BRIDGEPORT—After much confusion ensuing throughout the day about the situation, we finally have word about Lou Satterthwaite—he died this evening at a hospital in Evansville.
Our report this morning was that Lou, who owned/operated Lou’s Restaurant on Judy Avenue in Bridgeport, had been found dead in his home after he missed his bus route (he drives for the local school system.)
However, that wasn’t accurate: He had been found unresponsive and bleeding from his head, lying on the floor of his place.
Lawrence County sheriff’s authorities broke down the door of his place and was able to get to Lou, called an ambulance, and he was transferred to Gateway in Evansville, where he was in very serious condition. He died earlier this evening, according to the family. They’re uncertain of the cause of death, as well as of the cause of the bleeding; he may have hit his head after falling, or he may have had an aneurysm.
From the earlier post: Lou has relatives in some of our favorite county offices including the circuit clerk’s office, where Circuit Clerk Peggy Fredericks is a cousin, as well as the Red Hill School District, where Peggy’s brother, Bob Christy, is on the school board.
Lou’s has been a vendor for our paper almost since the establishment of it in 2003, at times selling literally hundreds of copies of Disclosure and always being one of our top vendors, as his restaurant is a favorite stop for folks in Lawrence, with a convenient drive-up window where people could buy their papers without fear of being hassled by former mayor Max Schauf or any of his cronies (Lou was the kind of guy who would tell Schauf to “blow it out his ass” if ever he dared to give any of the restaurant’s customers a hard time, anyway). As well, the restaurant has one of our favorite lunch servings, a fantastic taco salad, which they advertise in our paper as “Disclosure‘s favorite,” and one of which we just picked up Tuesday night during delivery.
Our deepest sympathies to the family of Lou Satterthwaite; we’re going to miss him and his raucous laughter and bad jokes (he was a constant jokester and they were usually always the same jokes every time, but that just made them even more funny). When we learn about funeral arrangements, we’ll post them, as we’ll likely attend the services.