Obituary from the Shreveport Times

SSgt. Nick Harper

SHREVEPORT, LA - Services for SSgt. Nick Harper, 36, will be held Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 10:00 A.M at Christ The King Catholic Church in Bossier City, LA, with Fr. Charles Glorioso officiating. Interment will follow at Forest Park Cemetery on St. Vincent Ave. in Shreveport, LA, with full military honors. Visitation will be Monday, March 23, 2009 from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M. at Rose-Neath's Bossier Chapel with a vigil at 6:00 P.M.

Nick was a Staff Sergeant with the Louisiana Army National Guard's 1083rd Transportation Co. in Minden, LA. He was a graduate of C.E. Bryd High School where he was an active member of the ROTC.

Sergeant Harper had served a tour in Iraq and was preparing for deployment to his second tour in Iraq. He also served a year a Security Police in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

Nick was an avid hunter and fisherman who loved the outdoors. His service in the National Guard was extremely important to him and he will be sorely missed.

His maternal grandmother Vera Cappo who he dearly loved preceded Nick in death.

He is survived by his daughter Madelyn Harper of Panama City, FL, mother, Gloria Adcock of Shreveport, LA, father, Joseph Harper of Bossier City, LA, brothers, Keith Harper of Bossier City, LA, Wesley Harper, sister, Brittany Harper, fiancé, Dixie Lynette Aaron and uncle Russell Cappo and wife Diane of Bossier City, LA.

Honorary pallbearers, Josh Thompson and Mark Hobgood. Rose-Neath Funeral Home