Restaurant developer

CHURCH POINT – Services for restaurant developer Roland Walters will be Friday. He died March 6 at age 73.

He was a pioneer with the Landry family of Don’s Seafood Steakhouse and Landry’s and instrumental in starting and managing several regional eateries including The Evangeline Steakhouse, Possum’s and the Western Sizzlin franchise.

Survivors include a son and a daughter.

Arrangements are by Martin & Castille, Lafayette.

Dixieland trombonist

LAFAYETTE – Services are Thursday for reknowned jazz and Dixieland trombone player Earl Parquette. He died March 2 at age 76.

He played on stages around the world and was also a music education at a number of Acadiana schools including Mount Carmel in Abbeville, Cecilia HIgh and NP Moss.

Survivors include a son and a daughter.

Civic leader

BATON ROUGE – Services will be Saturday for civic leader John Bartob, Sr. He died March 3 at age 95.

He was involved with the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, the Pennington Biomedical Research Center and the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center.

Survivors include a son and two daughters,

Nicholls prof, weighlifting champ

THIBODEAUX – Services for education professor and college weightlifting champion Dr. Ralph Gremillion will be Friday. He died March 6 at age 85.

A U.S. Navy veteran of the Atlantic Fleet, World War II, he was a cheerleader while at LSU and a member of the 1947 and 1948 NCAA Championship weightlifting team. He was professor emeritus of the College of Education at Nicholls State University.

Survivors include his wife Ann, a son and three daughters.

Arrangements are by Thibodaux.

Law School librarian

BATON ROUGE – Services for long-time LSU Law School librarian Helen Nelson will be Friday. She died March 5 at age 84.

She was government documents librarian at the law school for more than 30 years and a recipient of the LSU Foundation Outstanding Service Award.

Survivors include two sons and a daughter.

Arrangements are by Rabenhorst

Pioneering Marine

NEW ORLEANS – Services for pioneering Marine Alton Ricard, Sr. will be Saturday. He died March 5 at age 89.

In 1942, he was among the first African-Americans to integrate the U.S. Marine Corps as a Montford Point Marine who fought during World War II. He was a retired Postal Service employee and vice president for 15 years of the National Association of Letter Carriers.

Arrangements are by Demby and Son, Donaldsonville.

Evangelist

OAKDALE – Services will be Friday for evangelist and pastor the Rev. Daniel Swinnea. He died March 5 at age 56.

He was pastor of Full Gospel Revival Center, an international missionary and president of the Texas/Louisiana Pentecostal Fellowship.

Survivors include his wife Betty and four sons.

Arrangements are by Rush.