Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Peggy Vincent
Jun 12, 2023
Peggy Vincent was born on March 10, 1950. She went to her Heavenly home on June 12, 2023. Peggy was a longtime member of Vincent Settlement Baptist Church, She loved watching Days of Our Lives, old westerns and spending time with her family.
Peggy was preceded in death by her parents, Leslie and Ovell Vincent, Sr.; two sisters, Linda and...
Dusti Denee' Fontenot
Jun 12, 2023
Dusti Denee’ Fontenot, 30, of Sulphur, passed away Monday, June 12, 2023.
She was a lifelong Sulphur resident. Dusti loved to sing, enjoyed playing games on her phone, and drawing. With her outgoing personality and the love of making others laugh, she was often known as “the life of the party.”
Left to cherish her memory are her...
Elizabeth Ann Brown
Jun 11, 2023
Elizabeth Ann Brown, 64, of Sulphur, passed away Sunday morning, June 11, 2023, surrounded by her loving family. Elizabeth had a gypsy soul and loved to travel and experience new things. Her passion was her gardening and helping things grow and flourish. She loved her family and friends and made the world around her a more beautiful place.
Those left...
Janice Mchenry Smith
Jun 11, 2023
Janice Eloise McHenry Smith, 87, of Lake Charles, entered into Heaven Sunday, June 11, 2023, from a local health care facility.
Janice was born July 10, 1935, to Russell E. and Ruth McHenry in Iola, KS. She lived over thirty years in Lake Charles. She was a graduate of Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, KS where she obtained a diploma...
Jamie Lynn Newman
Jun 11, 2023
Jamie Lynn Newman Jamie Lynn Newman, born in LaGrange, Texas, on July 1, 1982, daughter of Michael Newman, passed away Sunday, June 11, 2023, at the age of 40 after a courageous battle with breast cancer. Jamie attended F. K. White and moved to Kansas to be with her father and brother, where she graduated from Wellington High School. She...
Larry Charles Fournerat
Jun 11, 2023
Larry Charles Fournerat, 81, passed away on June 11, 2023. He was born on October 22, 1941, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to Lincoln Charles and Katherine Elizabeth Shaw Fournerat. Larry grew up in Lake Charles and graduated from LaGrange High School. He dedicated 36 years of his life to the Lake Charles Fire Department, retiring as the Deputy Assistant Fire...
Michael Ward Higginbotham
Jun 10, 2023
Michael Ward Higginbotham, born in Lake Charles on January 5, 1959, son of Simon Ward and Yola Mae (Fissette) Higginbotham, passed away Saturday, June 10, 2023, at the age of 64. Michael was of the Catholic faith. He worked in the transportation industry and served in the U. S. Army. A member of the Gypsy M.C., he enjoyed fishing, sprint...
Jason Bryant Maddox
Jun 10, 2023
Jason Bryant Maddox, born in Lake Charles on March 21, 1972, passed away Saturday, June 10, 2023, at the age of fifty-one. Jason was an accomplished drummer, playing in the band in high school, as well as church and in a Christian band he formed with his friends. Always the jokester, he had a very unique way of connecting with...
Peggy Sembler (Quirk) Yelvington
Jun 10, 2023
Peggy Sembler (Quirk) Yelvington, age 96, died on June 10, 2023.
Peggy was born September 19, 1926 to Margaret (May) and Charlie Sembler in Sebastian, FL, the 5th of 6 children and was the last living member of her immediate family. After Peggy graduated from Vero Beach High School she followed the example of her older sister, Libby, and traveled...
Justin Jacob Keenan
Jun 9, 2023
Justin Jacob Keenan, 41, of Lake Charles died Friday, June 9, 2023 at a local hospital.
Justin was born August 23, 1981 and was a lifelong resident of Lake Charles where he worked as an ironworker.
Those left to cherish his memory are his daughter, Addisyn Keenan, his mother Allison Bland and husband Robert Marlin , his father Mark...
