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6A 20,2017 shreveporttimes.com BOSSIER CITY, LA A Mass of Christian Burial for Rose S. Campisi will be 2 p.m. Friday, April 21, 2017 at St. Jude Catholic Church, Benton, LA. Officiating will be Father Pike Thomas.

Entombment will follow at Hill Crest Mausoleum, Haughton, LA. Visitation will be prior to the service Friday from 12:30 p.m. until service time at St. Jude. Rose was born in Shreveport, LA to Joe and Pauline Santoro, but lived her entire life in Bossier City.

She passed away April 17, 2017 in Bossier City. Rose was a graduate of Bossier High School, a business owner and a homemaker. She was a member of St. Jude Catholic Church and the Immaculate Conception Society. She was preceded in death by her husband, Victor L.

Campisi, parents; brother, Charles Santoro and sisters, Joanne Campbell, Mary Jimes and Vivian Mainelli. Survivors include her son, Frank J. Campisi of Humble, TX; daughter, Charlene Campisi Stephenson of Irving, TX; sister-in-law, Mary Santoro; nine grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Honoring Rose as pallbearers will be, Tony Roppolo, Cary Santoro, Kevin Campisi, Tom Harvey, Stacey Barnes and Scott Lane. Honorary pallbearers are Dr.

Selvestion Jimes, Mark Stephenson, Scotty Walker and Brad Bullock. Rose S. Campisi Funeral services for Alesia D. Wilson Smith Cummings, 51, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, April 21, 2017, in the Chapel of Good Samaritan Funeral Home.

Visitation is scheduled Thursday, April 20, 2017, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. On Saturday, April 22, 2017, services will be held at Greater St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church, 96 Jackson Extension, Port Gibson, Mississippi. Pastor Elijah Wilson, Sr.

will officiate both services. Interment will follow Saturday at Wilson Memorial Gardens in Port Gibson, MS. Alesia passed away April 12, 2017. She is survived by her husband, Willie Cummings, two sons, Macio Smith and Willie C. Cummings, a host of other relatives and friends.

Alesia Deanne Wilson Smith Cummings BOSSIER CITY, LA Funeral services will be held for Moise A. Waguespack, Jr. (Dr. Wag) at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, April 21, 2017, at Hill Crest Memorial Chapel.

The family will receive friends for visitation at 10:00 a.m., prior to the service. Moise was born in Taft, LA on August 20, 1929 to Moise Sr. and Edese Waguespack and passed away on April 17, 2017, at the Northwest Louisiana War Veterans Home in Bossier City. Dr. Wag graduated from Texas University as a Veterinarian.

He was a Captain in the U.S. Air Force and later retired from the USDA, and was 4th degree Knight of Columbus. Moise is preceded in death by his wife, Faye Allen Waguespack; father, Moise a. Waguespack, mother, Edese Lorio Waguespack; and brothers, Kenneth and Anthony Waguespack. Left to honor his memory are his children, Sandra Ferguson and husband Joe, and James Brown eld; sisters, Sylvia Dutreix and husband Ronald, Autrey Pertuit, Regina Waguespack, Juanita Foster and husband Raymond, Esther Giglio and husband Vick, Phyllis Cooper and husband Ronnie, and Lillian Giardina and husband James; brothers, Earl Waguespack, and Bernard Waguespack and wife Muriel; grandson, Keith Brown eld; granddaughter, Kim Sparks and husband Shannon; great-granddaughters, Chelsey Hudgins and husband Cody, Candace Raburen and husband Jacob, Brook and Callie Brown eld; and two great-great-grandsons.

The family would like to express their sincere thanks and appreciation to the entire sta of Northwest Louisiana War Veterans Home for their compassion and care of Dr. Wag. Dr. Moise A. Waguespack, Jr.

BOSSIER CITY, LA Services to celebrate the life of Ralph Lee Mitchell, 86, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, April 20, 2017, at Waller Baptist Church, Bossier City, LA, ciated by Dr. Gary Johnson. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m. prior to the service. Interment will follow at Hill Crest Memorial Park, Haughton, LA.

Ralph, or Buddy as he was known by many, was born to Russell S. and Frieda Feibel Mitchell at the family home in the Cedar Grove area of Shreveport, LA on February 12, 1931 and passed away in Bossier City on April 17, 2017. Buddy graduated from Bossier High School where he met his future wife Hope Evans. He and Hope were married a few years later, just weeks before he reported for duty in the United States Air Force during the Korean War Era. After leaving the Air Force Buddy and Hope returned to Bossier City where they settled and raised their family.

