Deaths Elsewhere Silver Star holder, two-war vet
LAFAYETTE – Services for decorated Col. Ray Stroup, US Army retired, will be Friday. He died May 11 at age 96.
He was a veteran of World War II (European theater) an...
Corine Savoy Corine Savoy died on Saturday May 11, 2013 at the age of 84.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday May 18, 2013 at 11 AM at St. Matilda Catholic Church in Eunice. Father Darren Eldri...
Lula Truitt Lula Truitt died on Sunday May 12, 2013 at the age of 70.
Lula is survived by one sister, Angela May of Eunice.
She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Virgie Williams Truitt.
A Memor...
Deaths Elsewhere Retired judge
BATON ROUGE – Services for retired Judge Daniel LeBlanc will be Wednesday. He died May 12 .
He was a decorated veteran of the Korean War and a former FBI special agent. He was a forme...
Harry Leger EUNICE~ Harry Lee Leger died on Sunday, May 12, 2013 at Acadian Medical Center. He was 81.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be Celebrated at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at St. Thomas More Catho...
Deaths Elsewhere Golden Gloves champ, football coach
JACKSON – Services for former national Golden Gloves boxing champion and coach Anthony Acosta, Jr. are Monday. He died May 8 at age 85.
He won the boxing title a...
Herbert Fontenot Herbert Fontenot died on Sunday May 5, 2013 at the age of 75.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held on Tuesday May 7, 2013 at 1 PM at St. Thomas More Catholic Church. Father Cedric Sonnier will offi...
Deaths Elsewhere Civil rights leader, city councilman
OPELOUSAS – Services for former city councilman and civil rights leader Louis Butler, Sr. will be Saturday. He died May 5 at age 99.
He was the city’s first Afr...
Rodney Quirk Rodney Roland Quirk passed away on Monday May 6, 2013 at the age of 82.
Funeral Services will be held on Thursday May 9, 2013 at 10 AM at Quirk & Son Funeral Home in Eunice. Reverend Michael Macin...
Deaths Elsewhere Former Chevron exec
COVINGTON – Services for retired Chevron counsel and executive G. Howard Dearing will be Friday. He died May 4 at age 89.
He was a US Navy veteran of World War II. He was with S...
Deaths Elsewhere Noted auto dealer
BATON ROUGE – Services are Monday for retired Chevrolet dealer Gerald “Gerry” Lane. He died May 3 at age 82.
He was president of the Super Chevy Dealer Group for 23 years and a d...
Deaths Elsewhere Former legislator
SHREVEPORT – Services are pending for former legislator the Rev. Danny Mitchell. He died May 2 at age 69.
He served two terms in the Louisiana House of Representative from Distrit...