Obituaries

LAKE ARTHUR - As we sit here, pondering the life of Marie Joyce Broussard Monceaux, who passed peacefully into the evening of Thursday, March 26, 2020, a thought comes to mind, over and over again. Eulogies of officials, soldiers, doctors, lawyers, business leaders and many others, all but compose themselves from resumes plush with notable accomplishments. But the life of a simple woman from a small community on a winding bayou in the south of Louisiana has no written ledger to draw upon. No such list of noted accomplishments. Her life speaks to us in other ways.

It’s with the heaviest of hearts and great sadness that the family of Kenneth C. Decker, Jr. announces his passing from this life on April 8, 2020.

The family and friends of Lenora Dixon Blackwell are mourning the loss of their loved one who was called from this life on April 2, 2020, at the age of 89.

LAKE ARTHUR - As we sit here, pondering the life of Marie Joyce Broussard Monceaux, who passed peacefully into the evening of Thursday, March 26, 2020, a thought comes to mind, over and over again. Eulogies of officials, soldiers, doctors, lawyers, business leaders and many others, all but compose themselves from resumes plush with notable accomplishments. But the life of a simple woman from a small community on a winding bayou in the south of Louisiana has no written ledger to draw upon. No such list of noted accomplishments. Her life speaks to us in other ways.