After Buddy retired from the U.S. Postal Service he worked for U.L. Coleman until his second retirement. His last was working at Yellowstone National Park for many summers alongside Hope. Buddy loved to travel and took his family on trips all across the country.

He and Hope visited several countries in Europe and went on many cruises. In addition to traveling Buddy enjoyed shing woodworking, jigsaw puzzles, playing bingo along with Hope, and making jewelry using beads he made himself. He was a very generous man sharing a good deal of the items he hand crafted. Mostly Buddy loved and enjoyed his family, always there to lend a hand when needed and to serve as the patriarch and spiritual leader of his family. Buddy was a long time member of Waller Baptist Church where he served in a number of roles including ministering to the church body as a deacon and in uencing the lives of young men as a Sunday School teacher.

He was strong in his faith and secure in his salvation, the family takes great comfort in knowing his nal destination. Buddy was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Hope, his sister Mona Mitchell Fowler of Bossier City, LA, his daughter Rebecca Mitchell Mayer and husband Carl of Haughton, LA, his son Ralph Lee Mitchell II and wife Lisa of Daphne, AL, his grandchildren Bryan Phillip Mitchell, Angie Mayer Dredge and husband Harlan, Margaret Mayer Digilormo and husband Brandon, Dylan Mitchell and Samantha Mitchell, great grandchildren, Cole, Lane, Cannon and Carlan Dredge and Braeden, Ella Hope and Talon Digilormo. He was much loved and will be greatly missed by every member of his family and his many friends. Serving as pallbearers will be Terry Coburn, Kelley Corkern, Braeden Digilormo, Brandon Digilormo, Harlan Dredge, Lane Dredge and Paul Pons.

Honorary pallbearers will be Paul Clark and Bobby Phillips. In lieu of owers memorials may be made to Waller Baptist Church, 456 Waller Avenue, Bossier City, LA 71112. Ralph Lee Mitchell SHREVEPORT, LA Mr. Richard Foster Hamner entered the arms of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, at Willis-Knighton hospital after a brief illness. Foster was a lifelong resident of the Shreveport area, having been born in Ringgold, to Irene Foster Hamner and Elgin Alvon Hamner, Sr.

on November 8, 1924. He attended C.E. Byrd High School (Class of 1941) and met his wife to be, Martha Stevens Hamner at Centenary that year. They married in 1947, after he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1947.

At Centenary, he was a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity and graduated with a BBA in the class of 1948. Foster was the founder and owner of Hamner Homes, a respected residential homebuilder and developer. Foster was preceded in death by his precious wife of 63 years, Stevie; his parents; his sisters, Amanda and Frieda; and brother, Elgin. Visitation will be held from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 20 at Osborn Funeral Home.

Funeral services will begin at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, April 21, 2017, in the Chapel of Osborn Funeral Home. ciating will be Dr. Larry Williams of Broadmoor Baptist Church. A graveside for family and friends will follow at Forest Park Cemetery, St.

Vincent Ave. Foster was a member of Broadmoor Baptist and was formerly a member of Noel Memorial United Methodist Church. We know where he whose feet he is hand is on his voice is saying done my here in the place prepared for your joy, peace and service, forever and Foster is survived by his four sons, Patrick Foster and wife, Janie and their children, Patrick David and Benjamin; Richard Steven and wife, Glenda and their children, Steven, Stephanie and Matthew; John Elgin and Mark David; sister, Lel Hamner McCullough; and many nieces, nephews and other loving relatives. Pallbearers will be his four sons. The family requests that memorials be made to the Salvation Army; Providence House; or LA Baptist Home, Monroe, LA.

