Thad Heartfield

Federal Judge Thad Heartfield: Man of mercy, lover of literature, prankster

Somberly reflecting on the life of a man many recalled as a good-hearted jokester with a penchant for telling it like it is, a stream of mourners flocked to Broussard’s on Jan. 3 to bask in the rays of jovial judge Thad Heartfield at least one more time through the vivid recollections of those...