Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Barbara Jean Broussard Calloway
Sep 1, 2020
Barbara Calloway
Barbara Jean Broussard Calloway, 88, of Moss Bluff, died September 1, 2020 at the home of her daughter and son-in-law in Lafayette where she had been evacuated by hospice before Hurricane Laura. Mrs. Calloway was born July 19, 1932 in Lake Charles. She graduated from LaGrange High School and attended McNeese State University. She met the love of...
David Allen Fruge
Aug 30, 2020
David Allen Fruge
David Allen Fruge, 64, of Lake Charles, LA, died on August 30, 2020 at his son’s residence.
Mr. Fruge was born December 26, 1955 in Lake Charles, LA, where he was a life-long resident. He was a graduate of LaGrange High School. He worked as an automotive mechanic and retired from the industries. Mr. Fruge was a...
Archie Donald Constance
Aug 29, 2020
Archie Donald Constance, 53, of Westlake, LA passed away Saturday, August 29, 2020 in Gulfport, MS.
Mr. Constance was a born raised and educated in Sulphur and lived most of his life in Westlake. He worked his younger years as a Police Officer for Westlake Police Department and nearly thirty years as an Airplane Mechanic for Northrop Grumman. He...
Eugene Joseph Trahan
Aug 29, 2020
Lake Charles
Funeral services for Mr. Eugene Joseph Trahan, 67, of Starks, LA will be held on Saturday, September 5, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Starks with Rev. Ron Butler officiating. Burial will follow in Miller Cemetery Annex under the direction of Johnson Funeral Home.
Visitation for Mr. Trahan will begin at 10:00 a.m. Saturday,...
Gail Ann Myers Fontenot
Aug 28, 2020
Gail Ann Myers Fontenot, 71, of Sulphur passed away on Friday, August 28, 2020 in a local hospital.
Mrs. Fontenot was born on December 9, 1948 in Lake Charles where she lived most of her life until moving to Sulphur 13 years ago. She began her career as an admitting clerk at Moss Regional Hospital and retired from Christus St....
Teresa Viglia Mistretta
Aug 28, 2020
Teresa Viglia Mistretta passed away August 28, 2020 in her home with her family by her side. She was born June 4, 1922 in Lake Charles, LA to Joseph and Ursula Maggiore Viglia. She was a lifelong resident of Lake Charles and a graduate of Lake Charles High School. Teresa was member of the first graduating class of McNeese State...
Ruth Marie Hall Trahan
Aug 28, 2020
Marie Trahan, age 69, peacefully passed away in her home on August 28, after months of battling lung cancer with her family by her side.
She was born to James Dewey "JD" and Mary Ruth Hall on December 08, of Moss Bluff, Louisiana where she grew up. She met and married the love of her life in 1972 and resided...
Marla Faye Doise
Aug 27, 2020
Marla Faye Doise, 63, of Lake Charles passed away Thursday, August 27 in a local hospital. Ms. Doise was born and raised in Lake Charles, and attended Barbe High School. In her younger years, she was a hotel clerk for Howard Johnson. Later, she found her "green thumb" while working for Lowes and Greengate Garden Center. For the last decade,...
Emilien "Ok" Bumgarden
Aug 27, 2020
Emilian “OK” Bumgarden, 89, passed away on August 27, 2020 in a local hospital. OK Bumgarden lived in Sulphur approximately 75 years.
OK is survived by his son, David Wayne Bumgarden and wife, Dena of Sulphur; son in law, Garland Reed, Sr. of Sulphur; 7 grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren; and 3 sisters, Clara Pringle, Amelia “TT” Ancelet, and Maggie Deshotel. ...
Paul Lawson Fetzer
Aug 26, 2020
Paul Fetzer was born August 9, 1937 in Helena, OK and was a resident of Lake Charles, LA for the last 55 years. After graduating Helena High School he received a Bachelors of Science in Math, Physics and Chemistry from Northwestern State Oklahoma University and a Masters in Chemistry from Oklahoma State University. Paul began his work career in 1962...
