand," said the transplanted Texan now living in east Jefferson Parish. "Roice he prefers not to publicize his last name for fear of harassing phone calls to his home gets quite specific about his priorities on the tape that answers calls to the number on the billboard. The single white female he seeks BRIEFS BPCC registration begins this week Students may register Tuesday and Wednesday for spring classes at Bossier Parish Community College. For the first time, five classes will be offered on the Internet: Three computer classes, one math course and one about criminal justice.
Classes also will be offered in Minden, Springhill, Homer and Shreveport. Schools offer paralegal certificate course Bossier Parish Community College and Grambling State University will offer a paralegal certificate program taught via compressed video. Students on the BPCC campus will view and interact with Grambling State professors through long-distance video links. Introduction to Law will be taught from 6 to 8 p.m. Mondays this semester.
Registration is Tuesday and Wednesday. Eighteen hours of credit are required for the certificate. Students must work in a closely related field, have a high school diploma or GED and have employer verification and two letters of reference. Call Kathleen Gay at (318) 741-7391. Police academy, LSUS offer courses Enrollment will be held from 4 to 6 p.m.
Tuesday at Shreveport Regional Police Academy, 6440 Greenwood Road, for courses the academy and LSUS are offering during the spring semester. Enrollment also will be held Thursday at LSUS. Courses offered are Police Process, Current Issues in Criminal Justice, Juvenile System, Administration of Criminal Justice, Public Organizations and Community Relations, Criminal Law and Algebra. From Staff Reports DEATHS Caddo Parish Webb, Dorothy Dodd, 95, of Shreveport died Thursday; services at 11 a.m. today at First Baptist Church, Frost chapel; burial in Forest Park Cemetery; arrangements by Osborn Funeral Home.
Lincoln Parish Guilbert, Ruth Faulk, 71, of Simsboro died Sunday; graveside services at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Simsboro City Cemetery, Simsboro; memorial service at 11 a.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church, Simsboro; arrangements by Owens Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, Ruston. Hammons, John 94, of Dubach died Sunday; services at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Fellowship Baptist for a lasting relationship and perhaps even marriage should be between 25 and 37 and "intelligent." But lest that narrows the field too much, Roice is prepared to be flexible.
Inquiry from parties a tad older than 37 will be reviewed, and Roice's criteria for intelligence are likewise forgiving: She needs to have "a good sense of humor and a lot of common sense," he said. Anything else? She should be health-conscious, Roice said. To screen the wheat from the chaff, Roice set up a separate phone line and hired a friend to screen calls, upping his investment by another $2,000, not counting wine and flowers. With the billboard ad nearing the end of its one-month run, about 50 calls have been logged, 10 of them clearly prank calls, in some cases from men pretending to be women, Roice said. His friend ruled out another 30 as not his type.
"She didn't tell me why, but I trust her," Roice said. The final 10 she judged to be "quality calls" women with whom there was a chance of compatibility. Roice is not bashful when it comes to appraising his own attributes. "I'm a good catch. A frog waiting to be turned into a prince," he said, referring to the cartoon frog depicted on his billboard.
He has done well not only through his roofing work but also from owning and training race horses, he said. As for his character, he said, "I'm honest, hardworking, spontaneous and I've never met a stranger." A marriage ended in divorce eight years ago, but he bears his former wife no ill will, Roice said, and she bore him no children. If the bars are a turnoff, what about local organizations for single people? The billboard approach yields better results and saves time, he said. And if nothing pans out? In love as in life, persistence is everything, and Roice remains hopeful. Community leader Ed Beck dies By Larry Burton Beck a standing ovation as Mayor Lynn Edwin "Ed" Beck, a longtime community and business leader in Bossier City, died over the weekend at age 70.
Friends and colleagues said Beck excelled in many areas of life. He was a 20-year Air Force veteran who went on to an award-winning career as a State Farm Insurance agent. Beyond that, Beck was a civic booster, serving over the years as president of the Bossier Chamber of Commerce and of the Greater Bossier Economic Development Foundation. Beck established the Bossier City Clean City Committee and was a charter member of the Bossier Parish Sheriff's Posse. Just last month, Bossier City officials joined the sheriff's office and several business agencies in giving BIRTHS The Times Christus SchumpertHighland Emily Michelle, daughter of Brenda M.
