Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Mary Jane Abate Vaughn
Sep 23, 2023
Mary Jane Abate Vaughn, 92, of Moss Bluff passed away Saturday, September 23, 2023 in the comfort of her home.
Mrs. Vaughn was a native of Lake Charles and a lifelong resident of the Lake area. She was a 1948 graduate of Lake Charles High School where she was a Kiltie and obtained an associate degree in Secretarial Science from ...
Leonard G. Payne
Sep 23, 2023
Leonard Gheesling Payne, 87, of Lake Charles, passed away, Saturday, September 23, 2023, at a local care facility. A native of Greensboro, GA., Leonard was born November 28, 1935, to Clifton and Linnie Elizabeth Payne. As a young man he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and retired from the National Guard Armory after 35 years of service as a...
T. Louise Bordelon
Sep 22, 2023
T. Louise Bordelon, 94, passed away on September 22, 2023 in a Lake Charles assisted living facility. She was born on June 2, 1929, in Church Point, Louisiana, to Leo and Onesia Prather Daigle.
Louise lived a full and fun life. She enjoyed camping, gardening, fishing, crabbing and making puzzles. She and her husband, Alvin shared many adventurous years traveling...
Eunice B. Dent
Sep 22, 2023
Eunice B. Dent was born on October 15, 1934 in Lakeland, Florida to Lillian McCray Robinson and Rayford Robinson, Sr.
Eunice relocated to Brooklyn, New York where she met the love of her life, Frederick Walter Dent II. Eunice graduated Magna Cum Laude from Medgar Evers College on August 31, 1975 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Education after...
Kenneth Wayne Kennedy
Sep 22, 2023
Kenneth Wayne Kennedy, 84, of Sulphur, LA entered his eternal home on September 22, 2023. He was born June 25, 1939 in Novice, Texas to Martin and Merle (Coward) Kennedy.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Martin Kennedy and Merle (Coward) Kennedy; and his stepson, Billy Brewer.
Ken served 4 years in the U S Navy and was...
Vickie Suzanne Robinson
Sep 22, 2023
Vickie “Suzanne” Robinson, 61, of Sulphur, passed away Friday, September 22, 2023, at West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital after a long illness. Suzanne lived in Sulphur most of her life, graduating from Sulphur High School. She was best remembered as an instructor for drivers’ education at Parkview Baptist. Suzanne recently retired from the Calcasieu Parish School Board as a long-time school...
Huey West
Sep 21, 2023
Huey West passed away on September 21, 2023 in his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on January 23, 1948 to Dillard and Evelyn Ardoin West, in Pine Prairie, Louisiana.
He attended Kindergarten and First Grade at Pine Prairie Elementary School, then his family moved to Lake Charles. He finished elementary school at Barbe Elementary School, then...
Russell Stratton
Sep 21, 2023
Russell Stratton died peacefully in his home on September 21-st, 2023. He was born February 24, 1937, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to Azelie “Lee” and Kenneth Stratton. Russell graduated from LaGrange High School in 1955. Russell was Co-Captain of his football team and enjoyed some notoriety as a running back. His success on the football field led to a football...
Clay Thomas Midkiff
Sep 21, 2023
Clay Thomas Midkiff, aged 72, peacefully passed away on September 21, 2023, at his home in Longville, Louisiana. He was born on November 8, 1950, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to Bertha Jean Midkiff and Hollis Midkiff.
Clay attended Landry Memorial High School, and he went on to graduate from McNeese University, where he was an Honor Student and was honored...
Debra Faye Ramuar Miller
Sep 21, 2023
Debra Faye Ramuar Miller, 71 of Lake Charles, passed away peacefully in her home on Thursday, September 21, 2023. Born in Jennings on November 11, 1951 to Roy and Lilly Ramuar, Debra was raised in southwest Louisiana and worked the majority of her life in retail sales.
Aside from her roles as daughter, wife and mother, Debra wore many hats...
