Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
George Dale Taylor
Aug 23, 2020
George D Taylor, “Pawpaw”, 88, of Sulphur, LA passed away August 23, 2020 in a local hospital. George was born on September 6, 1931 in Waverly, Missouri. He was stationed at Chenault Airforce Base for 4 years and stayed in Louisiana because he loved the weather, hunting, and fishing. He also loved gardening and wood working. He was a retired...
Ray Miles
Aug 23, 2020
On August 23, 2020 Dr. Ray Miles left this earthly life. It was entirely too soon for the many who loved him, but plenty of time for him to walk the path God laid before him. Born September 17, 1957, he was a lifelong learner. A graduate of Reeves High School, McNeese State University (BA ‘79, MEd ‘82), and The...
Carroll Joseph Comeaux
Aug 23, 2020
Carroll Joseph Comeaux, 73, of Lake Charles, LA, died at 5:40 PM on Sunday, August 23, 2020 in a local hospital.
Mr. Comeaux was born September 18, 1946 in Creole, LA and was a graduate of South Cameron High School. He worked twelve years for Firestone and then retired after over twenty years of service from the City of Lake...
Anne Nettles
Aug 22, 2020
Anne Nettles, 75, of Lake Charles, passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2020 at MD Anderson in Houston, TX. She was born on February 20, 1945 in Oil City, PA to the late James A. and Mary Jane Long.
Mrs. Nettles was a registered nurse for over 40 years. She was the first nurse hired by Women and Children Hospital...
Clayton Peloquin
Aug 22, 2020
Clayton Peloquin, 80, passed away Saturday, August 22, 2020 at his residence. He was born on November 27, 1939 in Lake Charles, LA to Austin and Zelma Peloquin. Mr. Peloquin will be remembered most of all for the love he had for his family. He was a man who enjoyed visiting and helping other as often as he could. He...
Eugene Edward Nichols, Sr.
Aug 22, 2020
Eugene Edward Nichols Sr., 88, of Sulphur, LA passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2020.
Eugene was born on January 23, 1932 in Augusta, VA to Bernard and Grace Nichols. He enjoyed his grandchildren, his dogs and could always be found sitting outside drinking coffee on the porch listening to Cajun Music. Eugene proudly served his country in the...
Poddy Champeaux
Aug 22, 2020
Rosalie “Poddy” Marie Leveque Champeaux, 82, died peacefully on Saturday, August 22, 2020, surrounded by family.
Rosalie, known to all as “Poddy,” was born on August 13, 1938 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Poddy graduated high school from St. Charles Academy (now St. Louis Catholic) where she received the coveted “Spirit Award” in 1956. It was there that she met the...
John Shelton Guidry
Aug 22, 2020
John Shelton Guidry, 68, of Lake Charles died Saturday August 22, 2020 in the comfort of his home.
Mr. Guidry was a lifelong resident of Lake Charles. He was a graduate of Washington High School where he was a member of the band. Following graduation, he attended trade school and enlisted in the United States Army and proudly served in...
Agnes Louviere
Aug 21, 2020
Agnes Louviere, 91, passed away on Friday, August 21, 2020 at her residence.
She was born November 7, 1928 in Iowa, Louisiana to John and Clara Taylor.
She will be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and great great grandmother who lived for the time she spent with her family and friends. She enjoyed drinking coffee, visiting, helping...
Carl William Lewis, Jr.
Aug 21, 2020
Carl William Lewis Jr. , 85, passed August 21, 2020 surrounded by his loving family.
He resided in Iowa and on the Calcasieu River for the past 35 years. He was born to his late parents Viola & Carl Lewis Sr. on January 2, 1935, in El Paso, Texas. He served in the US Navy as a Naval Aviation mechanic....
Sharon Kaye Carlquist
Aug 21, 2020
Sharon Kaye Carlquist, 73, of Sulphur, LA passed away on August 21, 2020.
Sharon was born on February 28, 1947 in Eunice, LA to Charles and Audrey Goudeau. She enjoyed cruises, watching movies, and being around friends and family. Sharon also enjoyed going out to eat, shopping, and her makeup.
Those left to cherish her memory are her two children,...
Delores J. Jordan
Aug 19, 2020
Delores J. Jordan, 79, of Lake Charles passed away at 3:20 AM on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 in a local care facility.
Mrs. Jordan was born on May 26, 1941 in Rayne, LA. She was a graduate of Sulphur High School before moving to Texas where she met her current husband. They moved to Lake Charles more than 15 years...
Dianne Wesley Brocato
Aug 19, 2020
Wilma Dianne Wesley Brocato succumbed to our LORD on Wednesday, August 19, 2020.
Dianne was born July 10, 1943 in Elizabeth, LA. She lived most of her life in Lake Charles and Grand Lake and the past twenty-five years in Moss Bluff. She was a graduate of LaGrange Senior High School and attained a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree...
Beatrice "Be Be" Domingue
Aug 19, 2020
Beatrice gained her wings on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 9:30 PM at her residence in Sulphur, Louisiana. Beatrice was born to Elridge and Agnus Domingue on August 21, 1943 in Lake Charles Louisiana. Beatrice was an active member of CARC for the last 35 years. She was very active in all aspects of her school. She loved her school...
Jill Thibodeaux Trahan
Aug 19, 2020
Jill Thibodeaux Trahan was born on October 1, 1962 in Lake Charles. After graduating from LaGrange High in 1980, Jill found purpose for her life in raising a family. Her vibrant spirit, compassionate heart, and endless love was well known to her children and grandchildren, along with the extended family she gladly claimed as her own. Momma Jill, or as...
Kenneth Lynn Bellard, Sr.
Aug 18, 2020
Kenneth Lynn Bellard, Sr., 68, of Dayton, TX passed away at 5:06 PM on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 in his residence.
Mr. Bellard was born on September 12, 1951 in Lake Charles where he was raised and resided until moving to Dayton, TX 25 years ago. Upon graduating from Lake Charles High School in 1969, he joined the US Army...
Lorraine Fontenot Johnson
Aug 18, 2020
Lorraine Fontenot Johnson, 95, of Lake Charles, LA, died on August 18, 2020 in a local hospital.
Born in Elton, Louisiana to Theophile and Anna McGee Fontenot, Mrs. Johnson attended school in Welsh, LA. With the loss of her mother at an early age, she and her brothers worked on their family farm and spoke only French as young children...
Raymond "Ray" Chavis
Aug 18, 2020
Raymond “Ray” Chavis, 84, of Lake Charles, LA, died at 1:33 AM on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 in a local hospital.
Mr. Chavis was born March 2, 1936 in Opelousas, LA and lived most of his life in Lake Charles. He worked many years as a bartender for Black Angus and retired from the Lake Charles Country Club, where...
Sarah May Whitehead
Aug 18, 2020
Sarah May Martin Whitehead, 79, of Lake Charles, LA, died at 8:54 PM on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 in a Houston, TX hospital.
Mrs. Whitehead was born May 1, 1941 in Philadelphia, MS, and was a 1959 graduate of Neshaba Central High School and East Central Jr. College. She followed her husband’s career, moving to Ragley in 1976 and then...
Holly Beth Spears Alexander
Aug 17, 2020
Holly Beth Spears Alexander was born August 28, 1973, in Lake Charles, Louisiana to Daniel Joseph Spears Sr. and Audrey Mae Fontenot Spears. Holly attended Barbe high school. In 1993, she married the love of her life, Michael Vance Alexander. Upon her marriage to Michael, she became an amazing bonus mom to three children. Holly and Michael went on to...
