All Obituaries

VILLE PLATTE – Private graveside services will be held at 3:00 PM on Monday, March 30, 2020 for Shannon James Fontenot, 51, who passed away Sunday, March 29, 2020 in Ville Platte. Burial will take place in the Eternal Rest Cemetery. Father Blake Dubrock will conduct services. Shannon James Fontenot was born in Mamou on January 16, 1969 to Ivan and Dianne Ortego Fontenot.  Shannon was a farmer and loved to cook.  He enjoyed setting lines for Catfish in the Atchafalaya and...

VILLE PLATTE – A private graveside service will be held on Wednesday, April 1, 2020 for Diana Naquin Ortego, age 71, who passed away on Sunday, March 29, 2020 in Lafayette, LA surrounded by her loving family. Burial will take place in Ortego Cemetery. Diana Naquin Ortego was born on April 17, 1948 in Oakdale, LA to Clifford Joseph Naquin and Beatrice Pelloquin Naquin.  Diana was very strong in her faith and volunteered at church.  She enjoyed crocheting and working on...

VILLE PLATTE – A private graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, March 28, 2020 for Archie Joseph Briley, age 89, who passed away on Friday, March 27, 2020 in Ville Platte. Burial will take place in St. Peter’s Cemetery in Grand Prairie. Archie Joseph Briley was born on May 3, 1930 to Clifton and Marceline Trouille Briley in Washington, Louisiana.  Archie was a hard working man; he was a cotton and sweet potato farmer.  In addition to farming,...

VILLE PLATTE-Private graveside services will be held for Denise Marie Foret, 56, who passed away on Saturday, March 21, 2020 in Ville Platte, LA. Inurnment will take place in Gates of Heaven Cemetery. Denise Marie Foret was born in Opelousas, LA on August 22, 1963 to Nathan and Anna Mae Fontenot Foret. She is survived by her mother, Anna Mae Foret of Ville Platte; sister, Rose Vidrine and husband, Steve, who was also her godfather, both of Opelousas; her godmother, Audrey Leftwich; two...

VILLE PLATTE-Private graveside services will be held for Hulna Manuel, 96, who passed away on Friday, March 20, 2020 in Crowley, LA. Burial will take place in Evangeline Memorial Park Cemetery. Hulna Manuel was born in Ville Platte, LA on February 24, 1924 to Martin and Odette Fontenot Attales.  She enjoyed working in her yard and flower beds, sewing, baking bread and making candy.  Her greatest joy was entertaining her grandchildren.  She was an amazing wife, mother, and...

VILLE PLATE – Funeral services will be held at a 1:00 PM Mass of Christian Burial at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Belaire Cove on Monday, March 16, 2020 for Charles Seldon “Squeaky” Fontenot, 74, who passed away on Friday, March 13, 2020, in Alexandria. Father Tom Voorhies will be celebrant of the Mass and conduct funeral services. Burial will take place in the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cemetery in Belaire Cove. Charles Fontenot was born in Belaire Cove on July...

VILLE PLATTE-Graveside Services will be held at 12:00 PM at M. B. Fontenot Cemetery in Ville Platte on Friday, March 13, 2020, for Kerrol Wayne Guillory, Sr., 72, who passed away on Thursday, March 12, 2020. Deacon Gene LeBouef will conduct funeral services. Burial will take place in M.B. Fontenot Cemetery. He is survived by his son Wayne Guillory; daughter, Kristie Dupre and husband Paul; and grandson, Craig Dupre. He is preceded in death by his parents, Oklie Guillory and Luna...

VILLE PLATTE-Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 AM at Church of Christ in Pine Prairie on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, for David Wayne Pellerin, 55, who passed away on Monday, March 9, 2020. Burial will take place in St. Peter Cemetery in Pine Prairie, LA. Survived by his son, Hunter Pellerin and wife Sandra; mother, Faye Firmin; father, Leo Pellerin and wife Betty; brother, Dennis Pellerin and wife Patricia; sisters, Christal Manuel and Angie Pellerin; step- daughters, Christian and...

VILLE PLATTE – Funeral services will be held at a 3:00 PM Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady Queen of All Saints Catholic Church in Vile Platte on Monday, March 9, 2020, for Albert J. Savant, 79, who passed away of Friday, March 6, 2020 in Reddell. 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. Albert J. Savant was born in Vidrine,...

Ville Platte - Funeral services will be held at an 1:00 PM Mass of Christian Burial at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Pine Prairie on Saturday, February 29, 2020 for Verla Mae Guillory, 89, who passed away on Thursday, February 27, 2020 in Ville Platte surrounded by her love ones. Father Kenneth Mayne will be celebrant of the Mass and will conduct funeral services. Entombment will take place in the St. Peter’s Cemetery in Pine Prairie. Verla Mae Guillory was born in Pine...