Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Freddy Baden
Mar 16, 2014
Freddy Baden, II passed away on March, 16, 2014 in his residence. He graduated in 1996 from Pineville High School receiving a scholarship in tennis to McNeese State University. Freddy was a member of First Baptist Church in Sulphur, the Lions Club and a current candidate for Sulphur City Councilman. He loved spending time with his children, coaching soccer and...
Joetta C. Guillory
Mar 15, 2014
Joetta Elizabeth Cronan Guillory, 83, of Lake Charles, LA died at 8:34 PM on Saturday, March 15, 2014 in a local hospital, surrounded by her family. Mrs. Guillory was born September 18, 1930 in Port Allen, LA and has lived in Lake Charles since 1951. She worked as an LPN for Resthaven Nursing Home for a number of years. She...
Audrey Simon Abshire
Mar 15, 2014
Audrey Rita Garrie Simon Abshire, 86, of Lake Charles, LA died at 1:10 AM on Saturday, March 15, 2014 in a local care facility. Mrs. Abshire was born July 26, 1927 in Rayne, LA and has lived in Lake Charles since 1947. She was a past member of St. Henry Catholic Church, where she served on the Ladies Altar Society...
Darryl Wayne Breaux
Mar 15, 2014
Darryl Wayne Breaux, 53 years old, of Sulphur, LA went to heaven to be with our Lord and Savior on March 15, 2014. Born on August 16, 1960, of the late Raymond and Margaret Vernice Breaux, in Dequincy, LA. He is also preceded in death by his sister, Ruth Ann Breaux Reed; his brothers, Leroy Wiltz, Francis Raymond Wiltz, Dwight...
Lena Mott Young
Mar 15, 2014
Lena Mott Young, 86, of Lake Charles died at 2:00 AM on Saturday, March 15, 2014 in a Welsh nursing home. Mrs. Young was born in Basile, LA on January 3, 1928 and had lived in Lake Charles for more than 75 years. She was a lifelong member of St. Margaret Catholic Church and was very devoted to her faith....
Bennie Roberts
Mar 14, 2014
Bennie Gene Roberts (Bob/Bud), 86, of Sulphur passed away on March 14, 2014 in West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital. Services will be held on Monday, March 17, 2014 at 10 am at Johnson and Robison Funeral Home in the Chapel. Visitation will be Sunday, March 16, 2014 from 4-9 pm. Burial will be in Holdenville, Oklahoma Cemetery.
Bennie was born...
Nolton Joseph Saltzman
Mar 14, 2014
Nolton Joseph Saltzman, 66, of Sulphur, LA died at 7:00 AM on Friday, March 14, 2014 in a local hospital. Mr. Saltzman was born December 17, 1947 in Kaplan, LA, attended Cameron High School, and was a long-time resident of Cameron, LA. He has lived in Sulphur for the past seven years. He worked for McJunkin Red Man Corporation and...
Dr. Walter Clarence Hughes
Mar 13, 2014
A memorial service for Walter Clarence Hughes, 82, will be held March 22, 2014, 2 PM at the First Baptist Church in Hornbeck, LA. He departed this life to be with Jesus, March 13, 2014 at 9 PM. Bro. Jack Bell will officiate. Arrangements were entrusted to Johnson Funeral Home. Clarence was born in Hornbeck, LA, December 18, 1931 and...
Gloria Nell Martin
Mar 12, 2014
Gloria Nell Guidry Martin, 79, of Lake Charles passed away Wednesday, March 12, 2014 in a Houston hospital. Mrs. Martin was born in Kaplan, LA and has lived most of her life in Lake Charles. She worked forty-eight years as a nurse, truly a calling for her, as she found great importance and comfort in caring for her patients. Forty-two...
Charles Mcdaniel
Mar 11, 2014
Charles Edward McDaniel, 75, of Carlyss, LA died Tuesday, March 11, 2014 in Toledo Bend, LA. Charles was born on May 13, 1938 in Leesville, Louisiana to Edward and Nettie McDaniel. Charles loved fishing, hunting, and restoring fishing boats. He enjoyed his many years of service as an Entrepreneur in the oil field industry while owning McDaniel's welding one of...