Spence and William M. Spence of Shreveport, born Jan. 4. Christus Schumpert Medical Center Tyler Jerome, son of Tyesha Lewis of Shreveport, born Dec. 18.
LSU Hospital in Shreveport Christopher NanDaurius, son of Loretta Cummings of Shreveport, born Dec. 8. A'Laviah Desire, daughter of Tiyota Gay of Shreveport, born Dec. 16. Willis-Knighton Bossier William Trent, son of Kerry and Lisa Reeder of Homer, born Jan.
3. Malia Danielle, daughter of Diane Rhodes of Benton, born Dec. 8. Willis-Knighton Pierremont Madison McKenzie, daughter of Sarah Craig and Jeff Craig of Mansfield, born Jan. 6.
Nicholas Quinten Millsap, son of J. Church, Dubach; burial in Fellowship Cemetery, Dubach; arrangements by Kilpatrick Funeral Home, Ruston. Hedgepeth, Nancy, 64, of Ruston died Friday; services at 11 a.m. today at Kilpatrick Funeral Home chapel, Ruston; burial in Greenwood Cemetery, Ruston. Sabine Parish Bebee, Helen, 73, of Zwolle died Saturday; services at 10 a.m.
today at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Zwolle; burial in St. Joseph Cemetery, Zwolle; arrangements by Warren Meadows Funeral Home, Many. Vernon Parish Rumby, Vercie Wellman, of Leesville died Sunday; services pending; Lynn Edwin "Ed" Beck BOSSIER CITY, LA Funeral services for Lynn Edwin "Ed" Beck, 70, will be held Tuesday, January 9, 2001 at 11 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church of Bossier City.
Officiating will be Rev. Larry Miller, Senior Pastor and Rev. H. Austin Smith, Minister of Visitation. Interment will follow at Hill Crest Memorial Cemetery.
Mr. Beck entered into rest on Saturday, January ed 6. 2001 after a lengthy illness due to cancer. The family will receive, friends Hill Crest Memorial Funeral Home. Monday, January 8, 4:7 p.m.
at Born in Salitpa, Alabama, on April 6, 1930 and raised in Jackson, Alabama, he served in the United States Air Force for 20 years retiring from Barksdale AFB in 1968. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War. He then began a distinguished 27- year career as a State Farm Insurance agent earning the CLU and ChFC designations and was named to the President's Club, the highest recognition offered by State Farm. He also received the company's Legion of Honor Award numerous times and was a member of the State Farm Millionaire Club for 22 years. He was an active member of the First United Methodist Church of Bossier City having served as Chairman of the Finance Committee, Pastor-Parish Relations Comittee, Lay Personnel Committee, Every Member Commitment Program and President of the Midyett Sunday School Class.
He was also active in the community serving as President of the Bossier Chamber of Commerce, establishing the Bossier City Clean City Committee, President of the Greater Bossier Economic Development Foundation, and also a charter member of the Bossier Parish Sheriff's Posse. In 1992 he was selected Small Business Person of the Year. Most recently he served on the Bossier City Civil Personnel board and was a board member of the ChristusSchumpert Bossier Healthcare Foundation. Although professional, church, and civic activities played an important role in his life, he derived the most pleasure from family and friends. He is preceded in death by his father, Clifton Lynn Beck, and is survived by his beloved wife of 49 years, Hazel; daughter, Karen Lynette Beck of Bossier City, LA; mother, Ballona Beck of Andalusia, Alabama; brother, Earl Grey Beck of Andalusia, Alabama; and sister, Lynda Fate Lane of Maylene, Alabama.
Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Bossier City, 201 John Wesley Bossier City, LA 71112 or Christus-Schumpert Community Hospice, One Saint Mary Place, Shreveport, LA 71101 Mary Smith Stewart SHREVEPORT, LA Services for Mary Smith Stewart, 79, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday, January 8, 2001 at Rose-Neath's Marshall Street Chapel. Officiating will be Dr. Tom Harrison, associate pastor of Broadmoor Baptist Church and Dr. Clarence Young.
