Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Connie Ann Thibodeaux
Dec 22, 2014
Connie Ann Thibodeaux, 63, of Sulphur passed away on December 22, 2014 in a local care center. Connie was born in Lake Charles, LA and lived most of her life in Hackberry, LA. She was a graduate of Hackberry High School and a member of St. Peters Catholic Church in Hackberry. Connie loved to enjoy life. Connie is survived by...
Brent Louis Andrepont
Dec 22, 2014
Brent Louis Andrepont, 42, of Moss Bluff, LA, died at 5:36 PM on Monday, December 22, 2014 in his residence. Mr. Andrepont was born August 29, 1972 in Lake Charles, LA and was a 1992 graduate of Sulphur High School. He served four years in the U.S. Navy as a Corpsman. Brent worked twenty years as a paramedic for West...
Cecil Julian Bush
Dec 22, 2014
Cecil Julian Bush, 70 passed away on December 22, 2014 in a local hospital. Cecil was born in Houston, TX and lived most of his life in the Lake Area. He was a graduate of Sulphur High School and attended MSU. Cecil served his country in the US Navy during the Vietnam Era. He worked at PPG as an operator...
Daphne Elaine Tullier
Dec 22, 2014
Elaine Tullier, 88, of Lake Charles died at 1:24 AM on Monday, December 22, 2014 in a local care facility. Mrs. Tullier was born on September 17, 1926 in Baton Rouge where she was a graduate of Istrouma High School and earned her Business Education Degree at LSU. She moved to the Lake Charles area in 1968. Mrs. Tullier was...
Ella Mae Bellard
Dec 22, 2014
Ella "MaeMae" Bellard, 48, of Lake Charles passed away Monday, December 22, 2014 in a local hospital. Ms. Bellard was a lifelong resident of Lake Charles. She was a graduate of LaGrange Senior High School and worked most of her life caring for the elderly. She took great pride in her appearance, loved to dress, be in the spot light,...
Marvin Abraham Nash
Dec 21, 2014
Marvin Abraham Nash was born December 28, 1988 to Abraham and Marva L. Watkins Nash. God took him to his eternal home on Sunday, December 21, 2014. Marvin was baptized at the age of six by the late Rev. Cunningham Bobb at Travelers Rest Baptist Church. He continued to worship there under Rev. Bobb and later under Rev. Abbie Monroe...
Lillie Abate Dingler
Dec 21, 2014
Lillie Abate Dingler, 95, of Lake Charles died on Sunday, December 21, 2014 in a local care facility. Mrs. Dingler was born on July 23, 1919 in Kinder, LA and lived in Lake Charles most of her life. She was a member of Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Church. She enjoyed sewing, cooking, and working in her yard. Those...
Margie Lea Dunman
Dec 21, 2014
Margie Lea Dunman, 87, of Lake Charles, died Sunday December 21, 2014 at a local hospital with her family at her side following an extended illness. Mrs. Dunman was a native of Tonkawa, OK and longtime resident of Lake Charles. She was raised in the Baptist Faith and was a homemaker and seamstress who enjoyed sewing, gardening, cooking and being...
Telitha Isabella Francis
Dec 20, 2014
Telitha Isabella Francis, 1 year old infant daughter of Sutton and Danielle Francis II of Lake Charles, Louisiana passed away, Saturday, December 20, 2014 in a Houston, Texas hospital. Telitha was born at Women & Children's Hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana on October 1st, 2013. Telitha is the first born child of parents Sutton Charles Francis II and Danielle Loftus...
Letha Cormier Vincent
Dec 19, 2014
Letha Cormier Vincent, 80, of Lake Charles, LA died on Friday, December 19, 2014 in a local hospice facility. Mrs. Vincent was born on April 2, 1934 in Lake Charles, LA where she resided all of her life. In her earlier years she enjoyed cooking for her family and did a good job at it. She enjoyed going to a...
