Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Mary Fontenot
Mar 28, 2012
Mary May Brown Fontenot, 70, of Lake Charles, LA died at 9:20 AM on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at a local hospital.
Mrs. Fontenot was born July 11, 1942 in Opelousas, LA and graduated from Grand Prairie High School. She has lived in Lake Charles for the past forty-five years and was a member of St. Margaret Catholic Church. Mrs. Fontenot...
A1C Joel Michael Barrow
Mar 27, 2012
Joel Michael Barrow, 20, passed away Tuesday March 27, 2012 in Adana Turkey.
Joel was born in Summerville, SC on March 3, 1992 but has lived in Newport, NC, Wilmington NC, New Bern, NC, Grand Lake, LA and Ragley, LA. Joel graduate from South Beauregard High School in 2010. During his High School years he loved sports which included: racquetball at...
Darrel Bud Granger
Mar 26, 2012
Darrel Ray "Bud" Granger, 66, of Lake Charles, LA died at 7:30 AM on Monday, March 26, 2012 in a local care facility.
Mr. Granger was born January 7, 1946 in Lake Charles, LA. He was a 1964 graduate of LaGrange High School and graduated from McNeese State University with his degree in Electrical Engineering. He was employed by Schlumberger Offshore...
Jimmy H. Leger
Mar 26, 2012
"I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith."
II Timothy 4:7-8
Jimmy H. Leger, 67, passed away March 26, 2012 at his residence, surrounded by his family, after a long battle with lung cancer complicated by a stroke.
Mr. Leger was active in the Masonic fraternity. He was a member and Past Master of Universal...
Evelyn Hall
Mar 25, 2012
Evelyn Hall, 88, of Lake Charles, passed away in the comfort of her home on Sunday, March 25, 2012.Evelyn was born and raised in Gueydan, LA. She and her late husband, Calvin N. Hall, lived and raised their family in Lake Charles for many years.She was a homemaker who loved cooking, gardening and sewing. She was a long time member...
John Edward Doucet
Mar 25, 2012
John Edward Doucet, 73, of Ragley, LA passed away Sunday, March 25, 2012 in the comfort of his home.
Mr. Doucet was born in Lake Charles and has lived the past 45 years in Ragley. He was a graduate of LaGrange High School. He worked his younger years in flooring and retired after thirty years as a Longshoreman for the Port...
Bobby Milton Kennedy, Sr.
Mar 25, 2012
Bobby Milton Kennedy, Sr., 75, of Lake Charles, LA died on Sunday, March 25, 2012.
Mr. Kennedy was born August 15, 1936 and has been a lifelong resident of Lake Charles, LA. He worked for the Lake Charles Fire Department for thirty-two years, where he was loved and respected. As a result of his loyalty to his community, he was promoted...
Nickie Sue Arabie
Mar 25, 2012
Nickie Sue Arabie, 81, of DeRidder died Sunday March 25, 2012 in the comfort of her home.
She was born in DeRidder and lived in Lake Charles a number of years while raising her family. She was a homemaker and very active member of Broadlands Bible Church in DeRidder and in Christian missions, including Camp Pearl and medical mission trips...
Margaret Jane Carr
Mar 25, 2012
Dr. Margaret Jane Carr, 78, of Lake Charles died at 6:24 PM on Sunday, March 25, 2012 in a local hospital.
Dr. Carr was born on August 8, 1933 in Mount Vernon, IN where she was raised. She began teaching first and second grade in the 1950's and then taught at several Evansville high schools before moving to Lake Charles 31...
Kenneth H. Hopper
Mar 24, 2012
Kenneth H. Hopper, 85, of Lake Charles transitioned from his worldly home at 1:30 PM on Saturday, March 24, 2012 to eternal life to be with his beloved wife, Carol Hopper who passed from this life on March 28, 2011.
Mr. Hopper was born in Dillard, Oklahoma on January 24, 1927 to the parents of Nettie and Nolan Hopper. Kenneth has...
