Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Robert Wayne Gary
Aug 15, 2022
Robert Wayne Gary, 59 of Lake Charles died Monday, August 15, 2022. He was born on March 20, 1963 in Jennings Louisiana to Robert and Bonnie Gary.
Robert attended Barbe high school where he was part of the rodeo team. He was an avid outdoorsman, loving to hunt, fish, camp, and barbecue. His favorite was cooking barbecue for his family.
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John Wilford Beard
Aug 14, 2022
John Wilford Beard, 91, of Holmwood, La, passed away at 5:40 AM, Sunday, August 14, 2022.
Born in Holmwood on February 16, 1931, he was raised in Sweetlake where he met and married his life-long love, Betty Jane Billedeaux in 1950. Affectionately known as Wilford, he proudly served in the United States Marine Corp during the Korean Conflict from 1952-54,...
Franklin Denry Foote
Aug 14, 2022
Franklin Denry Foote, 88, of Sulphur, LA passed away on August 14, 2022, in a local care facility. Franklin was born on October 17, 1933, in Indian Bayou, LA to Denry and Elida Foote. He enjoyed the great outdoors, fishing, crabbing, and gardening. Franklin was a member of the Knights of Columbus and a member of Our Lady of Prompt...
Myra S. O'Neal
Aug 14, 2022
Myra Suzanne O’Neal, 61, died Sunday, August 14, 2022, in a local hospital.
Born in Alexandria, Louisiana to Darlie and Norma Chandler O’Neal, Ms. O’Neal was for most of her career a television advertising executive. She worked for KPLC of Lake Charles and more recently had accepted a position with Fox 29 in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Ms. O’Neal is survived...
John David Lowin
Aug 14, 2022
John David Lowin, 69, passed away in his Sulphur residence on August 14, 2022. Born in Wichita Falls, David has resided in Sulphur for many years. He worked for Citgo Refinery for 46 years and he proudly earned his Bachelor of Science degree from McNeese State University in 2005.
He absolutely loved his children and enjoyed riding his motorcycles every...
Paul Raymond Kline, Sr.
Aug 13, 2022
Paul Raymond Kline, Sr. passed away on August 13, 2022 at the age of 89 in the comfort of his home with his family beside him.
Paul battled with issues related to the aging process in the past year with courage and dignity. Despite human limitations that sometimes occur with aging, Paul stayed strong and faithful to the end. As...
William Ray "Bubba" Toups, Jr.
Aug 12, 2022
William “Bubba” Ray Toups, Jr., 58, of Westlake, LA, died Friday, August 12, 2022, in a Houston hospital surrounded by family.
He was born October 23, 1963, in Beaumont, TX to Patsy and William Ray Toups, Sr. He was a 1982 graduate of Nederland High School and lived in the Nederland area most of his life until moving to...
Madeline C. Richard
Aug 12, 2022
Madeline C. Richard, age 82, passed away peacefully in the comfort of her home on August 12, 2022 at 12:12 a.m.
Madeline was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Nick and Elda Console. She graduated from LaGrange Senior High School, class of 1957, and Sowela Technical College as a Certified Surgical Tech. She retired from Lake Charles Memorial Hospital then...
Diana Reichard Gentry
Aug 11, 2022
Diana Lynn Reichard Gentry, 71, of Lake Charles, LA, passed away at 12:09 PM on Thursday, August 11, 2022 in a local hospital.
Ms. Gentry was born April 24, 1951 in Stockton, KS. She graduated from Notre Dame High School in Crowley, LA and studied nursing at Northern Oklahoma College. Throughout her life, she has lived in Kansas, Lake Charles...
Marshall Francis Spicer
Aug 11, 2022
Marshall Francis Spicer, 82, of Carlyss, passed from this life surrounded by his loving family on Thursday evening, August 11, 2022. In his younger days, Marshall was rated as a First Class Glazier. Upon moving from Mississippi to Hackberry he became one of the first commercial fishermen to crab and shrimp the waters of Cameron Parish. Marshall was an avid...