Interment will be in Forest Park Cemetery, St. Vincent Ave. Mrs. Stewart died Friday, January 5, 2001 in Shreveport, LA. She was in Arcadia, LA and was a lifelong resident of Shreveport.
Mrs. Stewart was a retired bookkeeper and a member of the Broadmoor Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, William M. Stewart. Survivors include nephew, Edgar E.
Smith, Ill of Bossier City, LA; niece, Martha Anne Walton of Sulphur, LA; and a number of great nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Paul R. Davis, Carl Birdwell, Richardson, Thomas J. Ostendorff, Jack C. McClean and John H.
Mayfield, Jr. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorials be made to the American Heart Association, 940 Margaret Place, Shreveport, LA 71101 or to the Broadmoor Baptist Church. Rose-Neath Funeral Home Marshall St. Chapel, 222-0348 Mrs. Debbie Lou Haney Wood WINTHROP, AR Mrs.
Debbie Lou Haney Wood, age 48, a resident of Winthrop, AR died Sunday, January 7, 2001 in Texarkana, She was born on April 4, 1952 in Port Arthur, TX, to Nelson P. and Louise V. Haney. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church in the Wildwood, Winthrop, AR. She was preceded in death by her father, and two brothers: John Wayne Haney and Walter Jerry Haney.
She is survived by her husband: Richard Wood of Winthrop; one son: David Wood of Winthrop; her mother: Louise Haney of Winthrop; and one brother: Nelson Cap Haney of Shreveport, LA. Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Wood will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, January 9, 2001 in the Pauley Cemetery, Winthrop, with the Rev. Tracy Boutiler and Rev.
Burns officiating, under the direction of Wilkerson Funeral Home, DeQueen. Dorothy Whatley Pertuis SHREVEPORT, LA Graveside services for Dorothy Whatley Pertuis, 89, will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, January 9, 2001 at Forest Park East St. Vincent. Officiating will be Rev.
Mike Stowell of First Baptist Church of Keithville, LA. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. January 8, 2001 at RoseMondays, Southside Chapel. Mrs. Pertuis entered into rest on January 7, 2001 after a lengthy illness.
She was a resident of Shreveport, LA most of her life and a member of First Baptist Church Keithville, LA. Preceded in death by her first husband, Guy P. Whatley; second husband, Roy V. Pertuis; brothers, Albert, Jack, and Clarence Staley; sisters, Eda Williams, and Claudia Green. Survivors are her sister, Alma Clingmam and husband, Brandon of Keithville, LA; numerous nieces and nephews; and great nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
Pallbearers will be her nephews. Family suggests memorials may be made to: Building Fund of First Baptist Church of Keithville, LA. Pertuis Rose-Neath Funeral Home Southside Chapel-687-1256 Frederick "Fred" John Dahmer UNCERTAIN, TX Funeral services for Frederick "Fred" John Dahmer, 88, Rt. 2, Box 68 Uncertain, TX will be held on Tuesday, January 9, 2001 at 2 p.m. at the Austin St.
Chapel of the Sullivan Family Funeral Home, Marshall, TX with Rev. Jerry Thomas officiating. Interment in Algoma-South Cemetery, Marshall, TX. He entered into rest on January 6, 2001 at his residence in Uncertain, TX at 7:03 p.m. Mr.
Dahmer was born on December 7, 1912 in Marshall, TX to the parents of Frederick John Dahmer, Sr. and Myrtle Lancaster Dahmer. He was graduated from Marshall High School and attended University of Texas. He married Katherine Loucille Forbis on June 26, 1933 in Texarkana, Ark. She preceded him in death on October 10, 1998.
He served in the U.S. Navy from 1943-1945. He was a Rural Mail Carrier for the Karnack area. Before that, he served as an Electronics Technician for Thiokol. He was a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.
