A beloved
husband, father
and friend,
Linus James
Guillory, 72, of
Baton Rouge,
died Tuesday,
Nov. 24, 2009,
at Our Lady of
the Lake
Regional Medical
Center after a
courageous
battle with
cancer. He was
born in Bunkie
on Feb. 7, 1937.
He was a member
of Immaculate
Conception
Catholic Church,
Denham Springs,
and Electricians
Local 995 for 50
years. Preceded
in death by his
parents; first
wife, Betty Ann
Guillory, the
mother of his
children;
brothers, Dan
Guillory and
Burke Guillory;
and sisters,
Rose Kohler and
Maydell Blair.
Linus is
survived by his
wife, Dorothy
Sellers
Guillory;
daughters, Donna
G. Reason and
husband Randy
Reason, and
Carol G. Awawdeh
and husband
Jamal Awawdeh;
son, David P.
Guillory and
wife Laura Gail
Guillory;
grandchildren,
Nichole R.
Michelli and
husband Gavin
Michelli, Cody
Reason, Stephan
Belle, Adam
Awawdeh, Malick
Awawdeh and
Sereen Awawdeh;
stepchildren,
Kathy Thigpen,
Sharon Harris
and Roland
Sellers; and
stepgrandchildren,
Russell and
Angela Johns,
LeAnna and
Matthew Tores,
Danny and Mindy
Verberne, Danny
and Angela
Sellers and
Hunter Harris.
Pallbearers will
be Cody Reason,
Stephan Belle,
Gavin Michelli,
Bryan Guillory,
Hunter Harris
and Danny
Sellers.
Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., on Friday, Nov. 27, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. with a rosary at 6 p.m. Visiting at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Denham Springs, on Saturday, Nov. 28, from 9 a.m. until Mass at 10 a.m., with the Rev. Frank Uter, celebrant. Graveside service at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church Mausoleum, Hessmer, at 2 p.m., officiated by Deacon William Blair. Donations may be made to Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge, 550 Lobdell Ave., Baton Rouge, LA 70806, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, 4950 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70809 or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., on Friday, Nov. 27, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. with a rosary at 6 p.m. Visiting at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Denham Springs, on Saturday, Nov. 28, from 9 a.m. until Mass at 10 a.m., with the Rev. Frank Uter, celebrant. Graveside service at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church Mausoleum, Hessmer, at 2 p.m., officiated by Deacon William Blair. Donations may be made to Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge, 550 Lobdell Ave., Baton Rouge, LA 70806, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, 4950 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70809 or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
Published in The
Advocate on
November 27,
2009