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Extracted from The Hammond Daily Star (Hammond, LA)
Thursday, September 21, 2006

LUCAS, JESSIE RAY, SR.

Mr. Jessie Ray Lucas Sr., 61-years-old of Albany, died Wednesday, September 20, 2006, in North Oaks Medical Center.

He was born Wednesday, December 6, 1944, in Wesson, Mississippi. He was a retired member of the Operator Engineers Local Number 406.

Surviving are his wife, Elaine Morgan Lucas and two sons, Jessie R. Lucas Jr., Jeffrey P. Lucas; six grandchildren, Ashley, Jeremy, Amanda, Hollie, Grayson and Logan; three brothers, Bill Lucas, Grady Lucas, Dennis Kitchen; six sisters, Alice Egan, Margie Morgan, Rebecca Powell, Linda Campbell, Ruby Ferrara and Nell Roberts.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Viola Clark; father and stepmother, Grady and Ruby Lucas; two sisters, Helen Dugas, Henrietta Kelly; and his brother, William Kitchen[s].

Friends will be received Thursday, September 21, 2006, at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home in Hammond from 6:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. and on Friday, September 22, 2006, from 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.

Services will be held at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Hammond, Friday, September 22, 2006, at 2:00 p.m. with Rev Mike Clark officiating. Interment will follow in the Morgan Family Cemetery, Hammond.

Email condolences to: hmckneely@i-55.com/subject line: Lucas Sr.