Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Philip 'Phil" Benoit
Mar 21, 2014
Philip Phil Benoit,58, passed away peacefully on March 21, 2014 in his home. Philip was born in Jennings, LA and has been a Sulphur resident for over 30 years. He worked as a welder for the past 34 years and was a member of the Local 798. He raised and trained quarter horses, was a member of the rodeo team...
Colonel Charles Raymond Davies
Mar 21, 2014
Colonel Charles Raymond Davies, US Army, Retired, 73, of Shelbyville, Indiana died peacefully in his sleep Friday, March 21, 2014 at his residence. He has joined his parents, Charles William and Lenora (Benoit) Davies; brother, Yancy Davies; sisters, Vivienne Neal, Lucille Pearce and Althea Pitre; sons, Eric William Davies and Charles Raymond Davies Jr.; and granddaughters, Amelia and Crystal Quigley....
Rogers Louis Simon
Mar 20, 2014
Rogers Louis Simon, 91passed away on March 20, 2014 in his residence. Rogers worked as a game warden at Sabine Wildlife Refuge in Cameron Parish. He was a great outdoorsman who loved to hunt and fish.
Rogers is survived by his three sons, Bryant Simon and wife, Kathleen, Larry Simon and wife, Grace and Jim Simon and wife, Cathy;...
Freida Stewart
Mar 19, 2014
Julia Freida Breaux Stewart, 91, of Lake Charles, LA died at 10:10 PM on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 in a local hospital. Mrs. Stewart was born June 30, 1922 in Rayne, LA and was a graduate of St. Joseph High School. She moved to Maplewood in 1953 and then to Lake Charles in 1954, where she has resided in the...
Arnold Caleb Jones
Mar 17, 2014
Arnold Caleb Jones, 86, of Sweetlake, LA went to be with his heavenly father on Monday, March 17, 2014 in his residence surrounded by his loving family. "I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith" 2 Timothy 4:7. Arnold was born on February 17, 1928 in Grand Chenier, LA to Jennings and...
Jimmie Beeson Downs
Mar 16, 2014
Jimmie Beeson Downs, 94, of Lake Charles died on Sunday, March 16, 2014 in a local care facility. Mrs. Downs was born in Vernon Parish, LA. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Lake Charles and was an honorary member of the American Legion Auxiliary. Mrs. Downs belonged to the First Families of America, First Families of Louisiana,...
Evelyn Mae Williams
Mar 16, 2014
Mrs. Evelyn Mae Thompson Williams 95 departed this life on Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 7:45AM at her residence. She moved to Lake Charles in 2005 and resided in Lake Charles for the past 8 years. Evelyn was a lifelong resident of New Orleans prior to moving to Lake Charles. She was educated in Orleans Parish Schools; Phyllis Wheatley Elementary,...
Freddy Baden
Mar 16, 2014
Freddy Baden, II passed away on March, 16, 2014 in his residence. He graduated in 1996 from Pineville High School receiving a scholarship in tennis to McNeese State University. Freddy was a member of First Baptist Church in Sulphur, the Lions Club and a current candidate for Sulphur City Councilman. He loved spending time with his children, coaching soccer and...
Joetta C. Guillory
Mar 15, 2014
Joetta Elizabeth Cronan Guillory, 83, of Lake Charles, LA died at 8:34 PM on Saturday, March 15, 2014 in a local hospital, surrounded by her family. Mrs. Guillory was born September 18, 1930 in Port Allen, LA and has lived in Lake Charles since 1951. She worked as an LPN for Resthaven Nursing Home for a number of years. She...
Audrey Simon Abshire
Mar 15, 2014
Audrey Rita Garrie Simon Abshire, 86, of Lake Charles, LA died at 1:10 AM on Saturday, March 15, 2014 in a local care facility. Mrs. Abshire was born July 26, 1927 in Rayne, LA and has lived in Lake Charles since 1947. She was a past member of St. Henry Catholic Church, where she served on the Ladies Altar Society...
