All Obituaries

MAMOU-Funeral Services will be held at a 2:00 PM Mass of Christian Burial at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Mamou on Wednesday, December 11, 2019, for Cynthia Chasar, 71, who passed away on Monday, December 9, 2019. Father Billy Massie, pastor at St. Ann’s Catholic Church, will be celebrant of the mass and will conduct all funeral services. Burial will take place in New St. Ann’s Cemetery. Cynthia Chasar was born on November 21, 1948 in Mamou, LA to Emily and Vernice...

MAMOU-Funeral Services will be held at a 2:00 PM Mass of Christian Burial at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Mamou on Tuesday, December 10, 2019, for Darryl Wayne Deason, 54, who passed away on Sunday, December 8, 2019 surrounded by his loved ones. Father Billy Massie, pastor at St. Ann’s Catholic Church, will be celebrant of the mass and will conduct all funeral services. Burial will take place in Reed Cemetery. Darryl Wayne Deason was born on September 2, 1965 to Kenneth...

     EUNICE~It is with heavy hearts and great sadness that the family announces the passing of David, our loving and devoted fiancé, father, son, brother, grandfather and friend to all whose lives he touched, on December 06, 2019. He was 55. A memorial service to honor the life and memory of David Troy King will be announced at a later date.      David proudly served his country in the United States Navy. In his younger days he liked body...

VILLE PLATTE – Going Home Celebration will be at 3:00 PM, Sunday, December 8, for Elaine Vidrine Howerton, 93, who passed away on December 5 in Jennings, LA, surrounded by loved ones. Brother Kevin West, pastor of First Baptist Church of Ville Platte, will conduct funeral services.  Burial will take place in Sacred Heart Cemetery. The eternal soul of “Miss Elaine” was gloriously ushered into Heaven on Thursday following a lengthy illness.  At an early age, she...

VILLE PLATTE – Funeral services will be held at a 11:00 AM Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady Queen of All Saints Catholic Church in Ville Platte on Saturday, December 7, 2019 for Joseph Picard, 72, who passed away on December 5, 2019 in Alexandria, LA surrounded by his loved ones. Father Mitch Guidry, Pastor of Our Lady Queen of All Saints Catholic Church, will be celebrant of the mass and conduct funeral services.  Burial will take place in Ferguson Cemetery. Joseph Picard...

VILLE PLATTE – Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM at New Life Assembly of God in Ville Platte on Thursday, December 5, 2019, for Oswald J. Fontenot, Sr., 94, who passed away of Sunday, December 1, 2019 at St. Francis Cabrini Hospital in Alexandria. Pastor Brian Dore will conduct funeral services. Burial will take place in the B. J. Fontenot Cemetery. Oswald J. Fontenot, Sr. was born in Pine Point on November 12, 1925 to Antionte Jaceo Fontenot and Martha Fontenot. ...

VILLE PLATTE – A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM at Ardoin’s Funeral Home in Vile Platte on Wednesday, December 4, 2019, for Dickie Martin Fontenot, 70, who passed away of Sunday, December 1, 2019 at Rapides General Medical Center in Alexandria. Brother Brian Johnson will conduct the memorial service. Dickie Martin Fontenot was born in Ville Platte on December 20, 1948 to Calvin and Claudia Saucier Fontenot.  He was a true outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting,...

­­­VILLE PLATTE – Funeral services will be held at a 2:00 PM Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady Queen of All Saints Catholic Church in Vile Platte on Monday, December 2, 2019, for James E. Marcantel, Sr., 70, who passed away of Saturday, November 30, 2019 in Ville Platte. Father Mitch Guidry, pastor of Our Lady Queen of all Saints Catholic Church, will be celebrant of the Mass and conduct funeral services. Burial will take place in the Gates of Heaven Cemetery. James...

EUNICE-The family of Richard “Zeke” Vidrine are mourning the loss of their loved one who passed away on November 28, 2019 at the Acadian Medical Center in Eunice at the age of 73. A Celebration of Life will be celebrated at 10:00 am on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at Ardoin’s Funeral Home Chapel in Eunice. Interment will follow in the Mt. Calvary Cemetery with Father Hampton Davis officiating.     Richard, or “Zeke”, as everyone knew him, loved...

EUNICE-It is with heavy hearts that the family announces the loss of their loved one, Ann Lynn Young Morris on Thursday, November 28, 2019 at the Eunice Manor Nursing Home at the age of 89.  A Celebration of Life will be held at 3:00 pm on Sunday, December 01, 2019 at Ardoin’s Funeral Home Chapel in Eunice. Burial will follow in the Chataignier Baptist Cemetery with Pastor Travis Turner officiating.      Ann loved to fish and cook, and she was a talented...