All Obituaries

Opelousas-Funeral Services will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, June 10, 2019 for Roger "Red" Aucoin in the Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home Parlor in Opelousas. Deacon Dwayne Joubert will officiate the service. Rite of Committal will follow at Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Prairie Ronde. Red Aucoin, age 67 and a resident of Prairie Ronde, passed away on Saturday, June 08, 2019, at his residence. Red started working in the oilfield at the young age of 17 until his retirement in...

Harold Joseph "Joe" LeJeune Opelousas - A Funeral Service will be held for Harold Joseph "Joe" LeJeune at 3:00 PM on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, in the Skip Montet Chapel at Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home in Opelousas. Reverend Deacon Dwayne Joubert will conduct the service. Burial will be held at Bellevue Memorial Park. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, from 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM in the Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home. A rosary will be prayed at 2:00 PM. Mr....

Opelousas - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Burnel "Bud" Manuel, Sr. at 11:00 AM on Monday, June 10, 2019, at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church. Reverend Gregory Simien will celebrate the Mass. Rite of Committal will be held Bellevue Memorial Park. Bud passed away peacefully in his sleep on Friday morning, June 7, 2019, after a 21-month battle with leukemia. He worked in retail management all his life, owning his own business late in life. Bud was an usher at Our Lady...

Opelousas - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Patricia Ann Briggs at 1:00 PM on Saturday, June 8, 2019, at St. Landry Catholic Church. The Reverend Monsignor Russell Harrington will celebrate the Mass. Rite of Committal will be held in the St. Landry Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Saturday, June 8, 2019, from 9:30 AM until 12:00 PM in the Skip Montet Chapel at Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home in Opelousas. A Rosary will be prayed at 12:00 PM by Deacon Dwayne Joubert. ...

Opelousas - Funeral Services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, June 7, 2019 for Charles "Charlie" Lawrence Sebastien in the Skip Montet Chapel at Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home of Opelousas. Deacon Sammy Diesi will officiate the services. Rite of Committal will follow at Bellevue Memorial Park at a later date. Visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. until the time of service on Friday, June 7, 2019 at Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home. A Rosary will be prayed at 2:30 p.m. Charlie...

Opelousas – Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 1, 2019 for Kermit Gay Christ at St. Landry Catholic Church in Opelousas. The Reverend Monsignor Russell Harrington will officiate the Mass. Rite of Committal will follow at Bellevue Memorial Park. Mr. Christ, age 84 and a resident of Opelousas, passed away on Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at Opelousas General Health Systems. Mr. Christ served his country honorably in the U.S. Airforce during the Korean War....

Opelousas - Ronald James Burkhead, born July 20, 1946, passed away on May 23, 2019 at his home after an extended illness.    A memorial service celebrating his life will be held on Wednesday, May 29th at 2:00 p.m. in the Skip Montet Chapel at LaFond-Ardoin Funeral Home in Opelousas. Deacon Sammy Diesi will officiate the service. Visitation will be held from 11:30 a.m. until the time of service at the funeral home.    Ronald was a graduate of Palmetto High School and...

Visitation will be held in the Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home in Krotz Springs on Saturday, May 25, 2019, from 10:00 AM until 3:30 PM followed by funeral services at the Melville Baptist Church at 4:00 PM. Interment will be held in the Melville Baptist Church Cemetery. Reverend Nathaniel Dutton will conduct the service. Skylar, age 23, passed away on Tuesday, May 21, 2019. Skylar is described by her family as a go getter and someone who always had a smile on her face. She loved spending time...

Palmetto - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Michael Shaggy Dupont, Jr. 2:00 PM on Thursday, May 23, 2019, at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church. Reverend Stevens will celebrate the Mass. Rite of Committal will be held in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held on Thursday, May 23, 2019, from 9:00 AM until 1:30 PM in the Skip Montet Chapel at Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home in Opelousas. Michael, age 25, a resident of Palmetto, LA, passed away on Tuesday, May 21,...

Opelousas - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 3:00 PM on Monday, May 20, 2019 in St. Landry Catholic Church for Mrs. Beverly Claire Hebert Nash. The Reverend Monsignor Keith DeRouen will celebrate the Mass. Interment will follow in Bellevue Memorial Park in Opelousas. Mrs. Nash was born on October 5, 1928 in Opelousas, Louisiana, and was a resident all her life. She died on Thursday, May 16, 2019. Mrs. Nash was a graduate of Opelousas High School. She received a Bachelor of...