Rebecca Lynn Areno
Dec 18, 2014
Rebecca Lynn "Becky" Areno, 62, of Sulphur passed away on Thursday, December 18, 2014 surrounded by her family. Becky was a 1970 graduate of Sulphur High School. She was employed at the Townsley Law Firm for 25 years as a paralegal. She enjoyed the outdoors and mowing grass. She had a love for music. Becky loved crafts and making beautiful...
Allie Ruby Snider
Dec 18, 2014
Allie Ruby Snider was born August 17, 1930 to Eugene and Lucy Cruseturner in Alto, Texas. She went to be with the Lord on December 18, 2014. She was married to Rev. DeVance R. Snider for 58 years. She is survived by her two sons Don R. Snider married to Sherry McNabb Snider and Jerry Wayne Snider married to Connie...
Virginia Louise Boursaw
Dec 17, 2014
"Good Morning America!" They say a cat has nine lives. Well the same might very well be said of Virginia Louise (Laws) Boursaw born September 5, 1963 and passed away December 17, 2014. You may have had the pleasure of meeting me at Pitt Grill in Sulphur where I've been the head singer server serenading people at whim with "Happy...
Violet Leone Keller
Dec 17, 2014
Violet "Vi" L. Keller, 93, passed away peacefully in a local hospital on December 17, 2014. Vi was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, and resided there until the age of 17 at which time her family moved to Lake Charles. She graduated from Lake Charles High School and was also in the first graduating class of McNeese State University. She...
Joe Neal Spain
Dec 17, 2014
Joe Neal Spain, 74, died Wednesday, December 17, 2014, in a local hospital, with his loving family at his side. Born in Trinity, Texas to Charles Virgil and Sybil Ellen Walling Spain, Joe was raised in Pasadena, Texas, where he graduated from Pasadena High School in 1958. Joe enjoyed a successful career in the Houston, Texas air freight transportation industry...
Hubert John Daigle
Dec 17, 2014
Hubert John Daigle, 89, of Lake Charles died at 11:48 AM Wednesday, December 17, 2014 in his residence. Mr. Daigle was born on December 16, 1925 to the parents of Madelena and Gilbert Daigle in Port Barre, Louisiana. He was a graduate of Landry High School. Mr. Daigle served in the United States Navy during World War II. Mr. Daigle...
Eugenia Darlene Donaldson
Dec 17, 2014
Eugenia Darlene Donaldson, 60, passed away on Wednesday, December 17, 2014. Eugenia was born on May 30, 1954 in Ville Platte, LA to Hal and Marjorie McBee. Eugenia was a graduate of Sulphur High School, McNeese State University and Louisiana State University graduate school. She was a retired social worker for many years. Eugenia loved photography, art and crocheting. Survivors...
Raymond Paul Slusher
Dec 16, 2014
Raymond Paul "Ray" Slusher, 73, of Sulphur passed away on Tuesday, December 16, 2014. Ray was born February 4, 1941 in New Orleans to Paul and Myrtle Slusher. He graduated from Pineville High School and studied three years at Northwestern State University. He was retired from the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development where he worked in communications. Ray enjoyed...
Kevin Patrick O'Meara
Dec 16, 2014
Kevin Patrick O'Meara, 60, died Tuesday, December 16, 2014, in his residence. Born to James Francis and Estelle Ruth Lognion O'Meara in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Kevin was a 1973 graduate of Lake Charles High School and attended McNeese State University and safety schools in Grammercy, Louisiana. He was a master carpenter and was accomplished in virtually every job he took...
Eddie Jenkins Melton
Dec 16, 2014
Mr. Eddie J "Pop" Melton peacefully departed this life on December 16, 2014, to be once again with his wife of 64 years, Juanita. He was born in Sturgis, Kentucky on January 30, 1922, as the sixth of seven children born to Sherman and Jessie Melton. He completed high school in Sturgis, then went on to obtain a Bachelor of...
