Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
William Ovid Anderson
Dec 23, 2014
William Ovid "Bill" Anderson, 55, of Lake Charles, LA died at 6:58 PM on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 in his residence. Mr. Anderson was born March 20, 1959 in Lake Charles, LA, where he was a life-long resident. He was a graduate of Barbe High School and retired from the Plumbers and Pipefitters Local #106. He was a member of...

Sue Watson Duhon
Dec 23, 2014
Sue Watson Duhon, 85 of Westlake passed away on December 23, 2014 in a local care center. Sue was born in Tatum, TX and grew up in Vinton, LA. She lived in Westlake for the past 54 years. Sue was of the Baptist faith and a great mother. She enjoyed woodworking, florist work, being a seamstress and art work. Sue...
Evelyn Jeneane Carter
Dec 23, 2014
Jeneane O'Kelley Carter, 83, of Shreveport, formerly of Westlake, LA died on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 in a Shreveport care facility. Mrs. Carter was born March 16, 1931 in Merryville, LA. Mrs. Carter was preceded in death by her parents, the Rev. Pierce Augustus and Elsie Whitman Estes, brother and sister-in-law, Malcolm and Peggy Estes; brother, James Corbitt Estes and...
Dorothy Guillory
Dec 23, 2014
Dorothy Guillory, 80, passed away on Tuesday, December 23, 2014. Visitation will be held on Friday, December 26, 2014 from 10-2 pm at Johnson and Robison Funeral Home. Graveside services will follow at Farquhar Cemetery.
Leona P. Mcgraw
Dec 23, 2014
Leona Paul McGraw, 85, of Lake Charles passed away at 2:06 AM, Tuesday, December 23, 2014 in a local hospital. Mrs. McGraw was a native of Kerens, TX and has lived in Lake Charles for the past thirteen years. She worked for many years at the old Bell Telephone Company. She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. She loved...
Dudley Sonier
Dec 23, 2014
Dudley Sonier, 70, passed away on Tuesday December 23, 2014. Visitation will be held on Friday, December 26, 2014 from 9-10 am at Emmanuel Baptist Church of Vinton with services at 10 am with Brother Gerard Little officiating. Burial will follow in Big Woods Cemetery under the direction of Johnson and Robison Funeral Home.
Deborah Sue Solice
Dec 23, 2014
Deborah Sue (Debbie) Solice, 69, of Houston and formerly of Lake Charles passed away peacefully on December 23, 2014 at a Houston area hospital. Debbie was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to John Paul and Betty Lou Davis Jones. She was of the Christian faith and a long time resident of Lake Charles, where she raised her family. She was a...

Connie Ann Thibodeaux
Dec 22, 2014
Connie Ann Thibodeaux, 63, of Sulphur passed away on December 22, 2014 in a local care center. Connie was born in Lake Charles, LA and lived most of her life in Hackberry, LA. She was a graduate of Hackberry High School and a member of St. Peters Catholic Church in Hackberry. Connie loved to enjoy life. Connie is survived by...
Brent Louis Andrepont
Dec 22, 2014
Brent Louis Andrepont, 42, of Moss Bluff, LA, died at 5:36 PM on Monday, December 22, 2014 in his residence. Mr. Andrepont was born August 29, 1972 in Lake Charles, LA and was a 1992 graduate of Sulphur High School. He served four years in the U.S. Navy as a Corpsman. Brent worked twenty years as a paramedic for West...

Cecil Julian Bush
Dec 22, 2014
Cecil Julian Bush, 70 passed away on December 22, 2014 in a local hospital. Cecil was born in Houston, TX and lived most of his life in the Lake Area. He was a graduate of Sulphur High School and attended MSU. Cecil served his country in the US Navy during the Vietnam Era. He worked at PPG as an operator...
Daphne Elaine Tullier
Dec 22, 2014
Elaine Tullier, 88, of Lake Charles died at 1:24 AM on Monday, December 22, 2014 in a local care facility. Mrs. Tullier was born on September 17, 1926 in Baton Rouge where she was a graduate of Istrouma High School and earned her Business Education Degree at LSU. She moved to the Lake Charles area in 1968. Mrs. Tullier was...
Ella Mae Bellard
Dec 22, 2014
Ella "MaeMae" Bellard, 48, of Lake Charles passed away Monday, December 22, 2014 in a local hospital. Ms. Bellard was a lifelong resident of Lake Charles. She was a graduate of LaGrange Senior High School and worked most of her life caring for the elderly. She took great pride in her appearance, loved to dress, be in the spot light,...
Marvin Abraham Nash
Dec 21, 2014
Marvin Abraham Nash was born December 28, 1988 to Abraham and Marva L. Watkins Nash. God took him to his eternal home on Sunday, December 21, 2014. Marvin was baptized at the age of six by the late Rev. Cunningham Bobb at Travelers Rest Baptist Church. He continued to worship there under Rev. Bobb and later under Rev. Abbie Monroe...
Lillie Abate Dingler
Dec 21, 2014
Lillie Abate Dingler, 95, of Lake Charles died on Sunday, December 21, 2014 in a local care facility. Mrs. Dingler was born on July 23, 1919 in Kinder, LA and lived in Lake Charles most of her life. She was a member of Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Church. She enjoyed sewing, cooking, and working in her yard. Those...
Margie Lea Dunman
Dec 21, 2014
Margie Lea Dunman, 87, of Lake Charles, died Sunday December 21, 2014 at a local hospital with her family at her side following an extended illness. Mrs. Dunman was a native of Tonkawa, OK and longtime resident of Lake Charles. She was raised in the Baptist Faith and was a homemaker and seamstress who enjoyed sewing, gardening, cooking and being...
Telitha Isabella Francis
Dec 20, 2014
Telitha Isabella Francis, 1 year old infant daughter of Sutton and Danielle Francis II of Lake Charles, Louisiana passed away, Saturday, December 20, 2014 in a Houston, Texas hospital. Telitha was born at Women & Children's Hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana on October 1st, 2013. Telitha is the first born child of parents Sutton Charles Francis II and Danielle Loftus...
Letha Cormier Vincent
Dec 19, 2014
Letha Cormier Vincent, 80, of Lake Charles, LA died on Friday, December 19, 2014 in a local hospice facility. Mrs. Vincent was born on April 2, 1934 in Lake Charles, LA where she resided all of her life. In her earlier years she enjoyed cooking for her family and did a good job at it. She enjoyed going to a...

Rebecca Lynn Areno
Dec 18, 2014
Rebecca Lynn "Becky" Areno, 62, of Sulphur passed away on Thursday, December 18, 2014 surrounded by her family. Becky was a 1970 graduate of Sulphur High School. She was employed at the Townsley Law Firm for 25 years as a paralegal. She enjoyed the outdoors and mowing grass. She had a love for music. Becky loved crafts and making beautiful...
Allie Ruby Snider
Dec 18, 2014
Allie Ruby Snider was born August 17, 1930 to Eugene and Lucy Cruseturner in Alto, Texas. She went to be with the Lord on December 18, 2014. She was married to Rev. DeVance R. Snider for 58 years. She is survived by her two sons Don R. Snider married to Sherry McNabb Snider and Jerry Wayne Snider married to Connie...

Virginia Louise Boursaw
Dec 17, 2014
"Good Morning America!" They say a cat has nine lives. Well the same might very well be said of Virginia Louise (Laws) Boursaw born September 5, 1963 and passed away December 17, 2014. You may have had the pleasure of meeting me at Pitt Grill in Sulphur where I've been the head singer server serenading people at whim with "Happy...