Until recently, Mrs. Laurence Lachausee Viator was the oldest person in South Mississippi found by 99 and Beyond. It has been just over a year since the D'Iberville resident died at age 102.
No small accomplishment, all things considered, for the span of a lifetime.
Viator died Oct. 11, 2007, which was a Thursday.
Survivors include daughters Grace Werkau of Biloxi and Regina (Hanzalik) Fortenberry (Lloyd) of Wiggins; sons Warren D. Viator (Anna Mae) of Waveland and James “Donald” Viator (Mabel) of Biloxi; daughter-in-law Beatrice Viator.
A Mass of Christian burial, arranged by Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, was Oct. 15 at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church with internment at Biloxi City Cemetery.
As of yet, this blog has been unable to find her date of birth, so 99 and Beyond will commemorate the history of Oct. 11 since 1905, and what is planned for that date in 2009.
October 11
1582 - Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
Holidays
RC Commemoration of Motherhood of Mary
RC Germanus, bishop of Besan‡on
Western Samoa National Day
Panama, Panama Canal Zone Revolution Day (1968)
Hispanic Heritage Month
Republic of Macedonia - Revolution Day
Of Note: Meriwether Lewis, captain of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 35 in 1809
Birthdays, Deaths, Events
1905 -- Birthday of Fred Trump, American real estate developer, father of Donald Trump (d. 1999)
1915 -- Bulgarian anti Serbian offensive begins
1925 -- Birthday of Elmore Leonard, American novelist (Glitz, Mr Majestyk); Karl M Lybeck, Fin/Swedish language poet (Samlade arbeten), dies at 71; Belgian episcopelian speaks against Flemish activism; NY Giants play first NFL game, lose to Providence 14-0; S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #1062 Lju
ba.
1935 -- Birthday of Jan van Vlijmen, composer
1945 -- Chinese civil war begins, Chiang Kai-Shek vs Mao Tse-Tung; JPL WAC Corporal Launch (First man-made object to escape atmosphere)
1955 -- All Peron feast days disposed of in Argentina; Persia signs Pact of Baghdad; Birthday of Norm Nixon, American basketball player
1965 -- Birthday of Sean Patrick Flanery, actor (Young Indiana Jones)
1975 -- Birthday of actress Kellie Martin, Riverside, Calif. (Life Goes
On, Cristy); "Saturday Night Live" premieres on NBC-TV with guest host George Carlin; Bill Clinton marries Hillary Rodham; Islander's Bryan Trottier's first career hat trick.
1985 -- Tex Williams, country-western singer, dies at 68 of cancer; Atlantis returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly Air Force Base (pictured OV-104);
C & E Shoemaker discovers asteroid #3640 Gostin; President Ronald Reagan bans importation of South African Krugerrands; US intercepts Egyptian Boeing with Achille Lauro terrorists; birthday of Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress
1995 -- O.J. Simpson cancels a TV appearance on Dateline
2005 -- The Juilliard School celebrated its 100th anniversary with a concert at Carnegie Hall. Guest host Kerry Nolan welcomed Andrea Olmstead, who taught music history at Juilliard from 1972 to 1980 and wrote "Juilliard: A History. The school was founded in 1905 as the Institute of Musical Art.
2008 -- One-year anniversary of death of Mrs. Laurence Lachaussee Viator of D'Iberville, Miss.; Duwamish Alive! -- People For Puget Sound volunteers weeded out invasive plants, planted native trees and shrubs, and spread mulch at Codiga Park in Tukwila. Presidential candidate John McCain attended a campaign rally in Davenport, Iowa, and he and Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin attended a rally in Johnstown, Pa.
2009 -- 6th Annual Seattle Race Conference in Seattle (Wa.), Movements for Reparations: Restoring Racial Justice, Building Unity and Healing Our Diverse Communities
More historial events and information about the dates and events listed above may be found at the following websites:
Bill and Hillary at her birthday Party in New York City, Oct. 25, 2000. Photo by Nick Elgar/Getty Images
