Local Obituaries
for Families in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Monte Keith Hewitt
Jan 25, 2012
Monte Keith Hewitt, 69, passed away on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 in a local nursing home. He was met at the gates of heaven by his parents, Kenneth and Mina Wagner Hewitt. Monte was born in Sulphur on December 2, 1942. He is survived by his wife, companion and best friend of 49 years, Adelle Thibodeaux Hewitt; one daughter, Tina...
Walter Alvin Doherty
Jan 24, 2012
Walter Alvin. Doherty, 83, of Sulphur passed away on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 in a local hospital. A lifelong resident of Sulphur, LA Walter retired as a Conservation Officer from the State of Louisiana. He enjoyed the outdoors and spending time with his family. Walter was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather and will be greatly missed. Those left to...
Ennis Redmond Brady
Jan 23, 2012
Ennis Redmond Brady, 82, of Lake Charles, LA died at 11:50 AM on Monday, January 23, 2012 in a local hospital after a lengthy illness.
Mr. Brady was born October 18, 1929 in LeCompte, LA to Valda Redmond Brady and Henry Clay Brady, Sr. He was a graduate of LeCompte High School and Louisiana College. He served his country in the...
Richard Dale Bellard
Jan 23, 2012
Richard Dale Bellard, 64, of Lake Charles died at 7:00 AM, Monday, January 23, 2012 at his residence.
Mr. Bellard was a born in Church Point, Louisiana on September, 9, 1947 to the parents of Mary and Joseph Bellard. He has lived most of his life living in the Lake Chares area. Richard was a 1966 graduate of Marion High School....
Ova Maedean Myers
Jan 23, 2012
Ova Maedean Dennis Myers, 71, of Sulphur, LA died on Monday, January 23, 2012 in a local care facility.
Ms. Myers was a longstanding member of Oak Street Baptist Church in Cushing, OK and will always be remembered as the most loving woman any of us ever knew.
Ms. Myers is survived by her sons, David Earl Myers, III and wife Cindy,...
Thelma Shirley Babineaux
Jan 22, 2012
Thelma Louise Shirley Babineaux, 78, of Lake Charles, entered into rest Sunday, January 22, 2012 from a local care facility.
Mrs. Babineaux was born in Ruby, LA to Bill and Carmen Shirley and has lived fifty five years in Lake Charles. She co-owned and operated Arctic Refrigeration from 1968-1988. She also served her industry as former President of RSESA. She was...
John H. Johnny Johnson, Jr.
Jan 22, 2012
John H. "Johnny" Johnson, Jr., 51, of Westlake died at 3:00 AM Sunday, January 22, 2012 in Ragley, LA.
Johnny was a native and lived most of his life in the Lake Charles Area. John enjoyed his family and loved plants, animals and working in horticulture. Johnny was employed at Plant Works in Lafayette with Cindy Hunt many years. He especially...
Rev. Stephen Ray Rasco
Jan 21, 2012
Reverend Stephen Ray Rasco of Oberlin, Louisiana completed his journey in this life after a courageous battle with cancer with his wife and children by his side on January 21, 2012.
He was born in Brownwood, Texas on September 23, 1950 to JD and Violet Rasco. He married Gloria Ann Guillory from Westlake, Louisiana, Dec. 26, 1970.
Reverend Rasco was...
Clara E. Thibodeaux
Jan 21, 2012
Clara Ellen LaFargue Thibodeaux, 58, of Lake Charles passed away Saturday January 21, 2012 in a Houston hospital.
She was a native of Basile, LA and a graduate of Eunice High School and live d in Lake Charles most of her life. Mrs. Thibodeaux worked as a hairdresser for many years, prior to owning and operating Louisiana Cajun Cooking along with...
Carl Sirman
Jan 20, 2012
Carl Vincent Sirman, 94, of Lake Charles died January 21, 2012 at The Guardian assisted living home on Country Club Rd.
Mr. Sirman was born on June 19, 1917 to John Vincent Sirman of Louisiana and Catherine Victoria Gibson of Arkansas. He Served in the Navy as a decorated veteran of WWII. Mr. Sirman later worked as an electrician at Olin...