Bess "Lee" Cole
Sep 20, 2023
Bess L. Cole, 82, of Sulphur, LA passed away on Wednesday, September 20, 2023.
Lee was born on August 26, 1941, in Dequincy, LA to Claude and Carolyn Cole. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and was a Sulphur High School Graduate. She worked for over 25 plus years for the Clerk of Court’s office for the...
Kenny Norwood
Sep 20, 2023
Kenneth Dale "Kenny" Norwood, 74, of Lake Charles passed away Wednesday, September 20, 2023 in a local hospital.
Mr. Norwood was a native of Lake Charles where he lived most of his life. He was a graduate of LaGrange High School and attended McNeese State University and Sowela Technical College. He served six years in the United States Army National...
Linda "Roseann" Alexis
Sep 20, 2023
Linda “Roseann” Alexis, 70, of Lake Charles passed away at 10:50 AM on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 in a local hospital.
Mrs. Alexis was born on October 14, 1952 in Myrtle Grove, LA and lived in West Pointe a la Hache until moving to Lake Charles in 1992.
She was a fighter who was a breast cancer survivor with...
Rosa Nell Thibodeaux Daigle
Sep 19, 2023
Rosa Nell Thibodeaux Daigle, 73, of Sulphur, passed away in her home surrounded by her loved ones. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and sister. Rosa was born on January 28,1950, in Lafayette, Louisiana to Freddie and Stella Thibodeaux. She enjoyed spending time with her friends and family. Rosa was an excellent cook. She also enjoyed spending time at...
Curtiss Joseph Newman
Sep 19, 2023
Curtiss Joseph Newman, 78, of Lake Charles passed away Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at his residence. Curtiss was born in Sulphur, LA. on October 4, 1944 to Eulice and Eliza Newman and was raised in the Lake Charles area where he worked in the construction industry as an insulator and a painter. He also served his country as a member...
Shawn David Carrel
Sep 19, 2023
Shawn David Carrel, 55, of Lake Charles, Passed away peacefully on Tuesday Sept. 19, 2023 in his home.
Shawn was born in Frankfurt, Germany to Henry P. (Jr.) and Brenda Marie Doucet Carrel and spent most of his life in the Southwest Louisiana area. For the past 13 years, he lived independently in his own apartment where he cared for...
Richard Earl Huffaker
Sep 18, 2023
Richard Earl Huffaker, age 100, died September 18, 2023, at home surrounded by his loved ones.
Mr. Huffaker was born in Oklahoma City, Ok. and grew up in Brownsville, Tx. He lived in Lake Charles since 1963. He served in the U.S. Navy in World War II. He was a commercial shrimper in the 1950s. He built two supply boats,...
Diane Mary Duplantis Fontenot
Sep 17, 2023
Diane Duplantis Fontenot, 84, of Lake Charles passed away peacefully on Sunday September 17, 2023, surrounded by her family in a local care center.
Diane was a native of Morgan City, Louisiana and married her husband and the love of her life, John H. Fontenot, in June of 1958 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. The young family settled down in...
Nancy Lou Gauthreaux Percle
Sep 17, 2023
Nancy Lou Gauthreaux Percle, 85, of Lake Charles passed away at 1:49 AM on Sunday, September 17, 2023 in her residence.
Mrs. Percle was born on December 13, 1937 in Lake Charles where she was a 63 year resident and a 1955 graduate of St. Charles Academy. She worked for Broussard Insurance Agency for more than 20 years. Mrs. Percle...
Lafayette F. "Teeny" Swoope, Jr.
Sep 17, 2023
Lafayette F. “Teeny” Swoope, Jr., 96, of Carlyss, LA, died September 17, 2023. “Teeny” Swoope, son of Lafayette F. Swoope and Carrie Prowell Swoope, widower of Elizabeth Nan “Nancy” Swoope, died at his home in Carlyss of congestive heart failure. He is survived by his three children, Elizabeth (Terrell Sheets), Kyle, and David; granddaughter Cheyenne Swoope Good (Kelton); great grandson...
