Obituaries
Steven Wheat
Feb 18, 2015
Opelousas - Funeral services will be held for Steven Phillip Wheat at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, February 20, 2015, in the Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home Chapel in Opelousas. Dr. Perry C. Hubbs will conduct the funeral service. Interment will be held at a later date. Mr. Wheat, age 56, a resident of Opelousas, died on Wednesday, February 18, 2015, at...
Gayle Simmons
Feb 16, 2015
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Gayle Meche Simmons on Friday, February 20, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. in the St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in Leonville, LA. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The Reverend Ken Domingue will celebrate the Mass. Mrs. Simmons, age 74, who was a native of Krotz Springs, LA and...
John Guillory
Feb 14, 2015
Opelousas - Funeral services for John Guillory will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at the Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home Chapel in Opelousas, LA. Reverend James Brady will conduct the services. Interment will take place at a later date in Myrtle Grove Cemetery in Opelousas, LA. Mr. Guillory, age 74, died on Saturday, February 14, 2015...
Nora Stelly
Feb 7, 2015
A Mass of Christian Burial for Nora Beaugh Stelly will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 10, 2015, in the Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Opelousas. Interment will follow in the St. Charles Catholic Cemetery in Grand Coteau, LA. The Very Reverend Monsignor Keith DeRouen will celebrate the Mass. Mrs. Stelly, age 96, who...
Thomas Grant
Feb 2, 2015
Melville - Funeral services will be held for Thomas Grant at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 7, 2015, in the Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home Chapel in Melville. The Reverend Chad Bolfa, of the First Baptist Church of Krotz Springs, will conduct the funeral service. Interment will be held at the First Baptist Cemetery in Melville. Mr. Grant, age 73, was...
Eddie Ellis
Feb 1, 2015
Krotz Springs - Funeral services will be held for Eddie Ellis at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 4, 2015, in the First Baptist Church of Krotz Springs. Brother Chad Bolfa will conduct the funeral service. Burial will be held at the First Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Ellis, age 65 and a resident of Krotz Springs, LA, died on Sunday,...
Irene Kimble
Jan 26, 2015
Krotz Springs - Funeral services for Irene Kimble, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 31, 2015 in the LaFond-Ardoin Funeral Home in Krotz Springs, LA. Brother Chad Bolfa will conduct the services. Interment will be held at The First Baptist Church Cemetery in Melville, LA. Mrs. Kimble, age 72, died on Monday, January 26, 2015 at...
Gwendolyn Smith
Jan 26, 2015
Opelousas - A Mass of Christian Burial for Gwendolyn Smith will be held at 12:00 noon on Saturday, January 31, 2015, in the St. Landry Catholic Church in Opelousas, LA. Reverend James Brady will conduct the services. Interment will be held at Bellevue Memorial Park Cemetery in Opelousas, LA. Mrs. Smith, age 56, died on Monday, January 26, 2015,...
Louis O'Connor
Jan 25, 2015
Funeral services for Louis J. O'Connor will be held on Thursday January 29, 2015 at 2:00pm at the First Baptist Church in Krotz Springs. The interment will take place at the First Baptist Cemetery. Reverend Chad Bolfa will conduct the services. Mr. O'Connor, age 37, a resident of Krotz Springs, passed away on Sunday January 25, 2015 at Opelousas...
John Russell, Sr.
Jan 22, 2015
John David Russell, Sr. entered into eternal rest on Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 4:43 p.m., at his home surrounded by his loving family. Relatives, friends, faculty and staff of Lawtell Elementary and Northwest High School are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial conducted by Reverend Justin at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Mallet, LA at 12...
David Artigue
Jan 18, 2015
Opelousas - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for David Scott Artigue at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at St. Landry Catholic Church in Opelousas, LA. Reverend James Brady will celebrate the Mass. Rite of Committal will be held at Bellevue Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Artigue, age 52, a former resident of Sarasota, Florida and...
Madelyn Mckinney
Jan 18, 2015
Opelousas - Funeral services for Madelyn McKinney will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 21, 2015, in the LaFond-Ardoin Funeral Home Chapel in Opelousas, LA. Reverend James Brady will conduct the services. Interment will be held Bellevue Memorial Park Cemetery in Opelousas, LA. Mrs. McKinney, age 85, died on Sunday, January 18, 2015, at Our Lady of...
Dennis Stelly
Jan 17, 2015
Dennis Stelly Opelousas - A Mass of Christian Burial for Dennis Stelly, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at the St. Landry Catholic Church. Reverend James Brady will conduct the mass. Interment will follow the services at Bellevue Memorial Park Cemetery in Opelousas, LA. Mr. Stelly, age 64, died on Saturday, January 17, 2015...
Elvina Stermer
Jan 16, 2015
Krotz Springs - A memorial service for Elvina Stermer will be held on Saturday, January 24, 2015, in the First Baptist Church of Krotz Springs, LA at 1:00 p.m. Reverend Chad Bolfa will conduct the funeral services. Ms. Stermer, age 50, died on Friday, January 16, 2015 in Krotz Springs, LA. She is survived by her daughter, Jacqualine Young...
Yola Buchanan
Jan 13, 2015
Opelousas - Funeral services for Yola Richard Buchanan will be held on Thursday, January 15, 2015, in the Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home in Opelousas, LA at 10:00 a.m. The Very Monsignor Keith DeRouen will conduct the funeral services. Burial will be held at Bellevue Memorial Park Cemetery. Ms. Buchanan, age 91, a lifetime resident of Opelousas, LA died on Tuesday,...
Jeanne Tatman
Jan 8, 2015
Opelousas- Funeral services for Jeanne Mayeux Tatman will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, January 12, 2015, in the LaFond-Ardoin Funeral Home of Opelousas. Interment will follow in the Bellevue Memorial Park cemetery. The Reverend Mike Walker, Pastor of the East Bayou Baptist Church in Lafayette, LA will conduct the service. Jeanne Mayeux Tatman, age 50, who was...
Lawrence Darbonne
Jan 7, 2015
Opelousas - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Lawrence Darbonne at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, January 9, 2015, in the Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church. Reverend Gregory Simien will celebrate the Mass. Rite of committal will be held at Bellevue Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Darbonne, age 83, a resident of Opelousas, LA, died on Wednesday,...
Karen Prudhomme
Jan 4, 2015
Opelousas - Funeral services for Karen Prudhomme, the former Karen Louise Ardoin, will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 7, 2015 in the LaFond-Ardoin Funeral Home in Opelousas, LA. The Reverend Rick Pavlu, Pastor of The Church Point Pentecostals church will conduct the services. Interment will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, January 9, 2015 in...
Gladys Edwards
Dec 29, 2014
Gladys Mary Edwards died in Opelousas on December 29, 2014. She is the daughter of the late Inez Perrault Edwards and Harold Guegnon Fabian Edwards, M.D. She was preceded in death by her brother Francis Racine Edwards and her sister Dorothy Mary Edwards. She is survived by her brother, Dr. Harold Guegnon Fabian Edwards, Jr. Juanita Mallet, three nephews,...