He loved photography, music, electronics, reading, writing, and studying the English language. His avocation was Nature Conservation especially Caddo Lake. He was the noted author of Caddo published by the University of Texas Press. He received the John Hugh Hill Scholarly Achievement Award in 1994, the GAIA Award in 1993 for "A lifelong, indigenous scholar and ecological mentor of the Caddo Lake EcoSystem of Texas and the Conservationist of the Year Award from Shreveport and Bossier City in 1992, a Certificate of Appreciation from Ann Richards and Texas Parks and Wildlife Director Andrew Sansome in 1994, Honorary Lifetime Membership in the Caddo Lake Historical Research Committee, and was a Mentor for Caddo Lake Scholars. He was the Mayor of Uncertain, Texas for two terms.
Preceded in death by his wife, Loucille Dahmer; his brother and sisterin-law, Jack and Louise Dahmer. Surviving relatives are daughters and sons-in-law, Kathryn A. Cason and Elliot Jaques of Gloucester, MA, Patricia Bostock of Marshall, TX, Frances L. and Gerald A. Hare of Garland, TX and Deborah S.
and Richard B. Sanders of Hampton, VA; grandchildren, Steven Cason of Freeland, MD, Rebecca Cason Merrill of Arlington, TX, Cindy Cook Bobo of TX, Weldon Dale Cook, Jr. of Katy, TX and Jason B. Sanders of Hampton, VA; great-grandchildren, Maggie Rose Cason of Freeland, MD, Dahlia K. Oates of Charleston, SC, Virginia "Ginny" C.
Oates of Arlington, TX, Katherine E. Cook Katy, TX, Jessica D. Cook of Katy, TX, Rebecca C. Cook of Katy, TX, Christopher M. Cook of Katy, TX and Canton SandersMoffitt of Jacksonville, FL; niece, Debra R.
Durden of Ocala, FL; cousin, Shirley W. Handler of Marshall, TX. Pallbearers are Marshall Jones, Robin Holder, Harold Culver, Billy Carter, Jacque Bauger and Jim McMillian. Honorary pallbearers are Don Henley, Dwight Shellman, Morley Hudson, Gerald Hensley, Jon Gordon and True Redd. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations may be made to Caddo Lake Institute for the Fred Dahmer Scholarship Fund, Rt.
2 Box 47C-1, Uncertain, TX 75661. Visitation will be on Monday, January 8, 2001 from 6-8 p.m. at the 501 Austin St. location of the Sullivan Family Funeral Home, Marshall, Texas. Weekend Obituaries Card of Thanks In Memorials Weekend Hours 3 pm to 5pm (By Telephone Only) 318-459-3487 Dennis (Bo) Boyett, Jr.
TX Services for Dennis (Bo) Boyett, Jr. 48 of Waskom, Texas will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, January 8, 2001, at Rose-Neath Southside Chapel. Officiating Minister will be Rev. Jim Hilton, of Bethel United Methodist Church of Elysian Field, Texas.
Burial will be at 12 p.m. in the Mt. Zion Church Cemetery, Panola, Texas. Bo was known as a devoted husband, loving father, avid outdoorsman and gifted storyteller. Visitation will be Sunday, January 7.
2001 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the funeral home. Bo was preceded in death by his father, Dennis O. Boyett, step-father, Alfred Alvin Slay Sr.
and his mother-inlaw, Lena Callahan. Bo is survived by his wife, Sheila Callahan Boyett; one son, William Alan Boyett, and twin daughters, Cheryl and Carolyn Boyett all of Waskom, Texas; mother, Lural Dodson and stepfather, Lewis of Shreveport, LA; father-in-law, W. M. Callahan of Shreveport, LA; sisters, Judy Ewoldsen and husband, Jim, Linda Lee, Grace Owens and husband, Mike; brother, A. A.
Slay and wife, Tammy and a special family, B. E. and Gladys Lewis, Barry Lewis, Kay Jones and Martha Ballard. Pallbearers will be Jim Ewoldsen, Barry Lewis, Mike Owens, Brian Anderson, Troy Jones and Billy Lewis. Bo was a member of the Bethel United Methodist Church in Elysian Fields, Texas and served in the U.S.
