Emory Andrew Overstreet Jr. Emory Andrew Overstreet Jr. of Bayou La Batre, Ala., passed away at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., on September 18. He was 68 years… Read More
Obituary Notices
Mike Marko Michael James Marko, founder of Mike’s Inc., passed away Tuesday, November 11, at Alton Memorial Hospital. He was 85 years old. Marko was born October 31, 1940, in… Read More
Capt. Louis M. “Toby” Wattigney Jr., an anchor of the Louisiana maritime industry, his family and the greater New Orleans community, died unexpectedly October 12. He was 67. Read More
Life is sometimes fleeting and hard to predict, and there are occasionally pairings in time that you will never forget where you were when you learned something. Often this… Read More
Capt. Michael Hanlin of East Moline, Ill., died on October 12 at his home. Hanlin was 83. Born 1942 in Keokuk, Iowa, Hanlin served in Vietnam as an F-4 Phantom… Read More
James “Billy” York of Smithland, Ky., died September 24 at the Ray & Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center in Paducah, Ky. York was 83. James “Billy” York A… Read More
Mack B. Hester Mack B. Hester, who worked as a towboat captain for 64 years for American Commercial Lines, died September 15 in Mobile, Ala., at the age of 81. Read More
Tommy Lee Simmons, 85, of Smithland, Ky., died September 7 at Mercy Health Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky. Simmons, a towboat pilot, worked 54 years in the maritime industry. He… Read More
Robert J. “Bob” Leshe Jr., longtime logistics coordinator in the barge industry, died August 12 at the age of 67. Leshe worked at Huffman Towing Company in St. Louis and… Read More
Harriett Eckart Harriett J. Eckart, a longtime employee of Jeffboat in Jeffersonville, Ind., died July 26 at the age of 73. Eckart was born November 16, 1951, to Howard and… Read More
