Obituaries

Mary Katherine Moore Rocha Greenfield Hesson, former Ruston resident, died peacefully just before midnight on Sunday March 5, 2023, in a Houston-area hospital, at age 84, surrounded by her immediate family.

Charles Edward Bourgeois, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, died peacefully at home in Ruston, on March 31, 2023.

June 25, 1942, was a day of importance to the Reed family of Hico, Louisiana. A son was born to Willis Reed, Sr., and Inell Ross Reed. They had no idea that this little boy they named Willis Reed, Jr., would touch so many people across the country by becoming an NBA great.

Michael ” Mike” John Hoogland, 61, of Shreveport, passed away unexpectedly on March 23, 2023, in his family home. He was a pillar of the North Louisiana community, and the owner and President of Hoogland’s Landscape, LLC.