Obituary Record

Seuzeneau, Malcolm G. (Jackie), Jr.  -  October 14, 1966

Malcolm G. (Jackie) Seuzeneau, Jr. ,16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Seuzeneau of Bay St. Louis, was apparently killed instantly when the automobile in which he was a passenger, smashed into two pine trees at approximately 11 p.m. last Friday on recently paved South Street in Waveland.

Young Seuzeneau, whose death brings the number of county traffic fatalities to 14, and Walter H. Peat, Jr. of Pass Christian, driver of the car, were said to have been returning to a party in Clermont Harbor after driving boarding students back to St. Stanislaus College. Both boys were day student at the institution.

Investigation officers Deputies Chester Farve and Lee Klein of Sheriff Sylvan Ladner's office, said the car was demolished when it failed to negotiate a curve on the winding road.

The victim was pronounced dead on arrival at Hancock General Hospital. Peat was given emergency treatment and transferred to Keesler Air Force Base Hospital in Biloxi, where he is reported to be in satisfactory Condition.

No charges have been filed to date.

A coroner's jury empanelled by J.P. Nolan Ladner with Deputy Favre, bailiff, and Fred Bourgeois, Lee Klein, Leonard Ladner, N. A. Perniciaro, J.T. Jacobs and Nicky Ladner, ruled the death due to the automobile accident.

Jackie, born May 28, 1950, in Gulfport, lived in Waveland and Bay St. Louis and attended St. Joseph Academy until entering St. Stanislaus, where he was in his junior year. He was manager of the St. Stanislaus football team during the 1965 season.

He is survived by his parents, one sister, Mrs. G.S. Kennedy, III, his paternal grandfather, George L. Seuzeneau, all of Bay St. Louis, and his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. B.H. Hale of Long Beach.

Funeral services were Monday with a requiem mass at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church and interment in Garden of Memories.

Serving as pallbearers were Weldon Frommeyer, Joe Martin, Michael Lathen, Michael O'Leary, Roy Limbert and Gregory Grenetto, all St. Stanislaus students.

Source: Sea Coast Echo 10/20/1966

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