Army during the Vietnam Conflict. The family wishes to thank the LSU Health Science Center Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Dr. Benjamin Weinberger and the BMTU staff for two years of excellent, professional, service, love and patience. Family suggests memorials may be made to the Bone Marrow Transplant Service at LSU Health Science Center or to Dennis Boyett Family Fund, PO Box 42, Elysian Fields, TX 75642. Rose-Neath Funeral Home Southside Chapel-687-1256 Teresa DeLouche Dorsey George Dement proclaimed Dec.
5 as "Ed Beck Day." Beck was djagnosed with cancer in April. "Ed Beck had a deep caring for Bossier City and Bossier Parish. There are few individuals you will meet who were as well respected for their integrity, vision, diligence and involvement," said Don Pierson, executive director of the Greater Bossier Economic Development Foundation. "He was a mentor to me. We worked very closely together through his involvement with the chamber and foundation.
He was an exemplary community leader who will be missed by the community." Funeral services for Beck are at 11 a.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist Church of Bossier City. Michelle Beckwith and Charles F. Millsap of Shreveport, born Jan. 5.
Elizabeth Grace, daughter of Kimberly Horton Rich and Robert Clay Rich of Bossier City, born Dec. 14. Christianna Rochelle, daughter of Mary E. Williams and Henry L. Williams of Shreveport, born Dec.
12. Willis-Knighton South Taylor Nicole, daughter of Brendale Bacque and Greg Bacque of Shreveport, born Nov. 21. Daija D. Bryant, daughter of Ardena Davis Wilson and Rodrick Bryant of Shreveport, born Nov.
23. Carson Reed, son of Stacey Jones and Jed Jones of Shreveport, born Jan. 1. Jacob Mark Kellogg, son of Savanna Landry and Brandon Mark Kellogg of Blanchard, born Dec. 28.
Da'Ziria Darnel, daughter of Marquita Pierre of Shreveport, born Nov. 29. Jailen Tyshun, son of Nicole Williams of Shreveport, born Dec. 31. arrangements by Hixson Funeral Home, Leesville.
Harrison County, Texas Benson, Michael Glenn, 45, of Marshall, Texas, died services at 10 a.m. Saturday: Sullivan Funeral Home chapel, Travis Marshall; burial in Center Cemetery, Harleton, Texas. Mullins, Nadine Collins, 80, of Scottsville, Texas, died Saturday; services at 4 p.m. today at Sullivan Home chapel, Travis Marshall, Texas; burial in Colonial Gardens Cemetery, Marshall. Wisdom, Katie Phelps, 81, of Hallsville, Texas died Saturday; graveside services at 2 p.m.
today at Colonial Gardens Cemetery, Marshall, Texas; arrangements by Sullivan Funeral Home, Marshall. NATCHITOCHES, LA Funeral services for Teresa DeLouche Dorsey, 81, of Natchitoches, LA were held Sunday January 7, 2001 at 3 p.m. in the Chapel of Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home in Natchitoches with Rev. Ken Roy officiating.
Interment was in the Catholic Cemetery in Cloutierville, LA. Visitation was Sunday from 1 p.m. till service time. Mrs. Dorsey passed away Friday, January 5, 2001 in a Natchitoches nursing home after a lengthy battle with interstitial pulmonary fibrosis.
Mrs. Dorsey is survived by two daughters, Jacqueline DeLouche Widman and husband, Jay Eugene of Kingwood, TX and Tenita Janelle Dorsey Fort of Dallas, TX; one sister, Anita D. La Caze of Natchitoches, LA; two granddaughters, Donita Lanee Port of Dallas, TX and Kelsey Widman of Austin, TX. Mrs. Dorsey is preceded in death by her husband, Jack L.
Dorsey in 1959, her parents and Mrs. Numa DeLouche, a sister, Numalee Pauline DeLouche and a brother, Jean Louree Numa DeLouche. Mrs. Dorsey was born May 26, 1919 in Cloutierville, LA and was a resident of Natchitoches since 1960. She retired in 1982 from the Dept.
of Commerce where she worked for 26 years. She was a member of the Church of the Immaculate Conception and the Catholic Daughters of America. Pallbearers will be Jay E. Widman, Randy La Caze, Joe Sampite, Greg Lemoine, Griffin Taylor, Tony Rothrock and Stephen Baker. Honorary pallbearers will be Michael Bowen, David E.
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