Advocate, The (Baton Rouge, LA) - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Deceased Name: Hebert, Dr. Elsie
Dr. Elsie Hebert, longtime professor at the Manship School of Journalism at LSU, passed away Saturday, March 10, 2012. Dr. Hebert was born in 1925, and grew up in Baton Rouge. She was valedictorian of Baker High School in 1942 and earned her Bachelors degree from LSU in 1945 with a major in journalism and a minor in government. After receiving her Masters degree from LSU in journalism in 1948, she worked at the Citronelle Call News and Washington County News in Alabama as a reporter and editor. In 1959, Elsie moved back to Baton Rouge and worked for WBRZ in advertising before becoming an English Instructor and Faculty Advisor for the Daily Reveille at LSU. Four years later, after briefly serving as Information Officer at Fort Polk she began teaching journalism at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux. In 1965 she returned to LSU where she taught for thirty five years retiring as a full professor in 2000. While teaching at LSU she earned her Doctorate degree from the University of Texas in 1977. Dr. Hebert was a member of the American Advertising Federation and received several awards for her contributions to the field of advertising including the AAF District 7 Donald G. Hileman Award in 1988, the Distinguished Advertising Educator Award for the best advertising professors in the country in 1994, and the Charles H. Sandage Award for teaching excellence in 2003. Throughout her life, Dr. Hebert was very involved in the community serving as a volunteer for the American Red Cross and serving as a volunteer at the polls during elections. Her great passions were traveling and family. Her travels took her around the world, but her most memorable times were spent with family each summer on the beaches of the Florida Gulf Coast. Preceding her in death were her parents Oscar and Iva Mae Boone, her husband A. Otis Hebert Jr., and her great-grandson Corey Pritchett. She is survived by two sons, Nicholas Richard Stallworth and wife Kathy, Darryl Clark Stallworth and wife Mary, eight grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren, and her many students who benefitted from her passion for teaching. The family would like to thank Dr. Gerald Barber, Dr. Robert Landry and The Hospice of Baton Rouge for their excellent care, and request that donations be made to The Hospice of Baton Rouge or the Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research in lieu of flowers. Visitation will be held at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., Friday from 6:00pm to 9:00pm and Saturday from 10:00am until the religious service in the funeral home chapel at 11:00am, conducted by Deacon Clayton Hollier. Interment will follow at Resthaven Gardens of Memory.
Deceased Name: Hebert, Dr. Elsie
Dr. Elsie Hebert, longtime professor at the Manship School of Journalism at LSU, passed away Saturday, March 10, 2012. Dr. Hebert was born in 1925, and grew up in Baton Rouge. She was valedictorian of Baker High School in 1942 and earned her Bachelors degree from LSU in 1945 with a major in journalism and a minor in government. After receiving her Masters degree from LSU in journalism in 1948, she worked at the Citronelle Call News and Washington County News in Alabama as a reporter and editor. In 1959, Elsie moved back to Baton Rouge and worked for WBRZ in advertising before becoming an English Instructor and Faculty Advisor for the Daily Reveille at LSU. Four years later, after briefly serving as Information Officer at Fort Polk she began teaching journalism at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux. In 1965 she returned to LSU where she taught for thirty five years retiring as a full professor in 2000. While teaching at LSU she earned her Doctorate degree from the University of Texas in 1977. Dr. Hebert was a member of the American Advertising Federation and received several awards for her contributions to the field of advertising including the AAF District 7 Donald G. Hileman Award in 1988, the Distinguished Advertising Educator Award for the best advertising professors in the country in 1994, and the Charles H. Sandage Award for teaching excellence in 2003. Throughout her life, Dr. Hebert was very involved in the community serving as a volunteer for the American Red Cross and serving as a volunteer at the polls during elections. Her great passions were traveling and family. Her travels took her around the world, but her most memorable times were spent with family each summer on the beaches of the Florida Gulf Coast. Preceding her in death were her parents Oscar and Iva Mae Boone, her husband A. Otis Hebert Jr., and her great-grandson Corey Pritchett. She is survived by two sons, Nicholas Richard Stallworth and wife Kathy, Darryl Clark Stallworth and wife Mary, eight grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren, and her many students who benefitted from her passion for teaching. The family would like to thank Dr. Gerald Barber, Dr. Robert Landry and The Hospice of Baton Rouge for their excellent care, and request that donations be made to The Hospice of Baton Rouge or the Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research in lieu of flowers. Visitation will be held at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., Friday from 6:00pm to 9:00pm and Saturday from 10:00am until the religious service in the funeral home chapel at 11:00am, conducted by Deacon Clayton Hollier. Interment will follow at Resthaven Gardens of Memory.