Richard Sanders, M.D.
Aug 24, 2020
Richard Dunn Sanders, 69, passed away on August 24, 2020 after a lengthy battle with Lymphoma.
Dr. Sanders was born on July 20, 1951 and grew up in Lepanto, Arkansas. After graduating from Lepanto High School in 1969, Richard attended the University of Arkansas before gaining early admission to the University of Arkansas Medical School in 1972. Richard chose to...
Abbie Joseph Higginbotham
Aug 24, 2020
Abbie Joseph Higginbotham, 94, of Lake Charles, LA, died at 12:35 PM on Monday, August 24, 2020 in a local care facility.
Mr. Higginbotham was born April 25, 1926 in Church Point, LA and lived all of his adult life in Lake Charles. He worked a number of years at Highland Memory Gardens and retired from the Department of Transportation...
Pamela Joan Guillory
Aug 23, 2020
Pamela Joan Miller Guillory, 65, died Sunday, August 23, 2020.
Born to Norris James Miller, Sr. and Eva Dronet Miller, Pamela attended Barbe High School. She was a homemaker and enjoyed watching football, especially LSU and the Saints. She loved spending time with her husband, whatever he was doing.
Survivors are her husband of thirty-nine years, Randall K. Guillory; sister-in-law...
George Dale Taylor
Aug 23, 2020
George D Taylor, “Pawpaw”, 88, of Sulphur, LA passed away August 23, 2020 in a local hospital. George was born on September 6, 1931 in Waverly, Missouri. He was stationed at Chenault Airforce Base for 4 years and stayed in Louisiana because he loved the weather, hunting, and fishing. He also loved gardening and wood working. He was a retired...
Ray Miles
Aug 23, 2020
On August 23, 2020 Dr. Ray Miles left this earthly life. It was entirely too soon for the many who loved him, but plenty of time for him to walk the path God laid before him. Born September 17, 1957, he was a lifelong learner. A graduate of Reeves High School, McNeese State University (BA ‘79, MEd ‘82), and The...
Carroll Joseph Comeaux
Aug 23, 2020
Carroll Joseph Comeaux, 73, of Lake Charles, LA, died at 5:40 PM on Sunday, August 23, 2020 in a local hospital.
Mr. Comeaux was born September 18, 1946 in Creole, LA and was a graduate of South Cameron High School. He worked twelve years for Firestone and then retired after over twenty years of service from the City of Lake...
Anne Nettles
Aug 22, 2020
Anne Nettles, 75, of Lake Charles, passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2020 at MD Anderson in Houston, TX. She was born on February 20, 1945 in Oil City, PA to the late James A. and Mary Jane Long.
Mrs. Nettles was a registered nurse for over 40 years. She was the first nurse hired by Women and Children Hospital...
Clayton Peloquin
Aug 22, 2020
Clayton Peloquin, 80, passed away Saturday, August 22, 2020 at his residence. He was born on November 27, 1939 in Lake Charles, LA to Austin and Zelma Peloquin. Mr. Peloquin will be remembered most of all for the love he had for his family. He was a man who enjoyed visiting and helping other as often as he could. He...
Eugene Edward Nichols, Sr.
Aug 22, 2020
Eugene Edward Nichols Sr., 88, of Sulphur, LA passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2020.
Eugene was born on January 23, 1932 in Augusta, VA to Bernard and Grace Nichols. He enjoyed his grandchildren, his dogs and could always be found sitting outside drinking coffee on the porch listening to Cajun Music. Eugene proudly served his country in the...
Poddy Champeaux
Aug 22, 2020
Rosalie “Poddy” Marie Leveque Champeaux, 82, died peacefully on Saturday, August 22, 2020, surrounded by family.
Rosalie, known to all as “Poddy,” was born on August 13, 1938 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Poddy graduated high school from St. Charles Academy (now St. Louis Catholic) where she received the coveted “Spirit Award” in 1956. It was there that she met the...
