Scafidel obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Scafidel, Ben (Mrs)     11 Jun 1954    Dec, 2007    Jerry Nelson
Scafidel, Phillip        5 Aug 2001    Aug, 2001    Don Johnson

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Obituary published in The Hammond Vindicator:  6/11/1954

SCAFIDEL, MRS. BEN
Mrs. Ben Scafidel, 71, of Natalbany succumbed June 1 at Lallie Kemp
Hospital in Independence.  Funeral services were held Wednesday, June 2;
interment was in the cemetery at Baptist; Poole Funeral Home was in charge. 
She is survived by eight sons, Tony of Fitzgerald, Ga., Philip of Magnolia,
Miss., Elmo and Ed of Mobile, Ala., Russell of Jackson, Miss., Charles of
Hammond; Kelly Scafidel of New Orleans, and Willie Scivicque of Natalbany,
a son by a former marriage; two daughters, Mrs. Mary May and Mrs. Annie
Rimes of Natalbany; one brother, Piercie Jones of Denham Springs; one
sister, Mrs. Althea Harris of Denham Springs.

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Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on: 8/05/2001
SCAFIDEL, PHILLIP 

MAGNOLIA, Miss. - Phillip Scafidel, 86, a native of Natalbany and 
resident of Magnolia, died Friday, Aug. 3, 2001, at Southwest Mississippi 
Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. He was the former 
maintenance superintendent of St. Regis Chip Mill in Magnolia. Known as 
"Pop" to his many friends and relatives, he was the son of the late 
Benjamin and Matilda Scafidel. After working as a young millwright in the 
Hammond-Natalbany area, he held numerous supervisory and managerial 
positions in many plants and factories in Mississippi and Louisiana, 
including Fernwood Industries in Fernwood, Martin Brothers Wirebound in 
Roseland, Ipik Door Co and Delta Match Factory in Kenner and National 
Bagasse in Vachery. Before retiring in 1982, he had worked for St. Regis 
for 15 years. He had lived in Magnolia since 1949. Active in sports most 
of his wife, he played baseball, football and basketball as a youth and 
was an avid support of the Dairy Belt Little League. He managed a team 
in the Babe Rugth League in McComb in 1957 and was an assistant coach 
for Dixie Youth baseball teams in Magnolia in the 1980s. Survivors 
include his wife, Clara Scafidel of Magnolia; four sons, Bobby of 
Vicksburg, Jimmy of Jackson, Jerry of Lafayette and Ritchie of Baton 
Rouge; brothers, Elmore of Hammond and Charlie of LaPlace; a sister, 
Annie Rimes of Baton Rouge; five grand-children and 11 great-
grandchildren. A sister, Mary May, and six brothers, Benjamin, Willie, 
Kelly, Russell, Tony and Ed Scafidel are among those who preceded him 
in death. Visitation will be at Catchings Funeral Home in McComb today 
from 3 to 7 p.m. and Monday from 10 a.m. until the funeral at 11 a.m. 
The funeral will be held at East Union Baptist Church in Magnolia. 
Burial will be in the church cemetery. 

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