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Troy Ashford benefit set April 21 There will be a medical expense benefit for Troy Ashford from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. Saturday, April 21 at Basile Pig Barn located at 2000 Stagg Avenue in Basile.

MR. JAMES LAVERGNE, JR.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 7, 2018 at Holy Family Catholic Church in Lawtell, for Mr. James Lavergne, Jr., 39, who entered eternal rest, Friday, March 30, 2018 at Acadian Medical Center in Eunice. Interment will be in St. Ann Catholic Cemetery in Mallet. Rev.

CENIE DOLORES PATIN

Funeral services for Mrs. Cenie Dolores Patin will be held at 2:00 p.m. today, Thursday, April 5, 2018 at Centerville Baptist Church, Saint Landry, with Reverend Jerry Adams officiating. Interment will follow in Vandenburg Cemetery, Bayou Chicot, under the direction of Rush Funeral Home, Oakdale.

3rd Circuit removes casino employees from lawsuit

Under Louisiana law, three Paragon Casino employees cannot be sued for allegedly over-serving a customer and allowing him to leave the premises in an obviously intoxicated condition that led to a fatal traffic accident, the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal ruled last week.

La. poets to gather in B.R. for National Poetry Month event April 11

BATON ROUGE — In celebration of National Poetry Month, the Louisiana Center for the Book announces the eighth annual Just Listen to Yourself: The Louisiana Poet Laureate Presents Louisiana Poets program. The event is free and open to the public. Attendees are welcome to bring a brown bag lunch.

Doris Joseph Cormier

Doris Joseph Cormier, 75, passed away March 24, 2018, in a Lake Charles hospital. Doris was born in Crowley, graduated from Crowley High School in 1962 and married his fellow classmate Norma Jean Henry in 1964. He was a Vietnam Veteran, serving in the U.S. Army from September 1966 to September 1968.

Anna Elizabeth “Betty” Milliken Davis

Anna Elizabeth “Betty” Milliken Davis passed away peacefully on April 3, 2018. She was the daughter of Anna Louise Samson and Frank Marion Milliken and born in Crowley on July 10, 1930.

Lola Marie Landry LeBoeuf

September 19, 1929 - April 4, 2018 A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 6, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church honoring the life of Lola Marie Landry LeBoeuf, 88, who passed away on Wednesday, April 4, 2018, at Vermilion Health Care Center.

Theresa Marie Hains

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, April 7, 2018, at 1 p.m. at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church for Theresa M. Hains, 86, who died Thursday, April 5, 2018, at 5:30 p.m. at Encore Healthcare and Rehabilitation in Crowley. Fr.

Congressman Johnson shares updates from D.C.

United States Congressman Mike Johnson recently visited local media to share an update on what’s happening in Washington D.C. During his stop at the Ville Platte Gazette office last Wednesday, the freshman congressman and former La. State Representative also gave his thoughts on the La.