Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Albert J. Crain
Apr 17, 2021
Albert John Crain, 58, of Lake Charles passed away Saturday, April 17, 2021 in a Houston Care Facility.
Mr. Crain was a native of Lake Charles where he has lived the past ten years. He lived most of his life in Grand Chenier. A graduate of South Cameron High School, Mr. Crain owned and operated Crain Brothers, Inc. He was...
William Frank Arceneaux, Sr.
Apr 17, 2021
William Frank Arceneaux Sr., 87, of Sulphur, LA passed away on April 17, 2021 in a local care facility.
William was born on December 4, 1933 to Phillip and Mildred Arceneaux in Sulphur, LA.
William enjoyed the great outdoors duck hunting and deer hunting spending quality time with family and friends. He also enjoyed camping, serving in the Maplewood...
Joseph Bridges
Apr 16, 2021
Joseph Wesley Bridges, 72, of Sulphur, LA passed away on April 16, 2021 in a local hospital.
Joseph was born on July 31, 1948 in Baton Rouge, LA to John and Gloria Bridges. Joseph enjoyed his cars, motorcycles, and his gun collection. He worked and retired after 30 plus years of service from Alcoa.
Survivors include two siblings, Sheree...
Ida Fontenot
Apr 16, 2021
Ida Mae Fontenot, 94, of Lake Charles passed away, Friday, April 16, 2021 from the comfort of her daughter’s home, following a brief illness.
Mrs. Fontenot was born in Mamou, LA to Estelie and Corrles Reed. She has lived seventy years in Lake Charles. Mrs. Fontenot has enjoyed many things throughout the course of her life and always enjoyed vegetable...
James Allen Augustine
Apr 16, 2021
His tires were hot, rubber melted to the pavement, as he was staged and set for his final trip down the drag strip he loved so much. On Friday, April 16, 2021 James Allen Augustine passed those green lights a final time.
He was born June 2, 1973 and was a lifelong resident of Lake Charles where he graduated from...
Chester Andrew Leblanc
Apr 16, 2021
Welsh – Chester Andrew LeBlanc, born October 8, 1946, son of the late Andrew and Ada (Hardy) Leblanc, passed away on Friday, April 16, 2021, at the age of 74. Chester was a graduate of Welsh High School, after graduating he served in the United States Marine Corp and was also a Vietnam veteran. He was a soybean and rice...
Charles Everett "Charlie" Thomas
Apr 16, 2021
Charles Everett Thomas, 87, of Moss Bluff died April 15, 2021 at home.
He was born in West Monroe, LA on September 28, 1933 to the now late Charles W. and Maxine H. Thomas. He lived his early years in West Monroe, LA and graduated from Ouachita High School in Monroe, Class of 1952.
His father and mother moved...
Angela Marie Veronie Theriot
Apr 16, 2021
Angela Marie Veronie Theriot, born on February 2, 1954, daughter of Humert and Helen Low Veronie, passed away Friday, April 16, 2021, at the age of 67. Angela was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend to all who knew her. She never met a stranger. She enjoyed baking, cooking and had excellent sewing skills. Her greatest joy was caring...
Everett James O'Quinn
Apr 16, 2021
Everett James O’Quinn, 62, of Sulphur, LA passed away on April 16, 2021. Everett was born on September 12, 1958 in Edgerly, LA to Joe and Jessie O’Quinn.
Everett is a graduate from Vinton High School. He enjoyed drawing, BBQ, and spending time with his children. He also loved to sing and enjoyed spending time on the beach.
Those...
Rose Mae Breaux
Apr 15, 2021
Rose Mae Breaux, 76, passed away Thursday, April 15, 2021 in her Sulphur home.
A lifelong resident of the Abbeville/Kaplan area, she moved to Sulphur a year ago. Her first job was working in the cotton fields as a young girl; but she later found a career in home health allowing her to fulfil her passion of helping and caring...
