The Leesville Daily Leader from Leesville, Louisiana (2024)

August 20, 2003

Publication:

The Leesville Daily Leaderi

Location:

Leesville, Louisiana

Issue Date:

Wednesday, August 20, 2003

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2

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2 cesville Daily Leader Wcdnesdin zug 20 2003 Obituaries Refineries finish Rickey Rudolph uneral services for SC Rickey Rudolph 48 of ort Polk will be held at 12:30 pm today Aug 20 in the ort Polk Main Post Chapel Burial with full military honors will he held at the Biloxi National Cemetery in Biloxi Miss under the direction of the Bradford Keefe uneral Home of Gulfport Miss Local arrangements will be handled by the Labby Memorial uneral Home of Leesville Mr Rudolph died at riday Aug 15 at the Bayne Jones Army Community Hospital in ort Polk He was a member of the 488th Quartermaster Company at ort Polk Survivors include his wife Syble Rudolph of ort Polk one son Jeffrey Rudolph of Brooklyn Miss one daughter Stefani Shoja of Gainesville la and his parents Patrick and Joyce Rudolph of Brooklyn Miss William Weston Summitt William Weston Summitt of Anacoco La un expectedly died on Aug 17 2003 in the Leesville Hos pital from cardiac arrest following an episode of disori entation excessive sweating and loss of muscle control He was bom July 15 1932 in Columbia Boone County Mo to the late Dr William Knox Summitt and Alevia Maurine Burch Summitt Bill grew up in Searcy Ark where his parents located in the mid 1930s when his father joined the faculty of Harding College now Hard ing University He married Betty Jo Taylor of Mona han Texas on Aug 8 1955 while serving in the Unit ed States Army in LaRochelle rance She was born on June 9 1932 in Ranger Eastland County Texas They met while both were attending Harding College Bill graduated from Harding College in 1952 major ing in chemistry and math and spent a year in gradu ate school at Texas Tech before being drafted into the Army After his discharge from the Army he entered dental school at Washington University in St Louis Mo ollowing graduation from dental school Bill en tered a short period in the private practice of dentistry in Springfield Mo before re entering the Army as a commissioned officer and dentist He served in numer ous places throughout his Army career including the Pentagon Hawaii Vietnam in 1967 68 a tour at ort Polk in Louisiana and Panama before retiring as a full colonel in 1982 In the course of his Army career he be came a board certified prosthodonist and continued in this specialty upon leaving the Army After retirement Bill practiced dentistry in Heber Springs Ark for a short period before ultimately joining the West Louisiana Dental Center in 1 a a practice he engaged in until his retirement in 2000 His wife Betty was a constant and supporting companion as Bill pursued his professional career and they raised a fami ly of three sons Bill is survived by his wife Betty of Anacoco La his mother and two brothers James Knox Summitt and wife Eileen Stanton and Paul Clayton Summitt all of Niceville la three sons James William Summitt and wife Kayla Marie Isgitt of Anacoco Gerald Wayne Summitt of Conway Ark and Steven Weston Summitt and wife Ruth Ann Ebberts of Comith Miss four grandchildren Jennifer Evon Jessica Lee and William Kyle children of James William and Kayla and Joshua Weston child of Gerald Wayne and one great grand childt Ashlynn Taylor' Chaney of Jennifer Evon" as well as many collateral relations It is impossible to summarize a life in a small space and no effort to do so for Bill Summitt is attempted here It is enough to say that he will be missed and re membered by those in his family and others who expe rienced a dear friend and companion in short walk upon this earth uneral services will be held at Labby Memorial neral Home 601 South ourth Street Leesville La on Thursday Aug 21 2003 at 2 pm with the Rev Buster Plummer officiating The graveside service will be per formed at Mitchell Cemetery behind Crystal Springs Baptist Church in Anacoco La Visitation will be Wednesday Aug 20 from 7 9 pm and Thursday Aug 21 from noon until time of service in the funeral home Retreat Continued from page 1 with a bachelor of arts degree in elementary education She is currently a second grade teacher at West Leesville Elementary School She is a member of the Starlight Missionary Baptist Church in DeRidder and enjoys reading writing sports directing music and travel Girl Power is a national public education campaign spon sored by the US Department of Health and Human Services with leadership from the Office of the Secretary the Office on Health and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Center for Substance Abuse Prevention The campaign combines the latest knowledge about girls lives with messages and materials designed to be appealing to girls themselves or more information the retreat call Patricia Williams at 238 9981 or Mickie Seastrunk at 239 3836 rTHERE'S A NEW NEIGHBORB IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WE LIVE WHERE YOU LIVE Trty co*ker Agtat 309 North Sth Street USE A GOOD NEKiBOK STATE ARM IS THERE" toManereet" fetor hra Isibui Caayrin Homr Ogttts bbttmngm Uhuon Clarence Walker Visitation for Mr Clarence Walker 70 of Leesville will be held from 10 11 a tn today Aug 20 in the Thomas Mortuary chapel in Leesville Burial will follow in the lesville Cemetery Mr Walker died Tuesday Aug 12 in his residence Survivors include his wife Magnolia Walker of Shreveport one daughter Karen Renee of Baton Rouge three sons Edward Walker and Kewin Walker both of Baton Rouge and Clarence Walker Nelson of Natchitoches one sis ter Alberta Bouya of Leesville and 12 grandchildren Sally Wofford uneral services for Mrs Slly Muriel Wofford 83 of Vidor Texas will be held at 2 pm Thursday Aug 21 in the Memorial uneral Home chapel in Vidor Texas Burial will follow in the Restlawn Memorial Park in Vidor Texas Visitation will be held today Aug 20 in the funeral home Mrs Wofford died Sunday Aug 17 in the Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston Texas Survivors