Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Cecil Adrian
Sep 30, 2018
Cecil Adrian, 83, of Lake Charles, passed away in the comfort of his home surrounded by his family on Sunday September 30, 2018 following an extended illness.
Cecil was born in Lake Charles, LA on June 13, 1935, to German Cecil Adrian and Estelle Simon. He began work in the pipeline industry at the age of 16 and continued...
Philip Richard
Sep 29, 2018
Philip Richard, 79, of Sulphur passed away on Saturday, September 29, 2018 in the comfort of his home surrounded by his family. Philip owned and operated Saunier’s grocery store for 30 plus years. He was a member of Our Lady of LaSalette Catholic Church. Philip was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather.
Philip is survived by his...
Annabelle Lefrere
Sep 29, 2018
Annabelle Mary Nelson LeFrere, 94, died September 29, 2018, in her residence, with her loving family at her side.
Born to Onesiphore Nelson and Ovita Mary Pratt Nelson in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, Mrs. LeFrere moved with her husband to Lake Charles as a young bride in 1944. She was a homemaker and reared her five children to know and...
Dr. Charley W. Sparks
Sep 29, 2018
Dr. Charley Wade Sparks, 92, of Lake Charles, LA, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 29, 2018 in a local care facility.
Dr. Sparks was born September 18, 1926 in Santa Anna, TX and was raised in Bangs, TX, where he graduated from Bangs High School in 1941. He served his country in the U.S. Army during World War...
Rosemary Smalley
Sep 29, 2018
Rosemary C. Smalley, 82, passed away in the comfort of The Carriage House at The Verandah on September 29, 2018 with her family by her side.
Mrs. Smalley grew up in Pine Island, Louisiana as the oldest of nine children. She attended Fenton High School. She was married to the love of her life for 54 years. They lived in...
Dorothy Marie Johnson Guillory
Sep 29, 2018
Dorothy Marie Johnson Guillory, 91, passed away on September 29, 2018 at a local care facility.
Mrs. Guillory is fondly remembered by her family as a gardener, caretaker, and homemaker.
She is survived by her granddaughter, Renee’ Peppers (Paul); grandson, Captain Brian Guillory (Robin); three great grandchildren, Airman 1st Class Michael Guillory, Steven Rushing (Angie), and PFC...
Helen Kay Myers
Sep 29, 2018
Helen Kay Myers, 66, of Lake Charles, died at 10:05 PM Saturday, September 29, 2018 in a local care facility with her loving family at her side.
Mrs. Myers was born on October 4, 1951 in Lake Charles, Louisiana to the parents of Daisy and Adam Hebert. She was a member of St. Theodore Catholic Church in Moss Bluff,...
Callie Lee Blackwell
Sep 28, 2018
Callie Lee Blackwell, 28, of Big Spring, Texas, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family and friends at her home in Florien, Louisiana on September 28, 2018.
Callie was a longtime resident of Florien. She enjoyed reading, traveling, and taking on new Challenges. She was collector of many different things, and took every opportunity to shop anytime she...
Karin Lea Fontenot
Sep 28, 2018
Karin Lea Brannon Fontenot, 60, of Apache Junction, AZ, died on Friday, September 28, 2018.
Karin was born April 12, 1958 in Knoxville, TN, lived in Lake Charles, LA most of her life and moved to Arizona in 2006. She was a 1976 graduate of LaGrange High School and worked at Howell Furniture Company for a number of years....
Melvin Aladdin Daigle
Sep 28, 2018
Melvin Aladdin Daigle, of Big Lake, LA, has joined the Master's Bouquet.
Melvin’s schooling was only to the fifth grade, but worked in the oil fields, drilling water wells and as a hunting guide during duck season. All and all he was a handy man at many things.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Samuel (Sam)...
Odessa Hooper
Sep 27, 2018
Odessa Beebe Hooper, 86, passed away on September 27, 2018 at a care facility in Jena, LA.
Mrs. Hooper was born on October 29, 1931 in Sharp, LA. She retired as an operator for South Central Bell Telephone Company. She was also a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America. In Moss Bluff she was a member of the...
Daniel "Danny" Joseph Spears, Sr.
Sep 27, 2018
Daniel Joseph Spears, Sr., 76, of Lake Charles, LA, died at 7:05 AM on Thursday, September 27, 2018 in a local care facility.
Mr. Spears was born December 6, 1941 in Lake Charles, LA, where he lived most of his life until moving to Colima, Mexico nine years ago. He worked as an Optometrist, retiring from the Eye Clinic....
Pat Manuel
Sep 26, 2018
James Patrick Manuel, 71, passed away on September 26, 2018 at a hospice facility in Beaumont, TX. Mr. Manuel was born in Ville Platte, LA and attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. After Pat’s education he served his country during the Vietnam War in the United States Air Force. He lived most of his life in Lake Charles, LA...
Harold Earl Featherston
Sep 26, 2018
Harold Earl Featherston, 93, passed away peacefully in Baytown, TX on September 26, 2018.
He was born on October 1, 1924 in Doniphan, Missouri to Jess and Zetta Ponder Featherston. He served his country honorably in the United States Army. He enjoyed traveling, woodworking, and watching the Houston Astros.
He is survived by his two daughters, Angela...
Mitchell Kyle Leblanc
Sep 26, 2018
Mitchell Kyle LeBlanc, 51, of Sulphur passed away on September 26, 2018. Mitch was a member of the Cajun French Music Association. He loved going to festivals and bingo. Mitch was very sociable and loved his family and friends. He also enjoyed participating in the Special Olympic games and also helping out with various events. Mitch was in the Sulphur...
Irma Ann Boudreaux Stutes
Sep 25, 2018
Irma Ann Boudreaux Stutes, 90, of Lake Charles passed away on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 in St. Joseph Hospice of Acadiana at The Carpenter House in Lafayette surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Stutes was born on September 2, 1928 in Gueydan and had resided in Lake Charles for more than 60 years. She was a member of St. Margaret...
Michael James Cummings
Sep 25, 2018
Michael James Cummings, 69, of Lake Charles, LA, died at 11:08 PM on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at a local care facility.
Mr. Cummings was born July 19, 1949 in Eunice, LA and lived most of his life in Lake Charles. He graduated from LaGrange High School and worked for many years in the family business with his father...
Ruth Guidry
Sep 25, 2018
Ruth Ann Guidry, 77, of Sulphur passed away on Tuesday, September 25, 2018. Ruth was a member of Court Our Lady of LaSalette #1255 in Sulphur. She served as Catholic Daughters of America State Regent from 1990 to 1994 and was National CDA director from 2012 to 2014. She was a member of Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church...
Giannetta Lenoci
Sep 25, 2018
Giannetta Anne Lenoci, 45, of Sulphur passed away on September 25, 2018 in her residence. She lived in Nevada moving to the Sulphur area six years ago. She was an employee of Krogers, she enjoyed drawing, reading, arts and crafts.
Giannetta is survived by her son, Jason Carroll of Sulphur; and her uncle, Robert “Bob” Sweeney. She was preceded in...
Frankie Raye Moreau
Sep 23, 2018
Frankie Moreau, 81, of Lake Charles, died peacefully on September 23, 2018 in Lake Charles.
Preceding Frankie in death are her parents, Frank and Matilda Hebert and a daughter, Sharon Devall. She leaves behind three children, Earl Devall and wife Pat, Cammie Edmonds and Jay Moreau and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Cremation has been entrusted to Johnson Funeral...
