Joe Stefano Feducia rests quietly beneath a simple granite cross, buried next to his parents.
But the night he died was not quiet. At the Chicken Inn, shots shattered the night, and two friends fell dead to the floor.
The Grave
The final resting place of Joe Stefano Feducia, Saint Joseph's Catholic Church Cemetery, Shreveport, Louisiana. Courtesy of Tarah Thomas
The Chicken Inn
The outside of the the Chicken Inn, where Smokey Joe lived, worked, and eventually died. The windows on the left mark the room where Smokey Joe and Frank Ferraro met their end. Courtesy of Newspapers.com and The Shreveport Times.
The Room Where he Died
The room where the gunshot occurred. The camera is looking towards the door to the barroom. This is the door Joe Armenia was standing in when he shot Smokey Joe and Frank Ferraro. The table to the right is where Frank Ferraro was sitting across from Nick Cecola when Smokey Joe confronted him. Courtesy of Newspapers.com and The Shreveport Times.
The Sentence
The newspapers reported on Joe Armenia's guilty plea and sentence of 4 to 12 years for manslaughter. Armenia's greatest worry was that people would think he was a gangster. Courtesy of Newspapers.com and The Shreveport Times.
The Final Entry
Smokey Joe's death certificate has been ordered and will be uploaded once received.
The Chicken Inn is long gone. What used to be the edge of town now sits near its center. Progress came through, and now a highway leading to a bridge sits at the site where Smokey Joe died. Across the river, in a city of white marble and granite, sits a stone cross; the final resting place of Smokey Joe Feducia.
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