Advocate, The (Baton Rouge, LA) - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Deceased Name: Hebert, Dr. Elsie
Dr. Elsie Hebert, longtime professor at the Manship School of Journalism at LSU, passed away Saturday, March 10, 2012. Dr. Hebert was born in 1925, and grew up in Baton Rouge. She was valedictorian of Baker High School in 1942 and earned her Bachelors degree from LSU in 1945 with a major in journalism and a minor in government. After receiving her Masters degree from LSU in journalism in 1948, she worked at the Citronelle Call News and Washington County News in Alabama as a reporter and editor. In 1959, Elsie moved back to Baton Rouge and worked for WBRZ in advertising before becoming an English Instructor and Faculty Advisor for the Daily Reveille at LSU. Four years later, after briefly serving as Information Officer at Fort Polk she began teaching journalism at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux. In 1965 she returned to LSU where she taught for thirty five years retiring as a full professor in 2000. While teaching at LSU she earned her Doctorate degree from the University of Texas in 1977. Dr. Hebert was a member of the American Advertising Federation and received several awards for her contributions to the field of advertising including the AAF District 7 Donald G. Hileman Award in 1988, the Distinguished Advertising Educator Award for the best advertising professors in the country in 1994, and the Charles H. Sandage Award for teaching excellence in 2003. Throughout her life, Dr. Hebert was very involved in the community serving as a volunteer for the American Red Cross and serving as a volunteer at the polls during elections. Her great passions were traveling and family. Her travels took her around the world, but her most memorable times were spent with family each summer on the beaches of the Florida Gulf Coast. Preceding her in death were her parents Oscar and Iva Mae Boone, her husband A. Otis Hebert Jr., and her great-grandson Corey Pritchett. She is survived by two sons, Nicholas Richard Stallworth and wife Kathy, Darryl Clark Stallworth and wife Mary, eight grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren, and her many students who benefitted from her passion for teaching. The family would like to thank Dr. Gerald Barber, Dr. Robert Landry and The Hospice of Baton Rouge for their excellent care, and request that donations be made to The Hospice of Baton Rouge or the Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research in lieu of flowers. Visitation will be held at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., Friday from 6:00pm to 9:00pm and Saturday from 10:00am until the religious service in the funeral home chapel at 11:00am, conducted by Deacon Clayton Hollier. Interment will follow at Resthaven Gardens of Memory.
Deceased Name: Hebert, Dr. Elsie
Dr. Elsie Hebert, longtime professor at the Manship School of Journalism at LSU, passed away Saturday, March 10, 2012. Dr. Hebert was born in 1925, and grew up in Baton Rouge. She was valedictorian of Baker High School in 1942 and earned her Bachelors degree from LSU in 1945 with a major in journalism and a minor in government. After receiving her Masters degree from LSU in journalism in 1948, she worked at the Citronelle Call News and Washington County News in Alabama as a reporter and editor. In 1959, Elsie moved back to Baton Rouge and worked for WBRZ in advertising before becoming an English Instructor and Faculty Advisor for the Daily Reveille at LSU. Four years later, after briefly serving as Information Officer at Fort Polk she began teaching journalism at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux. In 1965 she returned to LSU where she taught for thirty five years retiring as a full professor in 2000. While teaching at LSU she earned her Doctorate degree from the University of Texas in 1977. Dr. Hebert was a member of the American Advertising Federation and received several awards for her contributions to the field of advertising including the AAF District 7 Donald G. Hileman Award in 1988, the Distinguished Advertising Educator Award for the best advertising professors in the country in 1994, and the Charles H. Sandage Award for teaching excellence in 2003. Throughout her life, Dr. Hebert was very involved in the community serving as a volunteer for the American Red Cross and serving as a volunteer at the polls during elections. Her great passions were traveling and family. Her travels took her around the world, but her most memorable times were spent with family each summer on the beaches of the Florida Gulf Coast. Preceding her in death were her parents Oscar and Iva Mae Boone, her husband A. Otis Hebert Jr., and her great-grandson Corey Pritchett. She is survived by two sons, Nicholas Richard Stallworth and wife Kathy, Darryl Clark Stallworth and wife Mary, eight grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren, and her many students who benefitted from her passion for teaching. The family would like to thank Dr. Gerald Barber, Dr. Robert Landry and The Hospice of Baton Rouge for their excellent care, and request that donations be made to The Hospice of Baton Rouge or the Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research in lieu of flowers. Visitation will be held at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, 11000 Florida Blvd., Friday from 6:00pm to 9:00pm and Saturday from 10:00am until the religious service in the funeral home chapel at 11:00am, conducted by Deacon Clayton Hollier. Interment will follow at Resthaven Gardens of Memory.
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