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     Wayne Joseph Prosperie Jr. On Saturday, Wayne Prosperie told his mom he would “always have her back, always.” But that night while in the 1100 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Port Arthur, the 32-year-old man was killed in a motorcycle crash with a passenger car. “He was my only child,” Sharon Hamlin, Prosperie’s mother, said. Hamlin is trusting in God as she works through her grief. Her son’s comment of always having her back was mentioned in her Facebook post. Another of her posts tells of how her heart will forever be broken, missing a piece and that her son took that piece with him to Heaven. Prosperie, who was from Orange, worked at Mauriceville Special Utility District. He was so respected that on the night of his death, his boss called Hamlin to tell her the entire water department was at her disposal should she need anything. And, after work Monday, Prosperie’s co-workers showed up to help his mom, she said. “My son was loved by many people,” she said. “He was just one of those guys. There was nothing he wouldn’t tackle to do and was the first one to jump in the hole when there was a water leak.” And he did jump in some holes to fix water leaks as co-worker and friend Michael Bertrand showed in a video on his Facebook page. Hamlin said Bertrand was one of the utility district workers who showed up and stayed with her Monday. Hamlin said to know her son was to love him. “He had grown men crying because they lost their work mate and he won’t be at work again,” she said. Mom and son were close, she said. “He was a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll,” she said. Prosperie was driving his 2021 red Honda motorcycle when the fatal crash occurred. A 34-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries. Hamlin said the woman is Prosperie’s girlfriend and that she is in an intensive care unit at a hospital in critical but stable condition. She is expected to recover but it will be a very long road, she said. The second vehicle involved in the crash was a 2011 Lincoln car. That driver was unharmed. Port Arthur Police Department’s Advanced Accident Reconstruction Unit and Criminal Investigations Division are handling the case. Hamlin said her son’s love for motorcycles came from his dad, and that she rides as well, adding “we love motorcycles.” “He died doing what he loved, that’s for sure,” she said. Prosperie leaves behind two children, ages 11 and 7. Hamlin called him a great dad. She plans to have a service in his honor following cremation.² He was born on April 30, 1990 at Jefferson Co., Texas.¹ He married Lindsey Michelle Delisle on February 12, 2010 at Jasper Co., Texas.³ Wayne Joseph Prosperie Jr. died on May 14, 2022 at Port Arthur, Jefferson Co., Texas, at age 32.²

     Lisa Ann Beverly Lisa Ann Brooks, age 57 of Bedford passed away on Tuesday, December 14, 2021. She was preceded in death by her mother, Janice Faye Bruce and a sister, Lenore Owens. She is survived by her fiancée, Darryl Eugene Dinwiddie; her father, Lonnie Lee Beverly & stepmother, Susan Beverly; sons, Christopher Robert Smith & wife, Marie, Sean Eric Brooks & wife, Renea; grandsons, Mason Brooks, Jackson Brooks and Lucas Smith; Darryl's children, Tyler E. Dinwiddie & wife, Alina, Dustin Dinwiddie & wife, Brooke; 6 step grandchildren, Laney, Atlee, Reece, Leighanna, Kaiden, Calen and Jace; Darryl's parents, Davis & Margaret Dinwiddie; numerous nieces & nephews. Interment will follow at Virginia Memorial Park.³ She was buried at Virginia Memorial Park, Forest, Bedford Co., Virginia.³ She was born on January 9, 1964 at Rockbridge Co., Virginia.^1,2,4 As of June 14, 1980,her married name was Smith.¹ She married Willie Robert "Billy" Smith III, son of Willie Robert Smith Jr. and Patricia Ann "Patty" "Patsy" Board, on June 14, 1980 at Buena Vista, Rockbridge Co., Virginia.¹ Lisa Ann Beverly and Willie Robert "Billy" Smith III were divorced on March 2, 1984 at Rockbridge Co., Virginia.² Lisa Ann Beverly died on December 14, 2021 at Virginia at age 57.³

     John Preston Hite was buried at Memphis National Cemetery, 3568 Townes Avenue, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee.^2,3 He was born on February 10, 1921 at Mississippi.^2,3 He married Juanita Blondine Board, daughter of Clyde Harmon Board and Chloe Dovie Austin, on July 3, 1943 at Jefferson Co., Arkansas.¹ John Preston Hite died on November 26, 1944 at Germany at age 23.^2,3