Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Ernest Lloyd Wilks
Aug 8, 2013
Ernest Ernie Lloyd Wilks, 58 of Sulphur passed away on August 8, 2013 in his residence. Ernie graduated from Sulphur High School. He served 30 years of service as a supervisor for Turner Industries at the Phillips 66 Refinery. He was an avid hunter, fisherman, and guitar player. Ernie was a family oriented man that devoted his life to his...
Lynne Ann Hutchinson
Aug 7, 2013
Lynne Ann Hutchinson, 52 of Sulphur passed away on August 7, 2013 in a local hospital. She was a dedicated mother and was involved in the church. She enjoyed going to swim meets with her daughter, Melisa to watch her sons and granddaughter compete. Tyler, age 19, swims for the Spartan Swim Team and Dakota, age 16, swims for Sulphur...
Anthony "Tony" Quattrone
Aug 7, 2013
Anthony Tony Joseph Quattrone, 89 passed away on August 7, 2013 in a local hospital. He was born on January 11, 1924 in Buffalo, New York. Tony married Kathryn Louise Serice in 1946 and together they had five children. He was an avid hunter and traveled to New Mexico and Colorado for over 15 years to enjoy the sport. Tony...
Iva Earline Guillory
Aug 7, 2013
Iva Earline Guillory, 87, of Lake Charles died on Wednesday, August 07, 2013 in Newton, TX.
Mrs. Guillory was born on July 6, 1926 and was raised in Elton where she attended Elton High School. She moved to Lake Charles in 1947 and worked for 16 1/2 years at Sears as a catalog order clerk.
She enjoyed spending time with her...
Webster James Todd, Jr.
Aug 7, 2013
Webster James Todd, Jr., 74, of Holmwood passed away Wednesday, August 07, 2013 in a local hospital.
Mr. Todd was a lifelong resident of Holmwood. A graduate of Bell City High School, Mr. Todd worked all of his life as a Rice, Soybean and Cattle farmer and was a Co-owner of Todd Brothers Trucking. He was President of Holmwood and Bell...
Mark Anthony Tat Ernst
Aug 6, 2013
Mark Anthony Tat Ernst
August 15, 1965 - August 6, 2013
Mark A. Tat Ernst, 47, of Ragley, died at 2:20 PM, Tuesday, August 6, 2013, in a Sulphur hospital after a two year illness.
Mark was a carpenter and construction worker as well as an accomplished tattoo artist. He was a graduate of Parkview Christian Academy and served in the...
Randall ("Tre' Byrd") Chesson
Aug 5, 2013
Randall James (Tre Byrd) Chesson, III, 23, of Los Angeles, CA, died on Monday, August 5, 2013, in Los Angeles, CA. Tre was born on September 21, 1989, in Sulphur, LA, where he was raised and graduated from Alfred M. Barbe High School, in 2008. He was a performance artist, dancer, philanthropist, health-food enthusiast, entrepreneur, beegan, business co-owner, designer, choreographer,...
Jarred Michael Carriere
Aug 5, 2013
God has call one of his Angels home
SPC Jarred Michael Carriere, 27, of Lake Charles, LA died at 11:00 AM on Monday, August 5, 2013 at Fort Knox, KY.
SPC Carriere was born January 5, 1986 in Lake Charles, LA and was a 2004 graduate of South Beauregard High School. He served the past eight years in the U.S. Army, where...
Charlotte Ann Ledoux
Aug 4, 2013
Charlotte Ann LeDoux, 70 passed away on August 4, 2013 in her residence. She was a loving mother and grandmother. Charlotte loved to work in her flower beds and enjoyed all the wildlife. She was a devoted Christian who loved the Lord. Charlotte is survived by her husband of 51years, Kelton LeDoux of Sulphur; they were friends since the first...
Monte Graydon Goss
Aug 3, 2013
Monte Graydon Goss, 31, of Lake Charles died Saturday August 3, 2013 at his residence.
He was born in Lake Charles on September 12, 1981. He was a graduate of Sulphur High School, attended McNeese State University and was employed at the Lake Charles Country Club as the food and beverage director. He was passionate about cooking, loved to play...
Joseph Leo Citizen, Sr.