The family would like to express their sincere appreciation to the sitters who have been with us for years, Ann Edwards and the care givers from Preferred Care at Home. Richard Foster Hamner Mildred H. Coleman 93 Coushatta, LA Rose-Neath Coushatta 11:00 AM Graveside Service Springville Cemetery, Coushatta LA Ann Lee Freibauer 79 Shreveport, LA Rose-Neath Bossier 1:00 PM Rose-Neath Bossier Chapel Rose-Neath Cemetery, Bossier City LA Patricia Preble Hutchison 67 Shreveport, LA Centuries Memorial Funeral Home 1:00 PM Centuries Memorial Funeral Home Memorial Service Dean Casey Welsh 85 Sarepta, LA Bailey Funeral Home 2:00 PM Springhill United Methodist Church Harmony Cemetery, Taylor AR Sandra D. Williams 54 Minden, LA Rose-Neath Minden To Be Announced FIND ALL OF THESE ONLINE AT shreveporttimes.com/obituaries NAME AGE DEATH RESIDENCE FUNERAL HOME SERVICE TIME SERVICE LOCATION INTERMENT to DWF the alligator was not able to be saved. DWF Sgt.

Patrick Staggs said the alligator had to be put down on the scene. A10-foot alligator shut down traffic on LA Hwy. 1 near Flournoy Lucas Road early this morning, according to Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office patrol deputies. Apasser-by contacted the Caddo Sheriff's Office about the gator around 3:30 a.m. It was spotted in the middle of the road between Flournoy Lucas and Leonard roads, and its tail had been run over by an 18- wheeler.

Traffic was diverted for an hour until the gator could be removed by Wildlife and Fisheries. Its total length and weight was 10 feet, 11 inches, and 400 pounds. The Louisiana Depart- ment of Wildlife and Fisheries engaged the assistance of a nuisance trapper to help with the removal of the gator. According Nuisance trapper called for 400 lb. gator in Caddo SHREVEPORT TIMES Bossier Sheriff Julian Whittington says a recent undercover prostitution operation by agents with the Bossier Police Narcotics Task Force led to the arrest of six people involved in human trafficking after the females were brought to Louisiana from Little Rock in a small U-Haul truck.

Additionally, undercover agents were able to assist two 18-year-old female victims who say they were forced into prostitution. During the sting operation, a 19-year-old female agreed to exchange sex for money from an undercover agent with the Bossier Office at a local one-bedroom apartment in Bossier City April 10. While in the living room of the apartment with the prostitute, the undercover agent heard noise from the bedroom in the apartment, where six others were charges. The fifth man, Lay, was allowing his one- bedroom apartment in Village Lane to be used for the prostitution acts. Of the five teenage females, Gibbs was arrested for prostitution, two asked for help and received support from Purchased, and two others refused assistance.

Arrestees were transported to the Bossier Maximum Security Facility in Plain Dealing for booking. Additionally, agents seized more than $400, individually packaged bags of marijuana, and a marijuana grinder. Six arrested for human trafficking 2teens rescued in sting operation SHREVEPORT TIMES Zaccheaeus Butler Gary Jackson Fletcher Berkley Bailey Gibbs Keith Pruiett Antwan Lay waiting for the next prostitution call. The undercover agents made contact with the four other females and two males waiting in the bedroom and interviewed each one of them. Two of the females had just turned 18 years of age, including one still in high school, and those two teens told the undercover agents they were forced to be there and eaten in 24 hours.

The undercover agents contacted Purchased, a local organization that helps women who are victims of sex trafficking, and they were able to assist the teenagers. Two other 19-year- old females refused help from undercover agents. Arrested were: Jackson, 23, of Little Rock, charged with human trafficking, pander- ing, promoting prostitution, money laundering, and racketeering. Bond set at $170,000. A.

Pruiett, 21, of Little Rock, charged with human trafficking and promoting prostitution. Bond set at $150,000. Butler, 27, also of Little Rock, but with an address of the 1700 block in Shreveport, charged with human trafficking, promoting prostitution, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Bond set at $151,000. L.

Berkley, 24, also of Little Rock, but with an address of the 2600 block of Village Lane in Bossier City, charged with human trafficking, promoting prostitution, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug para- phernalia. Bond set at $151,000. D. Lay, 18, of the 2600 block of Village Lane in Bossier City, charged with letting premises for prostitution. Bond set at $15,000.

C. Gibbs, 19, of Little Rock, charged with prostitution. Bond set at $1,000. While six people were arrested, a total of 10 people were questioned by agents during the investigation. Undercover agents discovered that the men transported the females in asmall rented U-Haul truck from Little Rock, Arkansas, to Bossier City on April 7.

That truck was later listed as stolen. Four men, Jackson, Pruiett, Butler, and Berkley were arrested for human trafficking and other.