Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
James Harold Verrette
Aug 16, 2022
James Harold Verrette, 89, passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2022.
He was born in Mamou, La on June 22, 1933 to Valcour and Fanny Verrette. After serving in the Korean War from 1953 to 1955, he returned to Mamou and married Shirley Mae Hollier. They soon moved to Lake Charles where Harold embarked on a career with Borden’s for over...
Wilton Royer
Aug 16, 2022
Wilton Royer, 84, of Carlyss, passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2022, in Arkansas.
Wilton was born August 15, 1938 in Eunice, LA. He resided in Carlyss over 46 years before his health required a move to Arkansas to be with his daughter and her family. Wilton worked as a millwright and operator for Olin Chemical/Arch, retiring after 45 years of...
Dr. Edgar E. Mccanless
Aug 15, 2022
Dr. Edgar Eugene McCanless of Lake Charles passed away Monday, August 15, 2022 at the age of 97 in a local hospital.
Dr. McCanless was born March 31, 1925 to Edgar Maxwell McCanless and Ruth Meyer Pund McCanless in Canton, Georgia. Always a man of honor and leadership, he achieved the highest-ranking status as Eagle Scout and graduated with honors...
Joeddie Hoffpauir
Aug 15, 2022
Mrs. JoEddie Hoffpauir, 87, a life-long resident of Sulphur, LA passed away August 15, 2022, in a Lafayette hospital.
She loved her family very much and enjoyed spending time with them. JoEddie was a member of Henning Methodist Church. She had several hobbies that she enjoyed like traveling, gardening, music-dancing, being creative with ceramics and then her quiet time...
Rhoda Earlene Prince
Aug 15, 2022
RHODA EARLENE PRINCE, 64, died on Monday, August 15, 2022, at 5:32 PM at home. Rhoda was born August 2, 1958, in Sulphur, LA to the late Dr. RE Prince Jr and Genevieve LaBiche Prince. She is a 1983 graduate of Sulphur High School where she cheered her 4 brothers and 2 sisters on in every sport they participated in...
Robert Wayne Gary
Aug 15, 2022
Robert Wayne Gary, 59 of Lake Charles died Monday, August 15, 2022. He was born on March 20, 1963 in Jennings Louisiana to Robert and Bonnie Gary.
Robert attended Barbe high school where he was part of the rodeo team. He was an avid outdoorsman, loving to hunt, fish, camp, and barbecue. His favorite was cooking barbecue for his family.
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John Wilford Beard
Aug 14, 2022
John Wilford Beard, 91, of Holmwood, La, passed away at 5:40 AM, Sunday, August 14, 2022.
Born in Holmwood on February 16, 1931, he was raised in Sweetlake where he met and married his life-long love, Betty Jane Billedeaux in 1950. Affectionately known as Wilford, he proudly served in the United States Marine Corp during the Korean Conflict from 1952-54,...
Franklin Denry Foote
Aug 14, 2022
Franklin Denry Foote, 88, of Sulphur, LA passed away on August 14, 2022, in a local care facility. Franklin was born on October 17, 1933, in Indian Bayou, LA to Denry and Elida Foote. He enjoyed the great outdoors, fishing, crabbing, and gardening. Franklin was a member of the Knights of Columbus and a member of Our Lady of Prompt...
Myra S. O'Neal
Aug 14, 2022
Myra Suzanne O’Neal, 61, died Sunday, August 14, 2022, in a local hospital.
Born in Alexandria, Louisiana to Darlie and Norma Chandler O’Neal, Ms. O’Neal was for most of her career a television advertising executive. She worked for KPLC of Lake Charles and more recently had accepted a position with Fox 29 in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Ms. O’Neal is survived...
John David Lowin
Aug 14, 2022
John David Lowin, 69, passed away in his Sulphur residence on August 14, 2022. Born in Wichita Falls, David has resided in Sulphur for many years. He worked for Citgo Refinery for 46 years and he proudly earned his Bachelor of Science degree from McNeese State University in 2005.
He absolutely loved his children and enjoyed riding his motorcycles every...