Aug 3, 2013
Joseph Leo Citizen, Sr., 70, departed this life on Saturday, August 3, 2013.
Joseph was a resident of Lake Charles, LA for 48 years. Joseph retired as an oiler from Himont Basell after 30 years. He was a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church and Cursillo #78. He was a Eucharistic Minister for 17 years and an altar server...
Gerald Jerry Morris Miller
Aug 3, 2013
Gerald M. Jerry Miller, 61, went to meet the Lord around 11:00 AM Saturday August 3, 2013 at his residence.
Jerry was born in Crowley on July 26, 1952 to C.J. and Mildred Ardoin Miller. Jerry loved his family and close friends. He was a very easy going man who would give the shirt off of his back to help...
Joyce Larsen
Aug 2, 2013
Joyce Larsen, 87, of Sulphur died at 8:25 PM on Friday, August 2, 2013 in a local hospital.
Mrs. Larsen was born on September 3, 1925 in Mansfield, LA and lived in Baton Rouge until moving to Sulphur with her son and daughter-in-law in 2001. She was a graduate of Mansfield High School and continued her education at LSU where she...
Evelyn Marie Benoit
Aug 2, 2013
Evelyn Marie Benoit, 62 0f Sulphur passed away on August 2, 2013 in a local hospital. Evelyn loved her family and friends and never met a stranger. She enjoyed life, the outdoors especially fishing and crabbing and her favorite pass-time was working crossword puzzles. Evelyn is survived by her son, Norman Sanders and fiance, Sherry Dinger of Sulphur; three sisters,...
Betty Joy Faulk Lormand
Aug 1, 2013
Betty Joy Faulk Lormand, 82, of Lake Charles passed away Thursday, August 01, 2013 in a local healthcare facility.
Mrs. Lormand was born in Ebenezer, LA, raised in Estherwood, LA where she was a graduate of Estherwood High School and has lived nearly seventy years in Lake Charles. During her younger years she enjoyed participating in theatre, was awarded a scholarship...
Daisy Finley Milsted
Aug 1, 2013
Daisy Mae Finley Foreman Milsted, 87, died Thursday, August 1, 2013, in a local care facility.
Born to William Perryman Finley, Sr. and Daisy Mae Howard Finley in Alexandria, Louisiana, Mrs. Milsted lived most of her life in the Lake Charles area. She was a 1942 graduate of St. Charles Academy and worked as a secretary for Allied Finance. Mrs. Milsted...
Neil Austin Nelson
Aug 1, 2013
Neil Austin Nelson 3/29/1939 " 8/1/2013 A memorial service was held Sunday, August 4th, to celebrate the life of Neil Austin Nelson. Neil passed away peacefully in his home August 1, 2013, surrounded by his loved ones, after a yearlong battle with a very aggressive cancer. Neil was born March 29, 1939, in Lake Charles to William Austin (Buster) Nelson...
Martha Louise Devillier
Aug 1, 2013
Martha Louise DeVillier, 67, of Lake Charles passed away, Thursday, August 01, 2013 in a local hospital.
She was born in Ville Platte, LA and has lived in Lake Charles for the past forty-two years. Mrs. DeVillier attended Sacred Heart Academy. She was a long time member of Eastwood Pentecostal Church.
Survivors include her husband, Charles Danny DeVillier, Sr.; three sons, Charles...
Sandra Cox
Jul 31, 2013
Sandra L. Cox, 66, of Lake Charles died at 3:10 AM, Wednesday, July 31, 2013 in her residence with her loving family at her side.
Mrs. Cox was born on April 26, 1947 in Camden, Ohio. She was a 1964 graduate of Hamilton High School in Ohio. Mrs. Cox worked for over 35 years as a Nurses Aid in California and...
Owen John Sandy Morrissey, D.D.S.
Jul 30, 2013
Sandy Morrissey passed from his earthly life on Monday, July 29, 2013, just before midnight at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital after suffering a stroke in October of 2012. Born in Appleton, Wis., on February 26, 1920, he grew up in Shorewood, Wis., where he attended Catholic schools and graduated from Shorewood High School in 1938.
While at Shorewood High, he was...
