All Obituaries

OPELOUSAS – Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, January 30, 2021, in the Skip Montet Memorial Chapel at Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home for Claire Castille Gardner.  Rite of Committal and interment will follow in the Bellevue Memorial Park.   Father Laurent De Prins will celebrate services on behalf of Epiphany Episcopal.   Claire was a native and long-time resident of Opelousas.  She passed away on Sunday, January 24, 2021, at Senior Village...

Melville - Funeral services for Patrick "P.T." Hood Barker, Sr. will be held at 1:30 PM on Saturday, January 23, 2021, in the Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home in Melville.  Mr. Ronnie Barker will conduct the service.  Burial will follow in the First United Pentecostal Church Cemetery in Melville. Visitation will be held on Saturday, January 23, 2021, in the Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home in Melville from 11:00 AM until time of service at 1:30 PM. Mr. Barker passed away on...

Bubba passed away on Sunday, the 17th of January 2021.  The Cox family will receive visitors at Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home of Opelousas on Saturday, January 23, 2021 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The family will hold a graveside service at Magnolia Cemetery in Mobile, Alabama at a later date. Charles was born on June 6, 1970 in Jacksonville, FL.  He moved with his family to Church Point in 1980 and graduated from Eunice High School in 1988.  There he won an Academic All State...

Opelousas - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Mr. Larry Young at 11:00 AM on Friday, January 22, 2021 at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church in Opelousas.  Father Gregory Simien will officiate the Mass. Our dad, (Pop), age 70, lost his battle with COVID-19 at sunset on Sunday, January 17, 2021 at 5:46 p.m. at Opelousas General Health System surrounded by his family. Dad retired from Schlumberger after 25 years of service and then decided that he wanted work a little...

Opelousas-A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Iolia Gay Marks at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, at St. Landry Catholic Church in Opelousas.  Msgr. Russell Harrington will celebrate the Mass.  Rite of Committal and interment will follow in the Holy Sepulcher Mausoleum in Opelousas, LA. Iolia, age 74, passed away on Saturday, January 16, 2021, at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Ville Platte, LA.  She was a homemaker and took pride in caring for and tending...

Funeral services will be held for Homer Ray "Tooty" Richard at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, January 18, 2021, at Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home of Opelousas.  Deacon Dwayne Joubert will officiate the religious service.  Rite of Committal will take place in St. Landry Catholic Church Cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 11:00 A.M. at the funeral home until time of the service. A rosary will be prayed on Monday, January 18, 2021 at 1:30 P.M. Homer Ray...

Krotz Springs - Funeral services for Herbert John Breaux will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 16, 2021, in the Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home in Krotz Springs. Reverend Michael DeBlanc will officiate the service.  Burial will take place in Opelousas, La. at Bellevue Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. until time of service at 12:00 p.m. in the Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home in Krotz Springs. Mr. Breaux, age 87, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January...

Memorial services for Donna Higginbotham Vidrine will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 16, 2021, in the Skip Montet Memorial Chapel in the Lafond Ardoin Funeral Home of Opelousas, LA.   Deacon Dwayne Joubert will officiate the service.  Visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. until service time at 2:00 p.m. with visitation continuing until 3:00 p.m. in the Lafond Ardoin Funeral Home of Opelousas.  Mrs. Vidrine, age 56, a resident of Arnaudville, passed away on...

Melville—Graveside Funeral services and Rite of Committal will be held for Rita Leger Gerace at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 14, 2021, in the St. John Catholic Church Cemetery in Melville, LA.  Rev. Fr. Michael DeBlanc will officiate the services. Visitation will be held on Thursday, January 14, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. in Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home of Melville.  A Rosary service will be held at 2:00 p.m. in the funeral home.  Rita Leger Gerace was born...

Opelousas - Funeral services for Berton Fontenot will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, January 11, 2021, in the Skip Montet Memorial Chapel in the Lafond Ardoin Funeral Home of Opelousas. Deacon Tom Lindsay will officiate the service.  Rite of Committal and interment will follow in the Bellevue Memorial Park. Visitation will be held on Monday, January 11, 2021, from 10:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.  in the Skip Montet Memorial Chapel in the Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home of...