Obituaries for Tuesday, September 9

Published 5:00 am Tuesday, September 9, 2003

Emil Bauch

Services for Emil Bauch of Jayess are 11 a.m., Thursday, Sept.11, at Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Calvary UnitedPentecostal Church Cemetery.

Visitation is Thursday from 10-11 a.m., at the funeral home.

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Mr. Bauch, 94, died Sept. 8, 2003, at Lawrence County Hospital.He was born in Coleharbor, N.D., on May 8, 1909, to Chris Bauch andChristina Bauch.

He was a retired construction worker.

Preceding him in death were his parents and his wife, AnnaBauch.

Survivors are his daughters, Darlene Alexander of Jayess, andDarlene Alexander of Anaheim, Calif.; his sons, Vern Bauch of Bend,Ore., and Gordon Bauch of Yuma, Ariz.; his sister, Ella Skarhus ofMinot, N.D.; his brother, Jake Bauch of Portland, Ore.; fourgrandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Robert “Bob” Herring

Services for Robert “Bob” Herring of Monticello are 3 p.m.,Tuesday, Sept. 9, at Carmel Baptist Church with burial in thechurch cemetery. Wilson Funeral Home is in charge ofarrangements.

Mr. Herring, 80, died Sept. 7, 2003, at Lawrence CountyHospital. He was born in Lawrence County on Jan. 23, 1923, toBuford Herring and Kate Kirkland.

He was a retired equipment operator and a mason. He was a memberof Carmel Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, Dorothy “Dot”Herring; and a son, Kenneth Herring.

Survivors are his daughters, Sandra J. Langston of Silver Creek,Robin G. Shumaker of Monticello, and Michelle Montague ofHattiesburg; his sons, Robert Joe Herring of Monticello, andKenneth Jeffrey Herring of Silver Creek; his brothers, HiltonHerring of Mendenhall, and Melvin Herring of Magnolia, Ark.; 20grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and threegreat-great-grandchildren.

Paul Francis Reuter

Services for Paul Francis Reuter of Brookhaven were 11 a.m.,Wednesday, Sept. 3, at St. Francis of Assisi Church with burial inRiverwood Memorial Park Cemetery. Harrigill Funeral Home was incharge of arrangements.

Mr. Reuter, 76, died Aug. 30, 2003, at King’s Daughters MedicalCenter. He was born in Jenkintown, Pa., on May 13, 1927, to PeterReuter and Madeleine Assal Reuter.

He was retired as president of Potter Company in Wesson. He wasa World War II Navy veteran, and was a member of St. Francis ofAssisi Church. He was a charter member of Knights of Columbus,Chapter No. 7915 in Brookhaven, first becoming a knight inJenkintown, Pa. He was manager of the Brookhaven Duplicate BridgeClub, district coordinator for AARP Tax Aide Program in Brookhaven,and was an avid golfer.

Preceding him in death were his parents.

Survivors are his wife, Lois B. Reuter of Brookhaven; hisdaughters and son-in-law, Nancy Reuter of Houston, Texas, and Susanand Mark Smith of Clarksburg, Md.; his brother and sister-in-law,Charles and Eleanor Reuter of Franklin, N.C.; and twograndchildren.

Memorials may be made to Covenant House, 611 N. Rampart St., NewOrleans,