Charles “Mike” McCall passed away peacefully on October 27, 2026, at the age of seventy-three. Mike was born on December 27, 1952, only two days after Christmas – a fact he would remind family of yearly when he lamented over receiving “dual” gifts as a child.
He was preceded in death by his father, Claude V. “Pete” McCall, Sr.; and mother, Diana Felipe McCall.
A native of Grand Chenier, Louisiana, he made his home in Covington, Louisiana for over thirty years. However, Cameron Parish remained in his heart. From photographs to rose bushes, he kept his Covington residence full of reminders from back home.
Mike attended South Cameron High School, where he played trumpet in the band and was given the Senior superlative of “Most Likely to Succeed.” Following high school, he attended McNeese State University where he pursued a degree in pre-law. But life had other plans for him, and he transferred to Charity Nursing School where he would meet his best friend and the love of his life, Joel Lusher. After receiving his RN, he completed his bachelor’s degree at Holy Cross College.
Mike’s nursing career would take him to many interesting jobs including a stint at the psych ward in Orleans Parish Prison and then later at South Cameron Parish Hospital, where his scope of practice was greatly expanded by both necessity and curiosity.
After years of clinical practice, he agreed to assist an old Charity classmate with a new business venture called AMNC.
This company would later become Amedisys and would make its debut on the NASDAQ in August 1994. Mike spent the final years of his professional career with another former Amedisys colleague at The Communication Institute utilizing his years of business development and communications experience to assist hospitals, municipalities, and health care agencies. But maybe most rewarding in those later years was the countless hours he spent on the football fields, especially at Covington High School, the baseball fields, and anywhere his grandsons were competing, taking pictures and capturing memories for his own family and others who grew to be like family.
While Mike was well respected in professional circles, he was adored by his friends and family. He and Joel married on February 10, 1979, and the couple moved into a new trailer in Creole, Louisiana, immediately adjacent to the helipad and which shared a party line with South Cameron Parish Hospital and several neighbors. The couple welcomed their first daughter, Kelly, four days shy of their first wedding anniversary, which had all the old biddies in Cameron Parish crunching numbers and speculating as to whether theirs had been a shot gun wedding. Spoiler – it wasn’t. In June 1983, Mike and Joel welcomed their second daughter, Lindsay.
While the couple only had two children, Mike served as a father figure to countless nephews, nieces, grandnephews and grandnieces, in-laws, daughters’ friends, friends’ children, and neighbors. Mike was revered for his unwavering support and devotion to his loved ones as much as for his biting sarcasm. He could always be relied upon for a word of encouragement, advice, or an inappropriate joke – all of which had a time and place.
Mike was over the moon when his son-in-law, Billy became part of the family. But he discovered a new type of love when he welcomed his first grandson, Beau, in October 2009. And when he believed he couldn’t love any more, Charlie and Luke arrived in April 2011 and December 2013, respectively. He relished spending time with his grandsons teaching them about fishing, gardening, photography, The Three Stooges, comedic timing, and loving big and unconditionally. When Lindsay married Tony in July 2023, his Paw Paw heart widened once more to embrace his only granddaughter, Raleigh.
Mike is survived by his loving wife and very best friend, Joel; his daughter, Kelly; son-in-law, Billy; grandsons, Beau, Charlie, and Luke; his daughter, Lindsay; son-in-law, Tony; and granddaughter, Raleigh; his brother, Dale (Theresa); sister, Mary (John); and brother, Pete (Kristina). He is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews, friends, and neighbors, all of whom will spend the rest of eternity trying to fill the void he leaves behind.
The family would like to thank Foundations Hospice for the compassionate care provided.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral mass on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, at 11:00 AM at E. J. Fielding Funeral Home, 2260 West 21st Avenue, Covington, Louisiana, with visitation beginning at 9:00 AM. Interment will follow in Pinecrest Memorial Gardens.
E. J. Fielding Funeral Home of Covington, Louisiana, is honored to be entrusted with Mr. McCall’s funeral arrangements. His family invites you to share thoughts, memories, and condolences by signing an online guestbook at www.ejfieldingfh.com.