Thelma Sweeney Thibodeaux

Thelma Sweeney Thibodeaux, 84, of Lake Charles passed away Friday, March 27, 2026 in a local healthcare facility.

Mrs. Thibodeaux was born in Iota, LA, raised and educated in Sulphur, LA and lived most of her life in Lake Charles.

She was a graduate of Sulphur High School and attended vocational school where she attained a Paralegal degree. She began working with local attorneys, worked several years for the District Attorney’s Office under Frank Salter and finished her career working for her husband.

Mrs. Thibodeaux was an avid golfer who began playing in her thirties until a few years ago. She was a member of the Ladies Golf Association at every golf course in Lake Charles and served nearly ten years as president of the Ladies Golf Association at Gray Plantation Golf Club. Throughout her golfing career, she competed in numerous tournaments and won club and senior club championships. She found great joy in her daughter sharing her passion, as they spent many cherished moments playing together and competing as a team.

Mrs. Thibodeaux love, love, loved shopping! Something she did not just enjoy but embraced with enthusiasm and was always only a phone call away for family in need of the perfect outfit, finishing touch or special gift. She created cherished memories shopping with her granddaughter and took great pride in lovingly spoiling her grandchildren. She was also their biggest cheerleader!

She carried that same sense of style into her daily life, never leaving home without being well dressed and put together from head to toe, her countless golf ensembles included. To know her was to admire not only her outward grace, but the pride she took in presenting herself with confidence and poise.

She enjoyed traveling, particularly to New Orleans, which she and her husband enjoyed as their favorite getaway.

She loved to laugh, be silly, and dance. Her joyful spirit will be greatly missed.

She leaves to cherish her memory, her husband of twenty-five years, Harold Luke Thibodeaux; son, Richard Allen “Rick” Sweeney (Carmen); daughter, Jodi Sweeney Duhon (Glenn, II “Bub”), all of Lake Charles; grandchildren, Chandler Allen Sweeney, Landon Kyle Pedersen, Victoria Pedersen Cooley (Landon), Gillen Blane McGee, Mikayla Reese McGee, Dustin Glenn Duhon (Shaina), Braden Joseph Duhon, Marlee Grayce Duhon, Maycee Marie Duhon and Camden Isaiah Duhon and great grandchildren, Cooper Sterling Cooley, Raya Secile Champagne and Tessa Katherine Champagne and Shepard Glenn Duhon.

She was preceded in death by her husband and children’s father, Val A. Sweeney; parents, Earl W. Hook and Leah Hoffpauir Hook and her brother, Donald Hook.

Funeral services will be at 1:00 PM Thursday, April 2, 2026 in the Chapel of Johnson Funeral Home. Reverend Tracy MacKenzie will officiate. Interment services will follow at Highland Memory Gardens. Visitation Thursday will be from 10:00 AM until the time of service in the funeral home.

Pallbearers for her service will be Landon Pedersen, Chandler Sweeney, Gillen McGee, Bub Duhon, Wayne Sweeney and Landon Cooley.

Memorial donations may be made to the National Kidney Foundation of Louisiana,14024 Highland Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70810 or kidneyla.org.