Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Daniel Rich Plauche
Sep 4, 2022
Daniel Rich Plauche, 78 years old, passed away Sunday, September 4, 2022. Cremation was entrusted to Johnson Funeral Home of Lake Charles. Inurnment will take place at 2:30 PM on Friday, September 16, 2022 in Consolata Cemetery under the direction of Johnson Funeral Home. Msgr. Jace Eskind will preside.
Leland "Toby" Labove
Sep 4, 2022
Toby LaBove, 85, of Sulphur, LA passed away on September 4, 2022, surrounded by his loving family. Leland was born on March 29, 1937, in Hackberry, LA to Shelton and Melian LaBove. He enjoyed being a musician for many years playing the Fiddle, Crabbing, and being a Crane Operator worldwide. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and...
Michael "Mike" Ped Grant
Sep 3, 2022
Michael Ped Grant, 78, passed away on September 3, 2022, in his residence in Westlake, LA, after a long battle with Parkinson’s and Heart Disease.
Mike was born in Leesville, LA, on April 29, 1944, to Ped K. and Eva Allison Grant. He attended Fair Park High School in Shreveport, LA, and then enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. After...
Tony Lamar Guillory
Sep 3, 2022
Tony Lamar Guillory was born in Mamou, LA to the late Donald Gene Guillory and Brenda Kay Devall on September 29, 1959.
He will best be remembered as a devoted family man and husband. He was employed by McNeese State University and worked very hard to provide for them. Although he worked long hours at times, nothing brought him more...
Jay Randall Phipps
Sep 3, 2022
Jay Phipps, 53, of Sulphur, passed away on Saturday, September 3, 2022, in the comfort of his home. Jay was a graduate of Sulphur High School. Jay helped with auto auctions in the auto industry. He enjoyed football, wrestling, reading and playing video games. Jay loved his nieces and nephew dearly.
Jay is survived by his parents, Kenny and...
Eugene Anthony "Gene" Richard
Sep 2, 2022
Eugene Anthony “Gene” Richard, 93, of Moss Bluff passed away at 11:00 PM on Friday, September 2, 2022 in the comfort of his own home.
Mr. Richard was born on September 18, 1928 in Vinton, LA and was raised in Lake Charles where he was a graduate of Landry High School. He furthered his education at Loyola University in New...
Kylin Prince Chenier
Sep 2, 2022
An Angel Never Dies
“Don’t let them say I wasn’t born that something stopped my heart. I felt each tender squeeze you gave, I’ve loved you from the start. Although my body you can’t hold, It doesn’t mean I’m gone. This world was worthy not of me, God chose that I move on. I know the pain that drowns your...
Mary Evelyn Parker
Aug 31, 2022
Mary Evelyn Parker, 95 of Ragley, LA passed away in the comfort of her home on Wednesday, August 31, 2022.
She was born December 23, 1926 in Lake Charles, LA and grew up in the Ragley area.
Lee L. Parker (Bud) was a family friend and little did she know would become her husband. On March 16, 1943 they exchanged...
Corine Margaret Clary Lee
Aug 31, 2022
Corine Margaret Clary Lee of Gonzales, LA, formerly from Lake Charles, passed away at the age of 93 at Magnolia Assisted Living.
Corine was born on September 3, 1928 to Lee and Regina Clary in Opelousas, LA. She graduated from Opelousas High School and earned a degree in education at SLI in Lafayette. While there, she met her future husband,...
Arvel James "A.J." Holland
Aug 31, 2022
Arvel James “A.J.” Holland, 91, of Bell City passed away August 31,2022 in Southwest Louisiana Veteran’s Home in Jennings surrounded by his loving family.
Mr. Holland was born on December 8, 1930 in Hayes, LA and was a graduate of Bell City High School. He resided in Bell City all of his life where he was affectionately named the “Mayor...
Bertha Duhon
Aug 31, 2022
Bertha Breaux Duhon, 97, of Sweetlake, LA, passed away at 4:04 PM on Wednesday, August 31, 2022 in a local care facility.
Bertha Mae, as she was affectionately known, was born October 10, 1924 in Sweetlake, LA, to the late Dulva and Ement Gatte Breaux. Bertha was one of six and was a natural caregiver from early on in life. ...
Chris Ellen Vidrine
Aug 30, 2022
Chris Ellen Vidrine, 73, of Lake Charles, LA, died at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, August 30, 2022 in a local care facility.
Chris was born September 24, 1948 in Ville Platte, LA, was a 1966 graduate of LaGrange High School and attended McNeese State University. She worked as a bookkeeper for over thirty years with Carson and Thompson Accounting, retiring...
Marilyn Melancon Cox
Aug 29, 2022
Marilyn Melancon Cox, visual artist, activist and mother of six, passed away at the age of 82, of natural causes, on August 29, 2022 in an assisted living community in Durham, North Carolina.
Marilyn was born on March 12, 1940 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Abbe and Bonita Melancon. Raised in New Orleans, she attended Holy Name of Jesus...
Peter M. Still
Aug 28, 2022
Peter M. Still, 67, of Iowa, LA, passed away after a brief illness at 2:35 AM on Sunday, August 28, 2022 in a Lafayette, LA hospital.
Peter was born December 24, 1954 in Arlington, TX. He attended Jennings High School and McNeese State University. Throughout the years, he worked as a radio disc jockey, ran the telescope for McNeese and...
Rita Mae Ramour
Aug 28, 2022
Rita Mae Ramour was born May 24, 1967 in Lake Charles, Louisiana to the late Larry North and Grace Richard.
Rita enjoyed the simpler things in life, her family was the most being the most important thing in her life. Although she battled a lengthy illness, she enjoyed fishing the bayou behind her home, family fish fry’s, and attending as...
Andrew "Drew" Johnson
Aug 27, 2022
Andrew “Drew” Johnson, 89, of Vinton, passed away Saturday, August 27, 2022, in a local hospice facility.
Drew was resident of Edgerly for over 74 years and was a member of Antioch Baptish Church. He owned and operated Andrew Johnson Logging for over 50 years. Drew proudly served his country in the United States Army and was a past member...
Vicki Ann "Sissy" Vaughn
Aug 27, 2022
Vicki Ann “Sissy” Vaughn, 68 of Lake Charles, died on Saturday, August 27, 2022, at a local hospice facility. She was born on December 13, 1953 in Lake Charles to the late John and Nelma Vaughn.
Vicki lived at CARC Cherryhill Group Home for 32 years. She loved bowling, dancing, games, The Golden Girls, and spending time with her family...
Ethel Lee Lejeune Cook
Aug 26, 2022
Ethel Lee LeJeune Cook, 93, of Lake Charles, LA, passed from this life on Friday, August 26, 2022. She was born in DeRidder, LA on March 2, 1929. She grew up in and around the town of Ragley, LA.
Ethel is survived by her sons, Ronald W. Cook of Houston, TX and Clarence Wayne Cook and wife Carrie of Clearwater,...
Bobbie L. Cart
Aug 26, 2022
The world as we know it, will never be the same. Our matriarch, our guiding light, our mother has left this earthly place and gone on before us. We’ll get past this loss, and we will live our best lives, because that’s what she taught us to do.
Bobbie Ann Latiolais Cart, at age 85, passed away Friday, August 26,...
Grace Mae Yates Thornton
Aug 25, 2022
On the morning of August 25, 2022, at 7:35 a.m. Grace Mae Thornton fulfilled her vision of walking down the streets of gold to her heavenly home. In 1962 God gave Grace a vision. She saw her mansion, and an angel told her that it was not her time to enter, she had a work to do. She spent her...
