Lifestyle

Thursday, Jan. 8th
Cynthia Oliver
Lloyd LaCour
Monty Chapman
Willy Kibodeaux
Hubert LeBlanc
Margie Clement
Lisa Morvant
Caroldine Broussard
Bunny Richie
Barry Oliver
Jaron Ortego
Cora Bonin
Woody Guidry
Chae’ Bonin

Friday, Jan. 9th
Deanna Duhon
Bill Chapman
Nicholas Murphy
Scott Holtmeyer
Cathy Ledger
Mickey Myers
Shane Boudreaux
Lana Fletcher
Ralph Jannise Jr.
Ben Chapman
Steven Bordelon
Ethyl Kibodeaux
Zachary Gallagher

Saturday, Jan. 10th
Corinna Dugas
Lucille Guidry
Robin Fuselier
Donald Bailey
Della McGee
Tanya Boudreaux
Sabrina Schexnider

Are you or members of your family homebound for the holidays? Many families are limited to their homes, hospitals rooms or nursing homes this year.
Even if the circumstances are temporary, restrictions take their toll on individuals and families who are unable to leave their confines, according to LSU AgCenter family sciences professor Dr. Diane Sasser.
“Homebound families would give anything to enjoy 50 percent off the stress or sadness they feel,” Sasser said.

Thursday, Jan. 1st
Jimmy Trahan
Brad LeBlanc
Kenneth LeJeune
Mack Thibodeaux
Becky Barberousse
David James Trahan
Derrick Adickes
Robert Hiles
Eddie Chapman
Elizabeth Bergeron
Hector Gutierrez
Michael Hanks
Viola A. Langley
Jeff Lilley
Edgar Melancon

Friday, Jan. 2nd
Steven Matt
Connie Moore
Tom Chapman
Shirley Mullen
Jerry Ardoin
Mary Velazquez
Michael Andrews
Jimmy Abshire

Saturday, Jan. 3rd
Lillian Kratzer
Garland “Teeter” Menard
Debi Duplantis
Clara Touchet
Nelson Touchet
Candace Hitt
Doug Fontenot
Gayle S. Bordelon
Rusty Miller

Editor’s note: Here is a list of famous people who died in the year 2008.

January
--Sir Edmund Hillary (mountain climber) -- Heart attack. Died January 11, 2008. Born July 20, 1919. In the ‘50s, first white man to reach the summit of Mt. Everest.
--Richard Knerr (entreprenuer) -- Stroke. Died January 14, 2008. Born June 30, 1925. Co-founded Wham-o and marketed fad toys like the Hula Hoop, Frisbee, and Superball.

Tanner Zaunbrecher, left, stands with Jr. Parade Marshal Sara LeDoux during the recent 2008 Lake Arthur Christmas Parade.

Most of us can recall a special time of life lived long ago that’s filed neatly away in the corners of our minds that we are quick to share with others during the holiday season. That time of life was filled with a plethora of possibilities, endless hopes and dreams, and grand expectations of things yet to come from young minds, sound bodies, and innocent souls, intensified by emotions so strong that one could almost reach out and grab them.