Donald Marshall Crosier, born December 9, 1934, near Buffalo Island, Mo., died September 19 at his home in Barlow, Ky. He started on the river in 1951 and began standing… Read More
Obituary Notices
Elven Dykes Jr., died in Mandeville, La., September 19, following a battle with multiple system atrophy. His river career spanned 41 years, where he worked in numerous positions at Canal… Read More
Capt. Charlie Ritchie, 67, died August 19 at the Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice Center in Paducah, Ky. One member of a family of legendary rivermen, he learned under his… Read More
Nathaniel John “Nate” Wolfe, 46, of Milan, Mo., died Saturday, June 30, in an all-terrain vehicle accident. He was born on October 27, 1971, in Davenport, Iowa, and started working… Read More
James A. Layton, 84, a longtime grain freight trader who lived in St. Louis, Mo., died June 3. He was a member and past president of the Merchants Exchange of… Read More
Hubert Carlton Decker, 93, of Hardinsburg, Ky., died January 16 at Breckinridge Memorial Hospital. He was retired from Teco Energy, formerly Mid-South Towing Company, where he worked for 20 years,… Read More
Judge Goebel Long Jr., 87, of Paducah, Ky., died February 28 at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah. Long was a riverboat captain for 58 years for multiple companies and a veteran… Read More
Capt. Walter B. Hicks, 81, died December 10, 2017, at his home in Laurel, Miss. He went to work in 1958 on the Captain Mack. He later went to work… Read More
Frank Joseph Basile, the naval architect long praised for his innovative vessel designs, died February 6 at his home in Houma, La., surrounded by his family. Basile was 93. In… Read More
Conrad Breit, third generation of the well-known Hjalmar Breit family of surveyors, died unexpectedly at home, reportedly from a seizure, December 10. A resident of Destrehan, La., he was 51… Read More
