Court News notice in Tangi Talk, Wednesday, 20 December 1967, recording “Douglas H. Vining v. Netye Douglas Sylvest Vining-sep.” (suit for separation). The form of Netye's name here — Douglas (her maiden), Sylvest (her previous married name), Vining (her then-current married name) — documents all three surnames in one entry. Source: Newspapers.com.

Wedding announcement for Betsy Brown and Jeffrey Sylvest (son of Netye Douglas's earlier marriage to Marvin Sylvest of Picayune, Mississippi), published in The Daily Star (Hammond), Sunday, 30 December 1984; the couple married on Saturday, 17 November 1984 at the First United Methodist Church of Hammond, Rev. Glendon Messer officiating. Source: Newspapers.com.

Obituary for Douglas Herbert Vining published in The Daily Star (Hammond), Sunday, 17 June 2001. Source: Newspapers.com.

Earlier typed transcription of the same obituary text:

A fuller version of the obituary, published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge), 18 June 2001, with the spouse first names of all seven children (Joyce and Sidney Lawrence; Patricia and Charles Stevenson; Peggy and John Jarrell; Gary and Ann King Vining; Ronald and Patricia Woods Vining; Donald Vining; Jeffrey and Betsy Brown Sylvest) and the names of two predeceased grandsons (Alan and Steven Lawrence), transcribed at the USGenWeb Archives (Tangipahoa Parish, LA).

Obituary for Douglas's first wife Pearl Constant Vining Threeton (1923–2004), published in The Daily Star (Hammond), Sunday, 21 March 2004; names her parents Sidney Joseph Constant and Norma Marie Kramer, her second husband Clifford A. Threeton, and her three surviving sons Gary P., Ronald M., and Donald D. Vining. Source: Newspapers.com.

Gravestone for Douglas H. Vining, in Ponchatoula Cemetery, Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana (from Find A Grave):

Joint Guiffreda headstone for Frank Donald Guiffreda (1929–2022) and Douglas's second wife Netye “Zel” Douglas Vining Guiffreda (1932–2024), in Ponchatoula Cemetery, Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. Source: Find A Grave Memorial #64436894.

Obituary for Frank Donald Guiffreda (October 2022), husband of Douglas's sister Viola H. Vining (his first wife) and later of Douglas's widow Netye Douglas Vining (his second wife). Names “Peggy, Jeffrey, and Pat” as his stepchildren (i.e. Netye's biological children with their respective fathers) — a key source for Netye's family. Source: Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home.

Obituary for Douglas's second wife Netye “Zel” D. Guiffreda (3 November 1932 – 1 March 2024) at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Ponchatoula. Confirms her maiden name Douglas (parents William Larkin Douglas and Henry Della […]), her birthplace Logtown, Mississippi, and burial in Ponchatoula Cemetery. Source: obits.harrymckneely.com.