Whitney Allen Jr. January 8, 1985 - May 11, 2013
Abbeville -Funeral services for Whitney Allen Jr. is scheduled for 11:00 A.M. Saturday, May 18, 2013, at Pleasant Green Baptist Church - 822 I. J. Joiner Street in A...
Deaths Elsewhere Pioneer plumber
BATON ROUGE – Services for Paul Hlllard, Sr., the first African American to be certified by the City of Baton Rouge and the State of Louisiana as a master plumber, will be Saturday....
Lula Richard Stelly April 16, 1931 ~ May 14, 2013
Kaplan—Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 16, 2013 at a 10 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Anne Catholic Church honoring the life of Lula Mae Stelly, 8...
Cynthia Marie Duhon July 21, 1953 ~ May 13, 2013
Abbeville—Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, May 17, 2013 at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville honoring the life of Cynthia Marie Duhon, 59, who died Mo...
Deaths Elsewhere Former Blue Cross president
BATON ROUGE – Services for former Blue Cross/Blue Shield president John “Jerry” Broadus will be Friday. He died May 14 at age 79.
He was Blue Cross president for six yea...
Aline Jeanne Landry LeBlanc August 7, 1920 ~ May 11, 2013
Abbeville— Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, May 13, 2013 at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville honoring the life of Aline Jeanne Landry LeBlanc, 92, who ...
Deaths Elsewhere Silver Star holder, two-war vet
LAFAYETTE – Services for decorated Col. Ray Stroup, US Army retired, will be Friday. He died May 11 at age 96.
He was a veteran of World War II (European theater) an...
Deaths Elsewhere Retired judge
BATON ROUGE – Services for retired Judge Daniel LeBlanc will be Wednesday. He died May 12 .
He was a decorated veteran of the Korean War and a former FBI special agent. He was a forme...
Mattie Melton Joiner Mattie Melton Joiner was born July 4, 1920 in Abbeville, La, to Eva Brown Melton and John Melton, and died at Gueydan Memorial Guest House, May 9, 2013. She was preceded in death by her paents and ...
Deaths Elsewhere Golden Gloves champ, football coach
JACKSON – Services for former national Golden Gloves boxing champion and coach Anthony Acosta, Jr. are Monday. He died May 8 at age 85.
He won the boxing title a...
Harry Castro January 11, 1923 ~ May 9, 2013
Abbeville—Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, May 13, 2013 at New Life Church honoring the life of Harry Castro, 90, who died Thursday, May 9, 2013.
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Deaths Elsewhere Civil rights leader, city councilman
OPELOUSAS – Services for former city councilman and civil rights leader Louis Butler, Sr. will be Saturday. He died May 5 at age 99.
He was the city’s first Afr...