include six sons Eugene Wofford and Billy Wofford both of Deweyville Tbxas Ellis Wofford of Dickinson Texas Roger Wofford and Donald Wofford both of Leesville and Willard Wofford of Groves Texas four daugh ters Mary Holt of Hitchco*ck Texas Janney Gibson of Galveston Texas Glenda Ervin of leesville and Becky Umess of Dickinson Texas four brothers Jessie Johnson of Killeen Texas Glen Johnson of Nederland Texas Billy Johnson of Vidor Texas and Bud Johnson of Tomball Texas 39 grandchildren 47 great grandchildren and 14 great great grandchildren cleanup of Bayou Verdine WESTLAKE Two refineries have completed a $12 million joint environmental project to remove contaminated sediment from Bayou Verdine Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency and the state Department of Environmental Quality joined repre sentatives from ConocoPhillips and Sasol and legislators Monday to celebrate the completion can imagine the millions of dollars that have gone into studying this project and others around this area that the industries and our government have bail to fund" said state Rep Dan lavin Lake Charles Sediment in a (xirtion of Bayou Verdine wore contaminat ed with high levels of ethylene dichloride a toxic chemical used in the manufacturing of vinyl chloride The cleanup area is located entirely on ConocoPhillips property Iirge tentlike structures were placed over the area of the bayou whor* workers removed contaminatisl sedi ments Once they were removed the sediments were stored in air tight containers and shipp'd to Baton Rouge to be destroyed The workers who wore rjm cii1 protective suits battled poor weather conditions and flooding over the eight inonth span of the project said ConocoPhillips project manager Mark Cohn the whole area was 6 fis under water I had iny doubts" Cohn said didn't know whether to clean the bayou or build an ark but eventually we got A national contractor URS Corp was hinil to work on the project John Meyer of EPA said the companies worked well with his agency and the DEQ and required little oversight Lee unlikely to get money from emergency board BATON ROUGE (AP) Lawyers for accused serial killer Derrick Tbdd 1 oe appear unlikely to get money from a state lioard that doles Meeting Continued from page 1 ment of Army troops and continued environmental stewardship In addition the DEIS considers a orest Service proposal to thin approximately 21500 acres of upland pine stands on the Vernon Unit Calcasieu Ranger District of the Kisatchie National orest to improve habitat conditions for the endangered red co*ck aded woodjiecker The forest thinning would alo support military training on the Vernon Unit The AA pro jxises to approve amendment of the Alexandria International Airport layout plan to incorporate proposed Army projects and activities at England Industrial Airpark A range of alternatives including no action was indentified in the DEIS The JRTC established at ort Polk in 1993 is the only combat training center devoted to and capable of supporting Army light infantry brigade level train ing ort Polk also serves as an Army power projection platform from which forces deploy by air rail and sea to areas of operation around the world It is home to the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment (Light) (2nd ACR) and several other rapid deployment and combat ser vice support units At ort Polk the Army has designated the 2nd ACR to transform to a Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) cavalry unit that will employ the Army's new Stryker combat vehicle ollowing its transformation the 2nd ACR will become the 2nd Cavalry Regiment which will be a unique unit within the Army due to its mission and organization In out emergency cash not" said Senate inance Committee Chairman Jay Dardenne Baton Rouge a member of the addition to transformation of the 2nd ACR SBCT units stationed at other Army installations would partici pate in periodic rotational exercises at JRTC and ort Polk The Army is also propos ing continued 'long term use of orest Service lands and renewal of its special use permit authorizing that use The Army is currently using portions of the Kisatchie National orest for training and is proposing additional training and construction activities in certain areas The Army's intermediate staging base for rotational units is located at England Industrial Airpark Additional facilities would lie constructed at the airpark to supjiort rapid deployment of the 2nd ACR following its transformation The decision to be made by the Army is how to pro vide for military training readiness and facilities requirements while ensuring the sustained use of resources entrusted to the stewardship of the Army The decision to be made by the orest Service is what military activities and land uses may occur on national forest lands and how to bal ance military and non mili tary uses while sustaining resources entrusted to orest Service stewardship The orest Service will also decide whether or not to conduct thinning of upland pine stands for habitat improvement for the red co*ckaded woodpecker on por tions of the Vernon unit of the forest The AA will make decisions with respect to the Alexandria Internationa Airport layout plan as influenced by pro Interim Emergency Board would not meet my definition of in emer gency" Lt Gov Kathleen Blanco jnised Army projects and activities al England Industrial Airpark The DEIS is available online at httpnotteB tetrat ech ffxcomPolkEISnsf Comments on the DEIS or requests for copies of the doc ument can sent to: Public Affairs Office Attn: Dan Nance 7073 Radio Rond ort Polk La 71459 5342 or more information call 337 531 2703 or mail to mil chairwoman of the txinnl said the board cannot hand out funds to cioer ncurnng expenses LOTTERY (Aug 19 2003) Pick 3 (9 9 9) Pick 4 (3 5 7 1) Cash Quest (1 27 36 40) Cetebiatlon of fames and "Sell Out cdekatlon roll! ke kdd on flujust 2) 200) from 4 to 8 At the home of 'bekklt Ketdkant (59'499 directions And AdditiohAl InjonuAtlon And fiends au Invited to Attend the $Otk YOeddin NEW i LOWER I RATES! 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