Darryl Wayne Breaux
Mar 15, 2014
Darryl Wayne Breaux, 53 years old, of Sulphur, LA went to heaven to be with our Lord and Savior on March 15, 2014. Born on August 16, 1960, of the late Raymond and Margaret Vernice Breaux, in Dequincy, LA. He is also preceded in death by his sister, Ruth Ann Breaux Reed; his brothers, Leroy Wiltz, Francis Raymond Wiltz, Dwight...
Lena Mott Young
Mar 15, 2014
Lena Mott Young, 86, of Lake Charles died at 2:00 AM on Saturday, March 15, 2014 in a Welsh nursing home. Mrs. Young was born in Basile, LA on January 3, 1928 and had lived in Lake Charles for more than 75 years. She was a lifelong member of St. Margaret Catholic Church and was very devoted to her faith....
Bennie Roberts
Mar 14, 2014
Bennie Gene Roberts (Bob/Bud), 86, of Sulphur passed away on March 14, 2014 in West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital. Services will be held on Monday, March 17, 2014 at 10 am at Johnson and Robison Funeral Home in the Chapel. Visitation will be Sunday, March 16, 2014 from 4-9 pm. Burial will be in Holdenville, Oklahoma Cemetery.
Bennie was born...
Nolton Joseph Saltzman
Mar 14, 2014
Nolton Joseph Saltzman, 66, of Sulphur, LA died at 7:00 AM on Friday, March 14, 2014 in a local hospital. Mr. Saltzman was born December 17, 1947 in Kaplan, LA, attended Cameron High School, and was a long-time resident of Cameron, LA. He has lived in Sulphur for the past seven years. He worked for McJunkin Red Man Corporation and...
Dr. Walter Clarence Hughes
Mar 13, 2014
A memorial service for Walter Clarence Hughes, 82, will be held March 22, 2014, 2 PM at the First Baptist Church in Hornbeck, LA. He departed this life to be with Jesus, March 13, 2014 at 9 PM. Bro. Jack Bell will officiate. Arrangements were entrusted to Johnson Funeral Home. Clarence was born in Hornbeck, LA, December 18, 1931 and...
Gloria Nell Martin
Mar 12, 2014
Gloria Nell Guidry Martin, 79, of Lake Charles passed away Wednesday, March 12, 2014 in a Houston hospital. Mrs. Martin was born in Kaplan, LA and has lived most of her life in Lake Charles. She worked forty-eight years as a nurse, truly a calling for her, as she found great importance and comfort in caring for her patients. Forty-two...
Charles Mcdaniel
Mar 11, 2014
Charles Edward McDaniel, 75, of Carlyss, LA died Tuesday, March 11, 2014 in Toledo Bend, LA. Charles was born on May 13, 1938 in Leesville, Louisiana to Edward and Nettie McDaniel. Charles loved fishing, hunting, and restoring fishing boats. He enjoyed his many years of service as an Entrepreneur in the oil field industry while owning McDaniel's welding one of...
Carrie Manuel Caldarera
Mar 11, 2014
Carrie Manuel Caldarera, 63, of Lake Charles, LA died at 1:20 PM on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 in a local hospital. Carrie was born August 4, 1950 in Lake Charles, LA, where she lived most of her life. She was a 1968 graduate of LaGrange Senior High School and enjoyed interior decorating and design. She was an avid animal lover...
Christopher Evans Johnson
Mar 8, 2014
Christopher Evans Johnson, 13 passed away on March 8, 2014. He was a student at Starks High School in the eighth grade. Christopher enjoyed dancing, music, amusement parks, video games, playing baseball and basketball, especially his coach, James Taco Holloway. He also loved to be in and around the water, being a big brother and his grandparents. Christopher was a...
Desiree Nash Jarvis
Mar 8, 2014
Desiree N. Jarvis, 73, wife of previously deceased Bob Jarvis, died Saturday, March 08, 2014. She was born in Bunkie, LA but was a long-time resident of Lake Charles. She was a graduate of LSU with a master's degree from McNeese, and was a school teacher and librarian at Rosteet Junior High School and Western Heights Elementary. She spent most...
