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Henry A. Prather

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at 10:00 A.M. at St. Edward Catholic Church in Richard for Henry A. Prather, 92, who passed away on Saturday, May 25, 2019 at 10:10 A.M. at the Eunice Manor nursing home in Eunice. Fr. Wayne Duet, Pastor of St.

News notes

Farmer’s Market at Community Gardens Until further notice, the Eunice Farmers’ Market will be meeting at the Community Garden (behind the DMV). Weather permitting, we will meet each Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to noon. For more information, call Sanford Wood at 337-457-0607.

Alivia Joanne Crowe

EUNICE~It is with the heaviest hearts and great sadness that the family of Alivia Joanne Crowe announces her passing on Sunday, May 26, 2019 at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Ville Platte with loving family by her side at the age of 10.

Dula Josephine Courville

Dula Josephine Courville Johnson passed away on Sunday, May 26, 2019 at the age of 93. A Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at 10:00 AM at Quirk and Son Funeral Home in Eunice. Deacon Gary Gaudin will officiate. Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Eunice.

La. National Guard dedicates memorial to fallen soldiers

By Staff Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office. NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard and Gov.

From The Eunice News files

From the May 2009 files of The Eunice News Top reader at Eunice Elementary. Eunice Elementary recently honored its Top Accelerated Reader. Kade Bertrand, a third grader, reached his 100 million word count. The school presented him with a trophy for his outstanding reading accomplishment.

Reber cannot tell all, but what he can say about his service is fascinating

Story and photos submitted by Don Reber Don Reber’s military service, as he said, “is still top secret, ask me maybe in another 50 years, and I may be able to tell you everything.” Reber, born in February 1946, and reared in Mobile, Alabama, graduated from B.C. Rain High School in Mobile.

House members vote in support to phase out extra 0.45 of a cent sales tax

By Tryfon Boukouvidis LSU Manship School News Service     BATON ROUGE -- The Louisiana House on Thursday voted 73-21 to pass a bill that would phase out the extra portion of the state sales tax that the Legislature renewed last year after five months of partisan tensions to address recurring budget...

Day and half took about an hour to hash out at school meeting

By Harlan Kirgan Editor OPELOUSAS — “I’ll try to be as brief as possible,” said Jamal Taylor, president of the St. Landry Association of Educators, which is one of the unions representing School Board employees.

Charge filed in 2016 death case

By Claudette Olivier Church Point News A 31-year-old Church Point man has been charged in shooting death of Church Point native Bethany Walters on Jan. 25, 2016, in Lawtell. On May 14, Michael Anthony Guillory was charged with second-degree murder in the death of the 22-year-old Walters.