Paul Raymond Kline, Sr.
Aug 13, 2022
Paul Raymond Kline, Sr. passed away on August 13, 2022 at the age of 89 in the comfort of his home with his family beside him.
Paul battled with issues related to the aging process in the past year with courage and dignity. Despite human limitations that sometimes occur with aging, Paul stayed strong and faithful to the end. As...
William Ray "Bubba" Toups, Jr.
Aug 12, 2022
William “Bubba” Ray Toups, Jr., 58, of Westlake, LA, died Friday, August 12, 2022, in a Houston hospital surrounded by family.
He was born October 23, 1963, in Beaumont, TX to Patsy and William Ray Toups, Sr. He was a 1982 graduate of Nederland High School and lived in the Nederland area most of his life until moving to...
Madeline C. Richard
Aug 12, 2022
Madeline C. Richard, age 82, passed away peacefully in the comfort of her home on August 12, 2022 at 12:12 a.m.
Madeline was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Nick and Elda Console. She graduated from LaGrange Senior High School, class of 1957, and Sowela Technical College as a Certified Surgical Tech. She retired from Lake Charles Memorial Hospital then...
Diana Reichard Gentry
Aug 11, 2022
Diana Lynn Reichard Gentry, 71, of Lake Charles, LA, passed away at 12:09 PM on Thursday, August 11, 2022 in a local hospital.
Ms. Gentry was born April 24, 1951 in Stockton, KS. She graduated from Notre Dame High School in Crowley, LA and studied nursing at Northern Oklahoma College. Throughout her life, she has lived in Kansas, Lake Charles...
Marshall Francis Spicer
Aug 11, 2022
Marshall Francis Spicer, 82, of Carlyss, passed from this life surrounded by his loving family on Thursday evening, August 11, 2022. In his younger days, Marshall was rated as a First Class Glazier. Upon moving from Mississippi to Hackberry he became one of the first commercial fishermen to crab and shrimp the waters of Cameron Parish. Marshall was an avid...
Russell Nolan Landry
Aug 11, 2022
Russell Nolan Landry, 59 of Vinton, LA., passed away on August 11, 2022, at his residence surrounded by his loving family. Russell was born on July 4, 1963, to Raywood and Elma Lou Landry.
Russell was a hard working and was devoted to his family and friends. He enjoyed fishing and working with his hands and especially working on...
Wilda M. Hanks
Aug 9, 2022
Wilda Mae Hanks, 90 years old, passed away Tuesday, August 9, 2022 in a local hospital. She was born on January 07, 1932 to Emile and Adelaide Benoit Duhon in Morse, Louisiana.
Wilda grew up in Morse, LA. She was always her Grandma’s favorite. She met her husband, Columbus at the local store where she worked. He came in every...
William B. "Bill" Wadsack
Aug 7, 2022
William B. "Bill” Wadsack, 76, of Lake Charles, passed away at 8:31 a.m. on Sunday, August 7, 2022 in his home.
Mr. Wadsack was born September 10, 1945 in Goldsboro, North Carolina on Seymour Johnson Airforce Base to two military parents. He soon moved with his family to the Lake Charles area, where he lived his entire life. He was...
Clinton Hicks Hutto
Aug 6, 2022
Clinton Hutto, 67 of DeQuincy, passed away surrounded by his family on Saturday, August 6, 2022. He was born on January 19, 1955 to David and Laura Hutto in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He was a graduate of Barbe High School and worked as a welder until his retirement from PPG.
He was a loving husband, brother, in-law, uncle, dog daddy...
Anthony Claude "Buddy" Leach, Jr.
Aug 6, 2022
Former State Representative and United States Congressman, Anthony Claude “Buddy” Leach, Jr. passed from this world on Saturday, August 6, 2022, in Baton Rouge. He is survived by his beautiful wife of 55 years, Laura Alexander Leach, his three children Mary Leach Werner, Lucy (Craig) Davenport, Claude (Jenny) Leach, his 9 grandchildren, Hannah, Elizabeth, Patrick, Alex, Jackson, Jake, Grace, Miller...
