All Obituaries

MAMOU- A Funeral Service will be held for Kelly L. Fontenot, 94, at 1:00 PM on Friday, January 27, 2023, at Ardoin’s Funeral Home in Ville Platte, LA.  Burial will take place in Reed Cemetery in Mamou. Kelly passed away on Tuesday, January 24, 2023. He was born March 28, 1928, to Stephen Fontenot and Adeide Granger Fontenot. He was a heavy equipment operator and loved to spend time with friends on the weekends, listening and dancing to Cajun music. Kelly was a bit of a treasure...

MAMOU - John Ralph Vezinat- Mamou, La. The man. The myth. The legend. John, also known as the Ginger Ninja, passed away on January 15, 2023, at the age of 73. He was an entrepreneur, philanthropist, artist, musician, and pilot. He had many successful endeavors throughout his life and a few duds that we won’t speak of. He loved sweets, beautiful women, sci-fi movies, 2-stepping, Bigfoot, alien conspiracies, guns, The Weather Channel and Old Kentucky straight. Not necessarily in that...

MAMOU – Funeral services will be held at a 10:00 AM Mass of Christian Burial at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Mamou on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, for Theresa Burna Jane Smith, 86, who passed away on Monday, January 9, 2023, with her loving family by her side. Father Billy Massie will be celebrants of the Mass and conduct funeral services. Burial will take place in Reed Cemetery. Theresa Burna Jane Smith was born on February 4, 1936 in Ville Platte, LA to the late Marshal and...

MAMOU – Funeral services will be held at a 1:00 PM Mass of Christian Burial at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Mamou on Friday, January 6, 2023, for Mercedise Naquin Guidry, 96, who passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at the Savoy Care Center in Mamou, LA. Father Bala Rayapati will be celebrant of the Mass and conduct funeral services. Burial will take place in New St. Ann’s Cemetery. Mercedise leaves behind her loving family; daughter, Sylvia Guidry Rider of Mamou;...

MAMOU – Funeral services will be held at a 2:00 PM Mass of Christian Burial at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Mamou on Monday, December 26, 2022, for Gerralyn Granger Brunet, 79, who passed away on Thursday, December 22, 2022, at the Calcutta House in Lafayette, LA. Father Randy Moreau and Father Billy Massie will be celebrants of the Mass and conduct funeral services. Entombment will take place in New St. Ann’s Mausoleum. Gerralyn Granger Brunet was born January 25, 1943,...

MAMOU – A private memorial service will be held at a later date for Phillip Michael Romero, who passed away on Friday, December 16, 2022 at Savoy Medical Center in Mamou at the age of 68. Phillip Michael Romero was born on February 4, 1954 in Jackson, Mississippi to Shirley and Eva Conner Romero.  He proudly served in the United States Marine Corps for two years.  Phillip was a man of many talents including “making something out of nothing.”  He enjoyed the...

Curt Patrick Saucier was born on February 27, 1969 in Ville Platte to James Elfred and Vicky Verett Saucier and was a resident of Pine Prairie.  Curt was a machinist by trade and worked at Cameron Iron Works.  He loved being outside whether fishing, gardening, cutting grass, doing yardwork, or working on cars and tractors.  Curt also enjoyed to cook and making a sauce was his specialty. This hard working and loving man will be greatly missed by those who knew him. Survivors...

MAMOU - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Veronica “Ronnie” Soileau at 10:00 am on Saturday, December 3, 2022, at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Mamou, LA. Father Bola Rayapati will be the celebrant of the mass. Interment will follow at the New St. Ann’s Mausoleum in Mamou. Ronnie Soileau, 81, passed away at her residence in Highlands, Texas, on Sunday, November 27, 2022. Though she lived in Texas, Veronica was born in Ville Platte to Joseph...

MAMOU - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Brenda Dupre McGee at 10:00 am on Tuesday, November 29, 2022, at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Eunice, LA. Father Hampton Davis will be the celebrant of the mass followed by Interment at Reed Cemetery. Brenda Dupre McGee, 69, passed away suddenly at her residence on Saturday, November 26, 2022. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend. Brenda was a very faithful Christian who...

MAMOU - Funeral services will be held at 11:00AM at Ardoin’s Funeral Home in Ville Platte, Louisiana on Thursday, December 01, 2022, for Lana Marcantel Gulley, 49, who passed away on Friday, November 25, 2022 Deacon Chuck Ortego will conduct funeral services. Burial will follow in the Bieber Cemetery. Lana Marcantel Gulley was born on December 11, 1972, to the late Roland and Barbara Acklen Marcantel.  Lana’s family was her pride and joy, her children were the light of...