Kannon Guilbeau

Kannon Guilbeau, 11, of Grand Chenier passed away at 6:55 PM, Friday, April 20, 2012 at a local hospital.

Kannon was a fifth grader at South Cameron High School and loved his school, classmates, teachers, and his favorite Coach Amadee. He was a Junior Tarpon Football and Basketball player. Kannon was a member of the Cameron Parish Livestock Show Team, 4-H, and the Boy Scouts. He also played baseball with the Grand Lake Little League. He was an altar server at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Creole. Kannon is well remembered as the 2008 "Little Mister Cameron Parish." He was an avid fan of the LSU Tigers, Baltimore Ravens, and St. Louis Cardinals, but loved being a South Cameron Tarpon the most. Kannon's hobbies included working and showing cattle, helping in the garden, riding his four-wheeler, fishing, hunting, shooting his gun, and playing his video games and ipod. He loved his life with his nephew, Andon.

Kannon was a little boy with a big personality, an even bigger heart, and huge smile. He had friends of all ages and he never met a stranger. He was a part of many families and was just so special. Kannon grew up with many friends and activities of his sisters, Haley and Shelby, and shared in every aspect of their busy lives from pageants to sports and everything in between. Kannon died as the result of a four-wheeler accident and would want his friends and other children to remember to always be safe.

Kannon is survived by his mother, Recia Willis and stepfather Kevin Warner of Grand Chenier; father Jonathan Guilbeau of Cameron; three sisters Shelby Willis of Creole, Haley Willis and companion Chance Baccigalopi of Creole, and Zoie Boudreaux of Creole and nephew Andon Baccigalopi; stepbrother, John Warner; maternal grandparents Carolyn McDaniel and Jerry Colletta; paternal grandparents Giz and Kathy Guilbeau; Uncles, Scott (Xann) LaBove, Brady (Debbie) LaBove, Harold (Kim) Guilbeau, and his Aunt Michelle (Kevin) Vincent; cousins, Sage, Jada Grant LaBove, Ashley Trahan, Austin Vincent, Amber and Thad Guilbeau, as well as his extended family, Lisa, LeAnn, and Lyndi Stewart, Kay Miller his Nana Edith Stewart and Kade Pierson. He was preceded in death by his grandfather Larry LaBove, Uncle "Little" Lawrence LeBoeuf, grandfather, Gayboy Stewart and grandmother, Betty Savoy.

His Funeral Mass will be at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Creole, LA. Reverend Tim Goodly will officiate. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery under the direction of Johnson Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 3:00 PM until 10:00 PM, Monday, with a rosary being recited at 7:00 PM and continue from 8:00 AM until 12:30 PM Tuesday in the funeral home.