Russell Nolan Landry
Aug 11, 2022
Russell Nolan Landry, 59 of Vinton, LA., passed away on August 11, 2022, at his residence surrounded by his loving family. Russell was born on July 4, 1963, to Raywood and Elma Lou Landry.
Russell was a hard working and was devoted to his family and friends. He enjoyed fishing and working with his hands and especially working on...
Wilda M. Hanks
Aug 9, 2022
Wilda Mae Hanks, 90 years old, passed away Tuesday, August 9, 2022 in a local hospital. She was born on January 07, 1932 to Emile and Adelaide Benoit Duhon in Morse, Louisiana.
Wilda grew up in Morse, LA. She was always her Grandma’s favorite. She met her husband, Columbus at the local store where she worked. He came in every...
William B. "Bill" Wadsack
Aug 7, 2022
William B. "Bill” Wadsack, 76, of Lake Charles, passed away at 8:31 a.m. on Sunday, August 7, 2022 in his home.
Mr. Wadsack was born September 10, 1945 in Goldsboro, North Carolina on Seymour Johnson Airforce Base to two military parents. He soon moved with his family to the Lake Charles area, where he lived his entire life. He was...
Clinton Hicks Hutto
Aug 6, 2022
Clinton Hutto, 67 of DeQuincy, passed away surrounded by his family on Saturday, August 6, 2022. He was born on January 19, 1955 to David and Laura Hutto in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He was a graduate of Barbe High School and worked as a welder until his retirement from PPG.
He was a loving husband, brother, in-law, uncle, dog daddy...
Anthony Claude "Buddy" Leach, Jr.
Aug 6, 2022
Former State Representative and United States Congressman, Anthony Claude “Buddy” Leach, Jr. passed from this world on Saturday, August 6, 2022, in Baton Rouge. He is survived by his beautiful wife of 55 years, Laura Alexander Leach, his three children Mary Leach Werner, Lucy (Craig) Davenport, Claude (Jenny) Leach, his 9 grandchildren, Hannah, Elizabeth, Patrick, Alex, Jackson, Jake, Grace, Miller...
Eleanor Sherwood Lemoine
Aug 6, 2022
Eleanor Sherwood Lemoine, 85, passed away peacefully on August 6, 2022.
Ellie was born in Somers Point, New Jersey on September 24, 1936 to August and Julia Mapes. She attended Rider College in New Jersey where she met her future husband. She married the late Roland Stanton Sherwood Jr in 1956. They lived in the New Jersey/Pennsylvania area until...
Otray J. Woods, Jr.
Aug 5, 2022
Otray J. Woods, Jr., 90 years of age, passed away at 2:50 AM on Friday, August 5, 2022 in his residence.
Mr. Woods was born on February 12, 1932 in Gueydan, LA. He graduated from Eunice High School in 1948. He received a degree in accounting from then SLI, now University of Louisiana in Lafayette in 1952. He first worked...
James "Jim" Reynolds
Aug 5, 2022
James “Jim” Reynolds, 94, passed away on August 5, 2022 in Tempe, Arizona while visiting family.
Jim was born on November 21,1927 in New Orleans, Louisiana to James and Geneva Reynolds. He was the youngest of five children.
Jim is survived by his devoted wife, Mary; his daughter, Rebekah; son, Nathan; nine grandchildren; and seven great grandchildren.
Jim was baptized...
Jesse Lee Darbonne
Aug 5, 2022
Jesse Lee Darbonne was born October 13, 1943 in Chataignier, Louisiana. He was one of twelve born to the late Oliver Sr. and Cecelia Guillory Darbonne.
Coming from a large family set the tone for his life, second to his faith was family. It was through mutual friends he would meet Wanda, and a year later they would exchange vows...
Ettie Lavera "Vera" Cagle Franks
Aug 5, 2022
On Friday, August 5, 2022, Ettie LaVera Franks,77, passed away peacefully in Corpus Christi, Tx.
Vera was born and raised in Merryville, La and upon graduation moved to Lake Charles where she married, had a daughter, and become a lifelong resident. Vera loved being a wife, mother, room mom, and chauffer to her daughter and friends. Later on, she returned...
