Juanita Antoine

Juanita Manuel Antoine, 76, of Lake Charles, LA, died at 9:50 AM on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 in a local care facility.

Mrs. Antoine was born September 6, 1943 in Sulphur, LA, where she was raised until moving to Lake Charles in the 1950’s.  She earned her Associates degree in Business Administration from Delta School of Business.  She worked as a cook at Piccadilly’s for a number of years and then was the co-proprietor of Antoine’s Texaco and Antoine’s Conoco.  Mrs. Antoine was a longtime member of Eastwood Pentecostal Church and a member of the JUAN (Jesus Us And Now) Club.  She will always be remembered as a prayer worrier and as an excellent cook.

Mrs. Antoine is survived by her husband of fifty-seven years, Vincent Antoine, Jr. of Lake Charles; sons, Danny Antoine and wife Shadeon of Houston, TX, David Antoine, Sr. and wife Lisa of Iowa, LA, Tony Antoine and wife Levetta of Houston, TX, Randy Antoine and wife Janice of Lake Charles, and Jody Antoine and wife Veronica of Lake Charles; siblings, Margie Gallien and husband Welton of Houston, TX, Jean Manuel, also of Houston TX, Doretha Hall of Los Angeles, CA, Allen Manuel of Lake Charles, and Jeanell Prudhomme and husband Calvin of Lake Charles; thirteen grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Eva and Bernie Manuel, Sr.; and siblings, Bernie “June” Manuel, Jr., Irene Orphey, Evon Ramirez, Johnny Manuel, Kathy Johnson, and Judy Talbert.

Her private services are entrusted to Johnson Funeral Home.