Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Maudry Mary Ramsey
Mar 31, 2012
Maudry M. Ramsey, 83 of Sulphur passed away on March 31, 2012. Maudry is survived by her two sons, Kenneth Perrodin and wife, Linda of Hackberry, and Keith Perrodin and wife, Elaine of Curry, AL; two brothers, Clifford Mire and wife Olga of Clear Lake, TX and Pete Mire and wife, Carolyn of Smyrna, TN; two sisters, Venola VanDeventer of...
William Leroy Jackson
Mar 31, 2012
William Leroy Jackson, 67 of Sulphur, passed away on March 31, 2012 in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at 10 a.m. at Parkview Baptist Church in Sulphur, LA with Rev. Randall Chesson officiating. Graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. at Wilson Cemetery in Milam, TX. The family will receive friends...
Shelby Sidney Hoffpauir
Mar 30, 2012
Shelby S. Hoffpauir, 76 of Sulphur passed away on March 30, 2012 in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held on Monday, April 2, 2012 at 10 a.m. at Robison Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Doug Cain officiatong. Burial will be in Mimosa Pines Cemetery in Carlyss, LA under the direction of Robison Funeral Home. The family will receive...
Billy Ray Lee
Mar 30, 2012
Billy Ray Lee, 74, of Lake Charles passed away on Friday, March 30, 2012 in a local hospital.
Mr. Lee was a longtime resident of Lake Charles. He was a graduate of McNeese State University and worked most of his life and retired as a Customs Inspector. Mr. Lee enjoyed raising his dogs and was a licensed gun collector. He was...
Joseph W. Billy Higginbotham
Mar 29, 2012
Joseph Willard "Billy" Higginbotham, 86, died Thursday, March 29, 2012, in a local care facility.
Born in Church Point, Louisiana, to Simon Abner and Beatrice Barousse Higginbotham, Mr. Higginbotham lived most of his life in the Sulphur/Lake Charles area. He served his country during World War II in the U. S. Navy. He was a mechanic for forty-five years, working at...
Ester Dorhauer Earhart
Mar 28, 2012
Esther Ruth Dorhauer Earhart passed away on Wednesday, March 28, 2012.
Mrs. Earhart was born in New Orleans on April 5, 1918 and lived in Lake Charles since 2003. A graduate of McMain High School in New Orleans, she earned a degree in Music from Newcomb College. She was owner and operator of Miss Esther's Day School in Metairie, until she...
Mary Fontenot
Mar 28, 2012
Mary May Brown Fontenot, 70, of Lake Charles, LA died at 9:20 AM on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at a local hospital.
Mrs. Fontenot was born July 11, 1942 in Opelousas, LA and graduated from Grand Prairie High School. She has lived in Lake Charles for the past forty-five years and was a member of St. Margaret Catholic Church. Mrs. Fontenot...
Darrell Keith Lognion
Mar 28, 2012
Darrell Keith Lognion, 53, of Lake Charles passed away Wednesday, March 28, 2012 in a local hospital.
Mr. Lognion was a lifelong resident of Lake Charles. He was a graduate of Sowela Technical Institute and worked most of his life as a Machinist in local refineries. He also owned and managed rental properties. Mr. Lognion enjoyed music and playing pool and...
A1C Joel Michael Barrow
Mar 27, 2012
Joel Michael Barrow, 20, passed away Tuesday March 27, 2012 in Adana Turkey.
Joel was born in Summerville, SC on March 3, 1992 but has lived in Newport, NC, Wilmington NC, New Bern, NC, Grand Lake, LA and Ragley, LA. Joel graduate from South Beauregard High School in 2010. During his High School years he loved sports which included: racquetball at...
Darrel Bud Granger
Mar 26, 2012
Darrel Ray "Bud" Granger, 66, of Lake Charles, LA died at 7:30 AM on Monday, March 26, 2012 in a local care facility.
Mr. Granger was born January 7, 1946 in Lake Charles, LA. He was a 1964 graduate of LaGrange High School and graduated from McNeese State University with his degree in Electrical Engineering. He was employed by Schlumberger Offshore...
Jimmy H. Leger
Mar 26, 2012
"I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith."
II Timothy 4:7-8
Jimmy H. Leger, 67, passed away March 26, 2012 at his residence, surrounded by his family, after a long battle with lung cancer complicated by a stroke.
Mr. Leger was active in the Masonic fraternity. He was a member and Past Master of Universal...
Evelyn Hall
Mar 25, 2012
Evelyn Hall, 88, of Lake Charles, passed away in the comfort of her home on Sunday, March 25, 2012.Evelyn was born and raised in Gueydan, LA. She and her late husband, Calvin N. Hall, lived and raised their family in Lake Charles for many years.She was a homemaker who loved cooking, gardening and sewing. She was a long time member...
Bobby Milton Kennedy, Sr.
Mar 25, 2012
Bobby Milton Kennedy, Sr., 75, of Lake Charles, LA died on Sunday, March 25, 2012.
Mr. Kennedy was born August 15, 1936 and has been a lifelong resident of Lake Charles, LA. He worked for the Lake Charles Fire Department for thirty-two years, where he was loved and respected. As a result of his loyalty to his community, he was promoted...
Margaret Jane Carr
Mar 25, 2012
Dr. Margaret Jane Carr, 78, of Lake Charles died at 6:24 PM on Sunday, March 25, 2012 in a local hospital.
Dr. Carr was born on August 8, 1933 in Mount Vernon, IN where she was raised. She began teaching first and second grade in the 1950's and then taught at several Evansville high schools before moving to Lake Charles 31...
John Edward Doucet
Mar 25, 2012
John Edward Doucet, 73, of Ragley, LA passed away Sunday, March 25, 2012 in the comfort of his home.
Mr. Doucet was born in Lake Charles and has lived the past 45 years in Ragley. He was a graduate of LaGrange High School. He worked his younger years in flooring and retired after thirty years as a Longshoreman for the Port...
Nickie Sue Arabie
Mar 25, 2012
Nickie Sue Arabie, 81, of DeRidder died Sunday March 25, 2012 in the comfort of her home.
She was born in DeRidder and lived in Lake Charles a number of years while raising her family. She was a homemaker and very active member of Broadlands Bible Church in DeRidder and in Christian missions, including Camp Pearl and medical mission trips...
Virginia Ouzts Litton
Mar 24, 2012
"We know the angels sang to welcome her home on Saturday, and we celebrate that she was free from the bonds of illness and frailty and able to reunite with her Heavenly Father and all the loved ones gone before her".
Virginia Ouzts Litton, 87, of Lake Charles passed away Saturday, March 24, 2012 in Shreveport, LA.
Virginia Ouzts Litton was born...
Willaim Bill Roberts
Mar 24, 2012
William Bill Riley Roberts, 89, of Lake Charles died at 3:05 PM on Saturday, March 24, 2012 in a local care facility with his loving family at his side.
Bill was born in Wisner, Louisiana to the parents of Myrtis and Spencer Roberts on April 3, 1922. He worked as a Iron Worker for over 40 years. . He served in...
Alvin J. A.J. Abshire
Mar 24, 2012
Alvin J. "A.J." Abshire, 84, of Lake Charles passed away Saturday, March 24, 2012 in a local hospital.
Mr. Abshire was born and raised and lived his younger years in Sulphur, LA. He has lived the past thirty years in Lake Charles. He served the United States Marine Corps during World War II and was a member of the VFW and...
