Obituaries

Dec 11, 2019

Krotz Springs - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, December 14, 2019 for Zule Mae LeJeune at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Krotz Springs. Reverend Michael DeBlanc will officiate the services. Rite of Committal will follow at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church Cemetery.

Ms. LeJeune, age 62...

Dec 10, 2019

Opelousas – Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM on Saturday, December 14, 2019, for Rita Joyce Schwartzenburg Shelton in the Skip Montet Chapel at LaFond-Ardoin Funeral Home in Opelousas.  Visitation will be held on Saturday from 9:00 AM until time of rosary at 12:30 PM.  The Very Reverend Monsignor Keith J. DeRouen will conduct the service.  Burial...

Dec 9, 2019

Julie H. Guidry, age 69, a resident of Krotz Springs, LA passed away peacefully on Monday, December 9, 2019 at Opelousas General Health System.

Julie was an EMT for Fire District 1.  She enjoyed being outdoors fishing and tending to her roses and pecans.  She loved her dogs Catin, Bear, Tiny and Meerkat.  Most of all, she...

Dec 4, 2019

Joan Julia (Cullen) Brady, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother died peacefully early in the morning of December 4, 2019.  She was 88 years old.

Joan was a graduate of West Chester University and did graduate studies at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA.  She taught school in Wallingford, Pennsylvania before devoting her life to her husband...

Dec 1, 2019

Opelousas- Visiting and Funeral services for Julia Mae Brown Dupre will be held from 9:00 a.m. until service time at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, December 6, 2019 in the LaFond-Ardoin Funeral Home of Opelousas, LA followed by inurnment in the Bellevue Memorial Park Cemetery. The Reverend Monsignor Keith DeRouen will conduct the service.

Ms. Dupre, age, 84, who was...

Nov 27, 2019

Opelousas -Funeral services for Don Louis Dugas will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 1, 2019, in the Skip Montet Chapel at Lafond Ardoin Funeral Home in Opelousas.  Msgr. Russell Harrington will officiate the services.  Rite of Committal and Interment will follow in the Bellevue Memorial Park Cemetery in Opelousas with military honors.

Mr. Don,...

Nov 26, 2019

Opelousas - Funeral Services will be held on Monday, December 2, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. for Enola Marie Dupre at LaFond-Ardoin Funeral Homes in Opelousas. Deacon Dwayne Joubert will officiate the services. Rite of Committal will follow at Bellevue Memorial Park Cemetery.

Visitation will be held on Monday, December 2, 2019 from 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m....

Nov 26, 2019

Opelousas - Funeral services for Rounie Reed Beaugh will be held on Saturday, November 30, 2019 at 1:00 PM.  Visitation will begin at 9:30 AM until the time of the Rosary at 12:30 PM.  Deacon Sammy Diesi will officiate the service.  Burial will take place at Bellevue Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Beaugh, age 93, a resident of...

Nov 20, 2019

Grand Coteau - Memorial Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 23, 2019 for James "Jimmy" Hargroder, Jr. at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Grand Coteau. Rite of Committal will follow in the St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Cemetery.

James "Jimmy" Hargroder, Jr., age 52 and a resident of Opelousas, passed away on Wednesday,...

Nov 20, 2019

Melville - Funeral Services for Mrs. Janet Popps Comeaux will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 24, 2019, in the Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home Chapel in Melville. Rev. Russell Comeaux will officiate the services. Burial will follow in Baptist Cemetery in Melville.

Janet Comeaux, age 72, was a resident of Melville. She was a loving wife,...

Nov 19, 2019

Larry Donald Mires, age 68, a resident of Opelousas, passed away on Tuesday, November 19, 2019.

Larry was a veteran of the United States Army who proudly served his country during the Vietnam War.  He loved being outdoors hunting, fishing and camping.  He enjoyed spending time with his family and friends and will be dearly missed by...

Nov 18, 2019

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, November 23, 2019, for Shirley M. Kewley at St. Landry Catholic Church in Opelousas. Reverend Gary Schexnayder will celebrate the Mass.  Rite of Committal will follow in the St. Landry Catholic Church Cemetery.  Lectors will be Martha Hightower and Julie Ray.

Mrs. Kewley, age...

Nov 17, 2019

Lawtell - Mass of Christian Burial will be held 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 20, 2019 for Delvin Darbonne at St. Bridget Catholic Church in Lawtell. Reverend Father Ted Broussard will officiate the Mass. Rite of Committal will follow at St. Bridget Catholic Cemetery.

Visitation will be held at LaFond-Ardoin Funeral Home of Opelousas on Wednesday, November...

Nov 13, 2019

Krotz Springs - Funeral services will be held for Purvis Marvel Wiggins at 2:00 PM on Saturday, November 16, 2019 at the First Baptist Church in Krotz Springs.  Brother Allen Myers will conduct the service.  Burial will be held at Bellevue Memorial Park in Opelousas, LA.

Mr. Wiggins, age 95, a resident of Krotz Springs, passed away...

Nov 11, 2019

Joseph C. Darbonne

Mallet - Funeral services for Joseph C. Darbonne will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 14, 2019, in the Skip Montet Memorial Chapel in Opelousas.  Reverend Father Austin Leger will conduct the services.  Rite of Committal and interment will follow in the St. Ann Cemetery in Mallet.

Mr. Darbonne, age...

Nov 10, 2019

Krotz Springs - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 for Lora Mae Dupre at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Krotz Springs. Father Michael DeBlanc will officiate the services. Rite of Committal will follow at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church Cemetery.

Lora, age 77, a...

Nov 9, 2019

Washington – A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 for Mildred Marie Morain LeDoux at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Washington.  Reverend Father Matthew Higginbotham will officiate the Mass.  Rite of Committal will follow at St. Thomas Cemetery in Palmetto, LA.

Ms. LeDoux, age 86, a resident...

Nov 6, 2019

A Mass of Christian Burial for Paul Anthony Leger will be held at 10:00 a.m. on November 9, 2019 at St. Bridget Catholic Church in Lawtell, LA. The Reverend Austin Leger will celebrate the Mass. Rite of committal will follow in the church cemetery.

Paul died on November 6, 2019, just one day before his 60th birthday...

Nov 4, 2019

Deboraha "Debbie" Bourgeois Moran

Krotz Springs - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 7, 2019, for Deboraha "Debbie" Bourgeois Moran at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Krotz Springs. Father Michael DeBlanc will officiate the services. Rite of Committal will follow at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church...

Oct 29, 2019

Opelousas – Funeral services will be held for Judie Gautreaux Olivier at 1:00 PM on Friday, November 1, 2019, in the Skip Montet Chapel at Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home in Opelousas.  Deacon Dwayne Joubert will conduct the service.  Burial will take place in the Holy Sepulcher Mausoleum in Opelousas.

Mrs. Olivier, age 72, passed away on Tuesday, October...