Harlan Kirgan
Misty Credeur, a 13-year employee of City Marshal Terry Darbonne, won the Eunice Rotary Club’s annual Administrative Assistant of the Year award.
The award was presented Wednesday at the club’s 31st annual luncheon at St. Thomas More Church Hall.
The Rotary Club solicits nominations for the award.
Rotary Club member Jacques Pucheu presented the award to Credeur, who received a trip to Branson, Missouri, courtesy of KEUN Radio, $500 spending money from the Rotary Club, a plaque and a flower arrangement.
Working at the marshal’s office is her first and only job, she said.
“They are like family,” she said of her boss and co-workers.
“He is an awesome boss. He’s understanding. I have four kids, so, there is always something going on,” she said after receiving the award.
In his letter nominating Credeur, Darbonne stated, “When she joined my office I knew I had the right person for the job. She juggles a busy schedule with a husband, four very active kids, not ot mention the bigger kids in our office and a full-time job.”
Darbonne stated, “The phrase ‘the right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing’ is the opposite of her. She does things for me before I know I need to do them.”
When Credeur took a leave to open a business, Darbonne said, “We were lost in the office because we lost a family member, the family member that kept things together and running in our office.”
Credeur would call to check on the office, he stated.
“After about a year she asked if she could come back to her old job because she missed her job and her office family,” he stated.
“She really has a stressful job as her duties include answering the phone, dispatching, processing garnishments, payroll, dealing with the public, logging down and dispersing all documents from City Court that need to be served and returned and many, many other duties,” Darbonne stated.
Past recipients of the Rotary’s Administrative Professional of the Year include: 1986 Euvah Hollander, First United Methodist Church; 1987 Elaine Moosa, St. Edmund High School; 1988 Margaret Young, LSUE; 1989 Gwen Thomassee, Fruge Lumber Company; 1990 Bobbie Fruge, Mayeux Law Firm; 1991 Lou Courville, Pucheu & Robinson Law Firm; 1992 Thelma LeJeune, Moosa Memorial Hospital; 1993 Linda Prather, Pitre Law Firm; 1994 Janet Marcantel, Mayor’s Office; 1995 Denise Reed, Robert K. Guillory Law Firm; 1996 Chawana Fontenot, Michael Matt Law Firm; 1997 Diana Parks, Eunice Elementary; 1998 Betty Thibodeaux, L & L Sandblasting; 1999 Barbara Rider, Pucheu & Robinson Law Firm; 2000 Drussie Rougeau, City Of Eunice; 2002 Leslie Fontenot, Mayeux Law Firm; 2003 Denise Sonnier, Dr. Elemer Raffai; 2004 Lori Courville Young, Hoychick & Aguillard Law Firm; 2005 Carleen Darbonne, Jerry’s Jewelers, Inc.; 2006 Veronica Frank, Dr. Zeb Stearns, MD; 2007 Theresa Guillory, ReHab Xcel; 2008 Linda Ouelette, Pucheu, Pucheu & Robinson Law Firm; 2009 Robin McGee, Eunice Chamber of Commerce; 2010 Debbie Leonards, LSUE; 2011 Janet Miller, Heinen Medical Review; 2012 Anita Dupre, LSUE; 2013 Kaylee Gotreau, Dr. Monty Heinen; 2014 Connie Gardner, Vige’, Tujague & Noel CPA Firm; 2015 Sherry Clark, Chief of Police Randy Fontenot; and 2016 Mary Ann Fontenot, Charles Aguillard Agency, Inc.