Myrna Bond
Jan 19, 2012
Dr. Myrna Bond, 86, of Lake Charles died at 7:30 PM on Thursday, January 19, 2012 in a local care facility.
Dr. Bond was born on December 21, 1925 in Eastland, TX and lived most of her life in Lake Charles. She was a graduate of Lake Charles High School and earned her under graduate degree and a Doctor of Education...
Vinita Joy Wallace
Jan 19, 2012
Vinita Joy Wallace, 52, of Lake Charles died on Thursday, January 19, 2012 in a residence in Channing, TX.
Mrs. Wallace was born in Amarillo on September 14, 1959 and grew up and graduated in Abbeville in 1978. She was a restaurant cook for over 30 years as well as working at home raising her children. Mrs. Wallace's life was filled...
Nellie Stoma Maxey
Jan 19, 2012
Nellie Stoma Maxey, 96, of Lake Charles died on Thursday, January 19, 2012 in Lafayette at her daughter's residence after a brief illnesss.
Mrs. Maxey was born in Mansfield, LA on November 26, 1915 to Habib Ramus and Katoun Stoma of Daher Safra, Syria. She lived in Lake Charles for 66 years. In her earlier years she and her husband managed...
Eddie John Murphy
Jan 18, 2012
Eddie John Murphy, 81, of Lake Charles, LA died at 10:30 PM on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 in a local hospital.
Mr. Murphy was born September 8, 1930 in Lake Charles, LA, where he was a lifelong resident. He served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. During his younger years, he worked as a salesman for Lake...
Randall Benoit
Jan 18, 2012
Randall Benoit, 41, of Sulphur passed away Wednesday January 18, 2012.
Mr. Benoit was a life long resident of Sulphur, LA and a 1988 graduate of Sulphur High School. He has served as a Deputy for the Calcasieu Parish Sherriff's Department since 1989 serving in the CPSO Jail, Patrol, Warrant Division, the Safe School Program, and at the time of his...
Charles Virgil Lebleu
Jan 17, 2012
Charles Virgil LeBleu, 83, of Sweetlake, LA, died at 12:37 AM on Tuesday, January 17, 2012.
Mr. LeBleu was born September 16, 1928 in Houston, TX and was raised and lived most of his life in Sweetlake, LA. He was the owner / operator of LeBleu's Dairy for a number of years and worked as a roughneck in the oil field...
John Joey Joeseph Tarasiewicz, Jr.
Jan 17, 2012
John Joey Joseph Tarasiewicz, Jr., 51, of Sulphur died on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 in a car accident in Baton Rouge.
Joey was born on October 3, 1960 in Lake Charles to John Joseph "Yash" and Anita Tarasiewicz. He was a 1978 graduate of LaGrange High School and a 1982 of McNeese State University.
After graduation from McNeese he worked...
Charles L. Shreve, Sr.
Jan 17, 2012
Mr. Charles L. Shreve, Sr., 84, of North Augusta, SC and a former longtime resident of Lake Charles, LA, husband of the late Julia Donaldson Shreve, entered into rest peacefully, on Tuesday, January 17th, 2012, with his family at his side.
Born in Crowley, LA, he was a son of the late O.P. and Lydia A. Fruge Shreve. He...
Ernest G. Stone
Jan 16, 2012
Ernest Stone, 89, was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He was a veteran of World War II serving in the U. S. Army Air Corps and Signal Crops.
He was an electrician and a former member of Local #284 I.B.E.W.
He was a member of St. Luke Simpson Methodist Church and a life member of V. F. W. Post 2130.
Survivors...
Carolyn Arcement Conner
Jan 16, 2012
Carolyn Claire Arcement Conner, 75, died at 5:50 AM, on Monday, January 16, 2012, in a local care facility.
Born in Morgan City, LA to Dewey and Maggie Driskill Arcement, Mrs. Conner lived most of her life in Lake Charles. She was a faithful member of Victory Baptist Church. She retired as a Certified Nurses' Aide at W. O. Moss Regional...