Rebecca Cole
Jun 9, 2023
Rebecca Lynn Cole passed away on Friday, June 9, 2023, at the age of 63. Rebecca was a native of Bayou Dinde and resided in Sulphur.
Rebecca graduated from Westlake High School and worked for A-1 Answering Service and then moved to Houston where she married and gave birth to two beautiful girls who were both born in Sulphur, LA,...
Barry Lee Corbins
Jun 9, 2023
Barry Lee Corbins 64, born October 18, 1958 in Crowley, Louisiana to the late Alfred Corbins, Sr. and Permella Corbins went home to be with the Lord on Friday, June 9, 2023.
Barry was a resident of Lake Charles, Louisiana and for a time lived in California. He was an Army Veteran, and a truck driver.
He is survived...
Katrina Moody
Jun 8, 2023
Katrina Moody, 39, was called home to Heaven on June 8, 2023, at her residence.
She was born on September 9, 1983, in Enid, Oklahoma to Timothy Moody and Elizabeth Simons. Katrina was a loving mother to two beautiful children. If you would have asked her what made her world go ‘round, her answer would have been this: her kids....
Elizabeth Daughenbaugh
Jun 7, 2023
Elizabeth Woosley Daughenbaugh, 91, of Lake Charles, passed away in the early morning hours on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. A native and lifelong resident of Lake Charles, Elizabeth was born on May 30, 1932 to Terrell and Gertrude Woosley.
Those left to cherish her memory are her 2 daughters; Lynne Reid and her husband Richard, Susan Pennison and her husband...
Zachery Louis Smith
Jun 7, 2023
Zachery Louis Smith, born in Crowley on July 8, 2005, son of Ovey Louis Smith, and Kristy Richard Smith, passed away on June 7, 2023, at the age of 17. Zachery attended Bell City High School and Simon Youth Academy. He was a member of FFA and Vineyard Church of Lake Charles. Zachery was employed with Austin’s Lawn Care and...
John Reginald Keogh
Jun 6, 2023
John Reginald Keogh “Reggie”, 78, of Sulphur, passed away peacefully on June 6, 2023, at his home with family by his side. Reggie was born on August 10, 1944, in New Orleans to Vincent and Mary Keogh.
After graduating from Baton Rouge High School in 1962, he attended LSU and graduated from law school in 1969 with a Juris...
Kara Makenzie Lemons
Jun 4, 2023
Kara Makenzie Lemons, 19, of Lake Charles was welcomed into the Heavens Sunday, June 04, 2023 following a car accident.
Kara was a lifelong resident of Lake Charles, born December 11, 2003. She was a 2022 honors graduate of Barbe High School and studied at McNeese State University where she was a member of Chi Omega Sorority. She was currently...
Mohammad Ayub Khan
Jun 4, 2023
Mohammad Ayub Khan, 74, of Lake Charles, passed away on Sunday June 4, 2023 at a local hospital with his family at bedside following a brief illness.
A native of Lahore, Pakistan, Mr. Khan received his graduate degree in Pharmacy. He was a longtime resident in the Gautier/Pascagoula, MS area as a chemist before running his own business for...
Heart Mcmurry Lasater
Jun 3, 2023
Heart McMurry Lasater, 86, passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 3, 2023, in Beaumont, Texas. Heart was born in Sulphur, La. on December 13, 1936, to T. D. “Buster” and Jeannette Etie McMurry. Heart’s acceptance of Jesus as her Lord and Savior was absolute and unwavering, and in her final days, she remained steadfast in her belief that her victory...
Susan Miles Norris
Jun 2, 2023
Susan Norris, 67, passed away in Sulphur at her home surrounded by her loving family. Susan graduated from Sulphur High School in 1973 and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from McNeese State University. During her nursing career she worked at several local hospitals and retired in 2022 from Christus Ochsner Lake Area Hospital after 15 years of...