Judith Ann Vest Burchfield
Apr 15, 2021
Judith Ann Vest Burchfield, born in Iowa, Louisiana on October 4, 1938, daughter of the late Vivian Vird Vest and Irene Marie Hebert Vest, passed away in Riverview, Florida on April 15, 2021, at the age of 82. Judith was a graduate of Iowa High School. She married Windell Ray Burchfield on January 21, 1958 and lived in many states...
Missie M. Perritt
Apr 14, 2021
Melissa “Missie” Hollis Perritt was born January 26, 1967 in Lake Charles, LA.
There are so many ways we can define the phenomenal woman Missie Perritt was, but the best that comes to mind is she embodied sharing her love of life with those around her, the ones she loved the most.
Missie was a spirited, strong, independent, woman who...
Tony Wayne Fontenot
Apr 14, 2021
Lake Charles ~ Tony Wayne Fontenot, born March 7, 1965, son of Hubert and Gayle (Durapeaux) Fontenot, passed away on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, at the age of 56. Tony worked for Halliburton for over 33 years. He loved goose hunting, 4-wheeler riding, cooking, working and most of all being with his family and friends. Tony is survived by his...
Rebbecca Lauren Benoit
Apr 13, 2021
Lake Charles ~ Rebbecca Lauren Benoit, born April 12, 1988, daughter of the late Stacey Elizabeth Eldridge, passed away on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, at the age of 33. Rebbecca worked for Tony’s Pizza for many years as an Assistant Manager. She loved to dance, sing, make people laugh and most of all playing with her kids. Rebbecca is survived...
Celsa Del Rio Huebel
Apr 13, 2021
Celsa Garcia Del Rio Huebel, 76, of Lake Charles, LA, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, April 13, 2021.
Born April 6, 1945 in Zacatecas, Mexico, Ms. Huebel traveled with her first husband’s military career before living many years in Houston, TX and the past forty years in Lake Charles. She worked as a hairstylist in Houston and Lake Charles for...
Leeland Daigle
Apr 12, 2021
Leeland Daigle, 85, of Lake Charles, passed away peacefully and quietly at his residence on Monday April 12, 2021.
Leeland was a native of Church Point and graduated from Church Point High School. Following graduation in 1954, Leeland joined the United States Air Force, and due to his academic achievements, was admitted to officer academy.
Upon his discharge from the...
Daniel Gary Hasha
Apr 12, 2021
Daniel Gary Hasha passed away Monday, April 12, 2021 at home with his family by his side. He was born August 28, 1954 in Lake Charles, LA to Thomas and Dorothy Broussard Hasha. He was a lifelong resident of Lake Charles. He worked as Senior Supply Buyer for Westlake Chemical Company.
Those left to cherish his memory are, his sons,...
Gwendolyn Lagrange
Apr 12, 2021
Gwendolyn Ann LaGrange, 75, passed away on Monday, April 12, 2021.
She was born on November 16, 1945 in Lake Charles, LA to Clarence and Deauty Fogleman. She will be remembered for the love she had for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She enjoyed playing cards with her grandchildren on the weekends and watching game shows on television.
Those left to...
Shane Simpkins
Apr 12, 2021
Christopher Shane Simpkins, 48, of Longville, LA, passed away on Monday, April 12, 2021 in a local hospital.
Born September 23, 1972 in Selma, AL, Shane was a 1990 graduate of Walker High School and a graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, with a degree in Criminal Justice and a minor in Spanish. He served his country for...
Dorris Joseph "Snooky" Trahan
Apr 12, 2021
Lake Charles – Dorris Joseph “Snooky” Trahan, born November 5, 1946, son of the late Dalton Joseph/Elias T. Breaux and Goldie Francis (Robinson) Trahan, passed away Monday, April 12, 2021, at the age of 74. “Snooky” retired from the City of Lake Charles after 40 years as a sweeper operator. In his spare time, he enjoyed gardening, BBQ, working word...
