Ethel Adams Haik

Ethel Adams Haik, age 92, was born in Washington Parish on September 6, 1929 and passed away peacefully at her home in West Monroe on February 25, 2022.

Ethel worked many years as a stock manager at JCPenney’s in Bogalusa. After retiring, she moved to West Monroe.

She enjoyed square dancing, quilting, crocheting, and winning at dominoes.

She loved to feed her family and friends, and she made sure no one ever left her table without being “pot belly full” of her good cooking.

Her greatest joy was in her grandchildren and great grandchildren, with whom she had family dinner every Sunday.

She spent her final years with her brother Joe L, who came to live with her in 2010.

Ethel is survived by her brother, Joe L Adams; her daughter, Mel Haik; her sons, Raymond Haik, Jr. (Karen) and John Haik (Judith “Skippy”); her grandson, James Raymond Carroll (Amy); her granddaughters, Adrienne Haik (Jonathan Freedman), Toni Newville (Anthony DiGiallonardo), Lee Newville, and Lillian Smith (Gregory); and great grandchildren, Coleson, Brooks, Bryan, Gabriel, and Jacob.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Haik, Sr.; her daughter, Dyana Haik; her siblings, Bobbie Adams Navo, Johnnie Adams, Reggie Adams, Brock Adams, Ray Adams, Joan Adams Campbell, and Jimmy Adams; and her parents, Bob Spencer Adams and Elmer Robbins Adams Strickland.

The family is grateful to Serenity Care providers for their warm-hearted care of Ethel, especially Diane, Nikki, Kaye, Zoel, Jackie, Brandie, Desiree, Pat and Diamond, as well as to Compassus Hospice for helping Ethel have her final weeks at home.

Graveside service will be held at Adams Cemetery in Vanardo, LA, at 1:30 P.M., Tuesday, March 1, 2022, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home in West Monroe, LA.