Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Ramona Cecilia Laborde
Aug 17, 2020
Ramona Desselle LaBorde, 91, of Sulphur, LA passed away on August 17, 2020 surrounded by her loving family.
Ramona was born on September 23, 1928 in Bordelonville, LA to John Henry and Aline Desselle. She is known for working in her flower beds, serving others, and cooking. Mrs. Ramona remembered by many as Maw Maw, is known for her...
John Thomas Leblanc
Aug 16, 2020
John Thomas LeBlanc, 71, of Sulphur passed away peacefully Sunday, August 16, 2020 at his home.
He was born October 7, 1948 in Cameron, LA to L.J. and Linda LeBlanc. When called upon, John proudly served his country in the United States Army from 1968 to 1971. He retired from Lyondell Bassell after 31 years and he recently retired...
Linda Borel
Aug 16, 2020
Linda was born to Ida and Dolza Borel on December 15, 1947 and graduated from Westlake High School in 1965. For many years, Linda was a cabinet designer at Borel's Cabinet Shop and other lumber companies. She had a talent in painting and a love of growing plants. She was a sweet, loving, strong woman. She loved her children, grandchildren...
Thomas Neill Rowland, Jr.
Aug 15, 2020
Thomas Neill Rowland, Jr., 73, passed away Saturday, August 15, 2020. He was born October 11, 1946 in Little Rock, AR to Thomas Neill and Dorothy Culpepper Rowland.
Mr. Rowland graduated from Pine Bluff High School in Pine Bluff, AR. He earned his bachelor’s degree fromHenderson State University, where he met Debany Lou Dixon. They were married on April 1,...
Ronald "Ronnie" Fredrick Phillips
Aug 15, 2020
Ronald Fredrick “Ronnie” Phillips, age 80, of Lake Charles, passed away on August 15, 2020 at a local hospital in Lake Charles, LA.
He was born on April 28, 1940, in Pollock, LA to Fred and Vina Phillips. He was a 1958 graduate of LaGrange High School. After graduation he enlisted in the Armed Forces of the United States. He...
Devin Joseph Vayon
Aug 15, 2020
Devin Joseph Vayon, 16, of Sulphur, LA passed away on August 15, 2020.
Devin was born on August 10, 2004 in Houma, LA to Mary Marie Vayon Duplantis. He enjoyed working out, swimming, hunting, and fishing. He was a very smart young man and outgoing, as it showed in his tinkering and rebuilding of things. He attended Sulphur High School...
Judge Fred R. Godwin
Aug 14, 2020
Judge (ret.) Fred R. Godwin, 85, passed away peacefully in a local care center on Friday, August 14, 2020, after a brief illness.
Fred was born on September 4, 1934, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, but lived in Lake Charles for most of his life. He attended Landry and LaGrange high schools as well as McNeese State University, before graduating from...
Tod Baker
Aug 14, 2020
John “Tod” Baker, 34, of Lake Charles passed away on Friday, August 14, 2020 in his residence.
Tod was born on August 5, 1986 in Lake Charles where he lived all his life. He attended Barbe High School and graduated in 2005 with honors. Following graduation, he attended LSU to study Biochemistry and entered the Upper Division Honors Program. He...
Lola Mae Buller Comeaux
Aug 14, 2020
Lola Mae Buller Comeaux, 90, went to her eternal reward on August 14, 2020. She was born in Kinder Louisiana on October 22, 1929.She was a devoted homemaker, wife and mother. She enjoyed preparing delicious meals for large gatherings of family, ministers and friends. At 50 years of age, Lola took an art class and discovered she had a talent...
Walter Terrell "Terry" Collins, Jr.
Aug 13, 2020
Walter Terrell “Terry” Collins, Jr., age 72, passed away peacefully on August 13, 2020 at his home in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
He was born on August 18, 1947, in San Antonio, Texas to Walter Terrell “Rip” Collins and Patrice Fagan “Nannie” Collins. He was a 1965 graduate of Lake Charles High School. He earned a track and field scholarship from...
Shirley Ann Chumley Smith
Aug 12, 2020
Shirley Ann Chumley Smith made her last flight on Wednesday, August 12, 2020.
The daughter of Arthur Chumley and Shirley Robertson Chumley, she was born at St. Patrick’s Hospital in Lake Charles. She was on the Cradle Roll and a member of First Methodist Church when she lived here until the age of ten, moved to North Texas for a...
Martha Jo Akers
Aug 12, 2020
Martha Akers, 79, of Sulphur, LA passed away surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, August 12, 2020.
Martha was born on November 17, 1940 in Hemphill, TX to L.M. (Pete) and Jolene Smith. She was known most of all for her loving adventurous spirit, loving to travel, and being around friends and family. Mrs. Akers enjoyed her life...
Euclide Soileau
Aug 12, 2020
Euclide Anthony Soileau, 94, of Sulphur, LA passed away on August 12, 2020 in his residence surrounded by his loving family.
Euclide was born on January 17, 1926 in Eunice, LA to Eclyde and Emma Soileau.
He was known for his love of working in his in his very own Soileau Shoe Repair for over 70 years in Sulphur, LA....
Bernice Johnson
Aug 11, 2020
Bernice Johnson, 85, of Lake Charles, LA passed away Tuesday, August 11, 2020 in a local care facility.
Mrs. Johnson was born in Scott, LA and lived most of her life in Lake Charles. She was a loving mother and grandmother, having raised not only her children but her grandchildren. She enjoyed working with her flowers, and gardening. Mrs. Johnson...
Clarence Lebert
Aug 11, 2020
Born August 18, 1928, to Wiley James LeBert and Lorena Veronie in Roanoke, LA, Clarence began working at an early age delivering telegrams during the war; worked in Capital Store as market manager, delivered newspapers, picked cotton for his uncles, and was a carpenter for several years prior to going to work for Conoco where he retired after 41 years...
Roland Joseph Reed
Aug 11, 2020
Roland Joseph Reed died in the early morning of August 11, 2020, of congestive heart failure in the Lake Charles home that he and his wife, Betty Ann Ardoin Reed, had lived in since 1963. Roland was born on February 11, 1929, in the Mamou/Duralde area of Louisiana to Wilfred and Edna Fontenot Reed. From a Cajun and Creole family,...
Cheryl Landry Honeycutt Hutchins
Aug 10, 2020
“Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her.” Proverbs 31:28
On Monday, August 10, 2020, Mrs. Cheryl Landry Honeycutt Hutchins, beloved wife & mother passed away with her loving family by her side. Cheryl was a lifelong resident of Lake Charles and graduate of LaGrange High School, class of 1962. After high school Cheryl...
Jeannie Caroline Honeycutt
Aug 10, 2020
Jeannie Honeycutt, 74, of Moss Bluff, passed away on Monday, August 10, 2020 in her residence.
She was born on May 5, 1946 in Bay Port, MI to James S and Arlene Odessa Harder. Jeannie moved to this area in 1979 from Saginaw, Michigan. She was a loving Housewife, Mother and a giving person to all.
She was preceded in...
Elverna "Ann" Leger
Aug 10, 2020
Elverna Ann Leger, 75, of Sulphur passed away Monday, August 10, 2020, surrounded by her family.
Ann retired after 34 years of service as a bus driver with Calcasieu Parish School Board. She was a member of Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church. Ann loved listening to Elvis Presley, playing bingo and Pokeno. Her greatest joy was spending time...