Carrie Manuel Caldarera
Mar 11, 2014
Carrie Manuel Caldarera, 63, of Lake Charles, LA died at 1:20 PM on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 in a local hospital. Carrie was born August 4, 1950 in Lake Charles, LA, where she lived most of her life. She was a 1968 graduate of LaGrange Senior High School and enjoyed interior decorating and design. She was an avid animal lover...
Christopher Evans Johnson
Mar 8, 2014
Christopher Evans Johnson, 13 passed away on March 8, 2014. He was a student at Starks High School in the eighth grade. Christopher enjoyed dancing, music, amusement parks, video games, playing baseball and basketball, especially his coach, James Taco Holloway. He also loved to be in and around the water, being a big brother and his grandparents. Christopher was a...
Desiree Nash Jarvis
Mar 8, 2014
Desiree N. Jarvis, 73, wife of previously deceased Bob Jarvis, died Saturday, March 08, 2014. She was born in Bunkie, LA but was a long-time resident of Lake Charles. She was a graduate of LSU with a master's degree from McNeese, and was a school teacher and librarian at Rosteet Junior High School and Western Heights Elementary. She spent most...
Ronald Courville
Mar 8, 2014
Ronald Courville, 75, of Moss Bluff, LA died Saturday, March 8, 2014 in his residence surrounded by his loving family. Ronald was born on November 9, 1938 in Chataignier, LA to Percy and Eta Courville. He loved cooking, camping, and fishing. Most of all he enjoyed vacationing and his family and friends. Mr. Ronald retired from the United States Postal...
Edith C. Stewart
Mar 8, 2014
Edith Carr Stewart, 87, returned home on March 8, 2014. She was born on October 15, 1926 in Calera, OK before moving to Grand Chenier where she attended the Grand Chenier Methodist Church. She was a homemaker who enjoyed gardening, reading, and taking care of her home and family. She was Nana to many children and loved taking care of...
Thomas Phillip Falls
Mar 8, 2014
Thomas Phillip Falls, 84, of Moss Bluff, Louisiana died at 1:59 PM Saturday, March 8, 2014 in a local care facility. Mr. Falls was born on June 5, 1929 in Ranger, Texas. He has lived in the Lake Charles area for the past 60 years. Mr. Falls graduated from Ranger High School in 1949. After high school Thomas served in...
Gladys Johnson
Mar 8, 2014
Gladys Marceaux Johnson, 90, of Lake Charles, LA died Saturday, March 8, 2014 in her residence surrounded by her loving family. Gladys was born December 19, 1923 in Kaplan, LA to Arvene and Edna Marceaux. She was a graduate of Gueydan High School. She worked at Muller's Department Store and retired from Calcasieu Marine National Bank. She was a member...
Albert Jay Carter, Iv
Mar 8, 2014
Memorial services for Albert Jay Carter IV will be at 6:00pm, Wednesday, March 12 at Johnson's funeral home with Reverend Weldon Bares officiating. Visitation will begin at 4:00pm until the service at 6:00. Al was a member the Open Door Sunday School class at First United Methodist Church where he volunteered in the office as a counter. He also volunteered...
William "Bill" Atkins
Mar 7, 2014
William Bill Atkins, 68 passed away on Friday, March 7, 2014 in his residence. Bill was born in New Orleans, LA and had been a resident of Sulphur for 23 years, coming from Donaldsonville. He was a U. S. Army Vietnam veteran. He enjoyed tinkering around the house, working on golf carts, generators, go carts, and various other things. Bill...
Lloyd John Frederick
Mar 7, 2014
Lloyd John Frederick, 87, of Lake Charles passed away Friday, March 07, 2014 in Baton Rouge, LA. Mr. Frederick was born in Abbeville, LA and made Lake Charles his home for more than sixty years. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict as a Military Policeman and as a sales clerk at the Disposition Center in...