Willaim Bill Roberts
Mar 24, 2012
William Bill Riley Roberts, 89, of Lake Charles died at 3:05 PM on Saturday, March 24, 2012 in a local care facility with his loving family at his side.
Bill was born in Wisner, Louisiana to the parents of Myrtis and Spencer Roberts on April 3, 1922. He worked as a Iron Worker for over 40 years. . He served in...
Virginia Ouzts Litton
Mar 24, 2012
"We know the angels sang to welcome her home on Saturday, and we celebrate that she was free from the bonds of illness and frailty and able to reunite with her Heavenly Father and all the loved ones gone before her".
Virginia Ouzts Litton, 87, of Lake Charles passed away Saturday, March 24, 2012 in Shreveport, LA.
Virginia Ouzts Litton was born...
Alvin J. A.J. Abshire
Mar 24, 2012
Alvin J. "A.J." Abshire, 84, of Lake Charles passed away Saturday, March 24, 2012 in a local hospital.
Mr. Abshire was born and raised and lived his younger years in Sulphur, LA. He has lived the past thirty years in Lake Charles. He served the United States Marine Corps during World War II and was a member of the VFW and...
Calvin J. Ledoux
Mar 23, 2012
Calvin J. LeDoux, 52, of Lake Charles passed away, Friday, March 23, 2012 while working in Waco, TX.
He was a native and life resident of Lake Charles recently moving to Waco for work purposes. Calvin was a Veteran of the U. S. Marine Corp and was working for L3 Communications in Waco, TX.
His is survived by his father...
Rosaline Ms. Rose Lafleur
Mar 23, 2012
Rosaline "Ms Rose" LaFleur, 73, of Moss Bluff passed away at 3:15 PM, Friday, March 23, 2012 in a local hospital.Ms Rose was born in Plaisance, LA and lived in the Lake Charles/Moss Bluff area for over fifty years. She retired from the Calcasieu Parish School Board after many years of service. Ms Rose loved the outdoors and cooking for...
Glen Roya
Mar 21, 2012
Glen Ray Roya, 68, of Lake Charles passed away, Wednesday, March 21, 2012 in his daughter's residence.
He was born in Big Lake and lived most of his life in the Lafayette and Lake Charles areas. Glen was a Veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was a graduate of McNeese State University with a degree in Electrical Engineering and worked as...
Martha J. Winters
Mar 21, 2012
For I am now ready to be offered, and the times of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.
2 Timothy 4:6-7
Martha Janet Fitzgibbon Winters was promoted to glory on March 21, 2012.
She was a member of the 1941 Women's Mississippi State Basketball Championship team from...
Duplice Roy East
Mar 21, 2012
Roy East, 63 of Sulphur, passed away on March 21, 2012 in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 2 p.m. at Robison Funeral Home Chapel with Deacon Johnny Mounce officiating. Burial will be in New Hackberry Cemetery in Hackberry, LA. under the direction of Robison Funeral Home. The family will receive friends...
Doris Spillars Bradshaw
Mar 20, 2012
Doris Spillers Bradshaw joined her husband of 53 years, Earl Bradshaw, Sr., and beloved brothers and sister, Carlos, James and Dorothy Spillers in Heaven on Tuesday, March 20, 2012.
She had adopted and loved Westlake as her home twenty-three years ago after moving from Monroe, Louisiana, where she owned her restaurant and real estate properties and Bradshaw's Body Shop. Mrs. Bradshaw...
Aaron John Meche
Mar 20, 2012
Aaron passed away on March 20, 2012 at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital.
He was born on September 8, 1934 to the late Elphege and Ailene Mire Meche of Duson, Louisiana.
He served in Calcasieu Parish as Ward 4 Marshal, Chief of Police of Westlake, and worked for the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Department. He was in Law enforcement for over forty years.
He was...
