Rev. Willie Alvin Benoit
Crowley-Rev. Willie Alvin Benoit, 79, passed away in Encore Health Care in Crowley Tuesday, January 20, 2015.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, January 23, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at H. O. P. E. United Pentecostal Church of Evangeline with Pastor Thomas Patterson and the Rev. Scott Benoit officiating. Burial will follow in Bluff Cemetery of Evangeline under the direction of Johnson & Brown Funeral Home. Visitation is Thursday in the church from 4 p.m. until 10 p.m. and continues to Friday from 9 a.m. until the time of service.
He is survived by his son, Ralph Benoit and wife, Tracy of Evangeline; brothers, Tommy Benoit and wife, Nelarine of Evangeline, C. J. Benoit and wife, Sparkle; sister, Betty Simar and husband, Royce of Cookeville, TN; grandchildren, Matthew and Clay Benoit, Tara Leckelt, Westin and Aimee Benoit. He is preceded in death by his wife, Jan Benoit; daughter, Cheryl Benoit and his parents.
Rev. Benoit was born on October 1, 1935 to the late Norbert and Grace Hanks Benoit. He was a graduate of the Pentecostal Bible Institute in Tupelo, MS and pastored churches in Nederland, Texas and Jennings, LA. He also worked as a printer for over 30 years for different companies. He loved ministering to families and took care of his late wife for 10 years.