Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Tod Baker
Aug 14, 2020
John “Tod” Baker, 34, of Lake Charles passed away on Friday, August 14, 2020 in his residence.
Tod was born on August 5, 1986 in Lake Charles where he lived all his life. He attended Barbe High School and graduated in 2005 with honors. Following graduation, he attended LSU to study Biochemistry and entered the Upper Division Honors Program. He...
Lola Mae Buller Comeaux
Aug 14, 2020
Lola Mae Buller Comeaux, 90, went to her eternal reward on August 14, 2020. She was born in Kinder Louisiana on October 22, 1929.She was a devoted homemaker, wife and mother. She enjoyed preparing delicious meals for large gatherings of family, ministers and friends. At 50 years of age, Lola took an art class and discovered she had a talent...
Walter Terrell "Terry" Collins, Jr.
Aug 13, 2020
Walter Terrell “Terry” Collins, Jr., age 72, passed away peacefully on August 13, 2020 at his home in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
He was born on August 18, 1947, in San Antonio, Texas to Walter Terrell “Rip” Collins and Patrice Fagan “Nannie” Collins. He was a 1965 graduate of Lake Charles High School. He earned a track and field scholarship from...
Shirley Ann Chumley Smith
Aug 12, 2020
Shirley Ann Chumley Smith made her last flight on Wednesday, August 12, 2020.
The daughter of Arthur Chumley and Shirley Robertson Chumley, she was born at St. Patrick’s Hospital in Lake Charles. She was on the Cradle Roll and a member of First Methodist Church when she lived here until the age of ten, moved to North Texas for a...
Martha Jo Akers
Aug 12, 2020
Martha Akers, 79, of Sulphur, LA passed away surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, August 12, 2020.
Martha was born on November 17, 1940 in Hemphill, TX to L.M. (Pete) and Jolene Smith. She was known most of all for her loving adventurous spirit, loving to travel, and being around friends and family. Mrs. Akers enjoyed her life...
Euclide Soileau
Aug 12, 2020
Euclide Anthony Soileau, 94, of Sulphur, LA passed away on August 12, 2020 in his residence surrounded by his loving family.
Euclide was born on January 17, 1926 in Eunice, LA to Eclyde and Emma Soileau.
He was known for his love of working in his in his very own Soileau Shoe Repair for over 70 years in Sulphur, LA....
Bernice Johnson
Aug 11, 2020
Bernice Johnson, 85, of Lake Charles, LA passed away Tuesday, August 11, 2020 in a local care facility.
Mrs. Johnson was born in Scott, LA and lived most of her life in Lake Charles. She was a loving mother and grandmother, having raised not only her children but her grandchildren. She enjoyed working with her flowers, and gardening. Mrs. Johnson...
Clarence Lebert
Aug 11, 2020
Born August 18, 1928, to Wiley James LeBert and Lorena Veronie in Roanoke, LA, Clarence began working at an early age delivering telegrams during the war; worked in Capital Store as market manager, delivered newspapers, picked cotton for his uncles, and was a carpenter for several years prior to going to work for Conoco where he retired after 41 years...
Roland Joseph Reed
Aug 11, 2020
Roland Joseph Reed died in the early morning of August 11, 2020, of congestive heart failure in the Lake Charles home that he and his wife, Betty Ann Ardoin Reed, had lived in since 1963. Roland was born on February 11, 1929, in the Mamou/Duralde area of Louisiana to Wilfred and Edna Fontenot Reed. From a Cajun and Creole family,...
Cheryl Landry Honeycutt Hutchins
Aug 10, 2020
“Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her.” Proverbs 31:28
On Monday, August 10, 2020, Mrs. Cheryl Landry Honeycutt Hutchins, beloved wife & mother passed away with her loving family by her side. Cheryl was a lifelong resident of Lake Charles and graduate of LaGrange High School, class of 1962. After high school Cheryl...
Jeannie Caroline Honeycutt
Aug 10, 2020
Jeannie Honeycutt, 74, of Moss Bluff, passed away on Monday, August 10, 2020 in her residence.
She was born on May 5, 1946 in Bay Port, MI to James S and Arlene Odessa Harder. Jeannie moved to this area in 1979 from Saginaw, Michigan. She was a loving Housewife, Mother and a giving person to all.
She was preceded in...
Elverna "Ann" Leger
Aug 10, 2020
Elverna Ann Leger, 75, of Sulphur passed away Monday, August 10, 2020, surrounded by her family.
Ann retired after 34 years of service as a bus driver with Calcasieu Parish School Board. She was a member of Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church. Ann loved listening to Elvis Presley, playing bingo and Pokeno. Her greatest joy was spending time...
Bradford John Gary
Aug 10, 2020
Bradford John Gary, 63, of Lake Charles passed away Monday, August 10, 2020 in the comfort of his home.
Mr. Gary was a lifelong resident of Lake Charles, LA. He worked thirty-two years a talented mechanic, many of which he worked as ASE Master-mechanic. His interest in mechanics dating back to his childhood when he was taking apart bicycles and...
Betty Gilbert Comeaux
Aug 8, 2020
Betty Gilbert Comeaux, 84, passed away on Saturday, August 8, 2020 in a local hospice facility.
Mrs. Comeaux was born on July 11, 1936, in Welsh, LA to Marcel and Orelia Benoit Gilbert. She was an active member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sulphur. She was a member of the Catholic Daughters, and was CCD Coordinator at one time. ...
Elliott Joseph Clark
Aug 8, 2020
Elliott Clark Sr, age 84, died on August 8, 2020 in Opelousas, La. due to complications of COVID-19. From his birth until the time of his death, Elliott had a love for bringing people together and having a good time. His life's passion was horses, namely Mr. Jess Perry, with whom he became very successful.
Elliott was preceeded in death...
Joel "Lalew" Kyle
Aug 8, 2020
Joel Melvin “LaLew” Kyle, 83, of Sulphur, LA passed away on Saturday, August 8, 2020 in a local care facility. LaLew was born on July 1, 1937 in Sulphur to Ethridge and Elsie Kyle. LaLew enjoyed fishing, hunting, working on his son’s dirt track race cars, and carpentry. He was a pipeline welder all his life. LaLew loved his family...
Wretha Barclay
Aug 8, 2020
Wretha Charlene Barclay
Wretha Charlene Barclay passed away August 8, 2020, at her residence in a local care facility in Lake Charles, Louisiana. She was 94 years old.
Charlene was born March 12, 1926, in Grovespring, Missouri, to Harley Herman Hightower and Rushia Isabel Priester Hightower. She grew up there on the family farm and after graduating from high school,...
Leland Valery East, Sr.
Aug 7, 2020
His Master said, “Well done, good and faithful servant!” Matthew 5:23. Such was the life of Leland Valery East, Sr., age 83, who passed away at his home on August 7, 2020 with his loving family by his side.
Mr. East was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, outdoorsman, and a man who cherished his faith as a member of...
Michael David "Mike" Locklier
Aug 6, 2020
Michael David “Mike” Locklier, 65, of Lake Charles passed away Thursday, August 06, 2020 in the comfort of his home.
Mr. Locklier was born in Houston, TX. He lived most of his life in Houston, McComb, MS and Lake Charles. He was a graduate of Lafayette High School and served in the United States Marine Corps. He worked seventeen years...
