Local Obituaries
Keith Douglas Daigle
Nov 3, 2008
JENNINGS Funeral services for Mr. Keith Douglas Daigle, 45, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, November 6, 2008 in the Miguez Funeral Home with Deacon Garrett Caraway, Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Andrus Cove Cemetery. Funeral home visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. today, Wednesday; and 8:00 a.m. Thursday until time of services. A rosary...
Doris Lee Doucet
Nov 1, 2008
LAKE ARTHUR Funeral services for Mr. Doris Doucet, 80, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, November 3, 2008 in Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church with Rev. Clyde Thomas officiating. Burial will be in the Andrus Cove Cemetery under direction of Miguez Funeral Home of Lake Arthur. Funeral home visitation was from 5:00 p.m. Saturday until time of...
Bernice Marie Istre
Oct 31, 2008
JENNINGS Funeral services for Mrs. Bernice Marie Gott Istre, 92, will be held at 2 p.m., Monday, November 3, 2008 in the Miguez Funeral Home with Rev. Charles McMillin officiating. Burial will be in the Lacassine Cemetery. Funeral home visitation will be from 2:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m., today, Sunday; and 8:00 a.m., Monday until time of services. A rosary...
Isaac Gary, Jr.
Oct 23, 2008
JENNINGS Funeral services for Mr. Isaac Gary, Jr., 68, will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, October 25, 2008 in the Miguez Funeral Home with Rev. Buddy Howard officiating. Burial will be in Andrus Cove Cemetery. Funeral home visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. today, Friday until time of services Saturday. Mr. Gary died at 1:45 p.m., Thursday, October 23,...
Billy Joe Lawson
Oct 23, 2008
LAKE ARTHUR Funeral services for Billy Joe Lawson, 32, will be held at 1:30 p.m., Monday, October 27, 2008 in the Miguez Funeral Home with Dr. David Savage officiating. Burial will be in Hayes Cemetery, Hayes, LA. Funeral home visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m., today, Sunday; and 8:00 a.m. Monday until time of services. Mr. Lawson...
David Marc Lebleu
Oct 15, 2008
David Marc LeBleu, 66, well known businessman and community leader, died Tuesday, October 14, 2008. Born July 10, 1942, to Alton and Sallye LeBleu, he was a lifelong resident of Jennings. A graduate of Jennings High School, Mr. LeBleu attended McNeese State University and Northeast Louisiana State College. He was a sprinter on the track team that won the Gulf...
Claude Lamb
Oct 14, 2008
JENNINGS Funeral services for Mr. Claude Lamb, 89, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, October 17, 2008 in the Miguez Funeral Home with Rev. Jerry Masters officiating. Burial with military graveside honors will be in Greenwood Cemetery under direction of Miguez Funeral Home of Jennings. Funeral home visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Thursday; and 8:00...
Louis T. Robichaux
Oct 14, 2008
Louis T. Robichaux Louis T. Robichaux, a native of Franklin, La., and longtime resident of Jennings, died Tuesday, October 14, 2008, at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Lafayette. Since 1951, Robichaux lived in Jennings where he was a public school teacher for 33 years. He was 87. Shortly after marrying, Robichaux obtained an education in photography in Chattanooga, Tenn.,...
John Guillory
Oct 10, 2008
Jennings Funeral services for Mr. John Giddy-Up Otis Guillory, 72, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, October 13, 2008 in the Miguez Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Kristie Prejean officiating. Burial with military graveside honors will be in the Pine Island Cemetery under the direction of Miguez Funeral Home of Jennings. Visitation will be held today, Sunday, October...
Chester Cormier
Oct 8, 2008
JENNINGS Funeral services for Mr. Chester Cormier, 85, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, October 10, 2008 in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church with Rev. Anthony Fontenot officiating. Burial with Military Graveside Honors will be in Calvary Cemetery under the direction of Miguez Funeral Home of Jennings. Funeral home visitation will be from 2:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. today,...
Leona Mae Mott
Oct 7, 2008
Lake Arthur Funeral services for Mrs. Leona Mae Cormier Mott, 78, will be held on Saturday, October 11, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. in the Miguez Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Clyde Thomas officiating. Burial will be in St. Anthony Cemetery under the direction of Miguez Funeral Home of Lake Arthur. Visitation will be held on Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 from...
Wallace Prather
Oct 5, 2008
JENNINGS Funeral services for Mr. Wallace Prather, 89, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 8, 2008 in the Church of Christ with Douglas Broyles officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery under direction of Miguez Funeral Home of Jennings. Funeral home visitation will be from 10:30 a.m. until 9:00 p.m., today, Tuesday; and 8:00 a.m. Wednesday at the...
Clifford "Cuz" James Frey
Sep 26, 2008
Jennings Laugh and the world laughs with you! Funeral services for Mr. Clifford CUZ James Frey, 65, will be held on Monday, September 29, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. at Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church with Rev. Charles McMillin officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in the Garden of the Angels under the direction of Miguez Funeral Home...
Mary Lou Fontenot
Sep 26, 2008
Jennings Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Lou Fontenot, 64, will be held on Monday, September 29, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. in the Miguez Funeral Home Chapel with Deacon Mike Tramel officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery under the direction of Miguez Funeral Home of Jennings. Visitation will be held from 2:30 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 28,...
Earline Marie Benoit
Sep 21, 2008
Jennings Memorial services for Mrs. Clifton Tan (Earline Marie Broussard) Benoit, 78, were held Monday, September 22, 2008, at 6:00 p.m. in the Miguez Funeral Home Chapel with Deacon Mike Tramel officiating. Visitation was held Monday, September 22, 2008 from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and a rosary was recited by Deacon Mike Tramel. Mrs. Benoit died on Sunday, September...
Nora Madeline Varney
Sep 18, 2008
JENNINGS Funeral home visitation for Nora (Madeline) Varney, 88, will be held from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Monday, September 22, 2008 in the Miguez Funeral Home. A rosary will be recited at 7:00 p.m. in the funeral home chapel. Burial will be in the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Covina Hills, CA. Mrs. Varney died at 2:20 a.m., Thursday, September...
Carl W. Norton
Sep 14, 2008
JENNINGS Funeral services for Mr. Carl Wesley Norton, Sr., 74, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 17, 2008 in the Jennings United Methodist Church with Rev. Jimmie D. Pyles officiating. Burial with Masonic Graveside Rites will be in Greenwood Cemetery under direction of Miguez Funeral Home of Jennings. Visitation will be from 2:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m., Tuesday;...
Wilma Mcclelland
Sep 13, 2008
JENNINGS Graveside services for Wilma Katherine McClelland, 80, will be at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 16, 2008 in Greenwood Cemetery under direction of Miguez Funeral Home of Jennings. Rev. Lisa Turnbull will officiate. Miss McClelland died at 12:10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008 in the Rehabilitation Hospital of Jennings. Miss McClelland was a native of Crowley and a resident of...
Roy Allen Racca
Sep 12, 2008
Roy Allen Racca, 80, passed away on October 12, 2008. He retired as an accountant from Baylor University in Houston, Texas, and returned to Jennings to be near family. He served in World War II and in the Korean War. Roy was the eighth child born to Marcel and Donatile Racca. He is survived by two siblings: Ray Adam (Martha)...
Laura Miller
Sep 11, 2008
Mrs. Laura Miller, nee LeBlanc, age 87, passed away Thursday afternoon, September 11, 2008, at the Jennings American Legion Hospital. Laura Miller, a lifelong resident of Jennings, was employed by Duncan Studios during WWII. Later she was secretary of the City Services bulk plant for many years and was well known by area farmers. She was a lifelong member of...
