Obituaries

Lee Mandell Benoit

Graveside services for Lee Mandell Benoit, 79, of Jennings will be held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cemetery Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, at noon, with Father Jude Fernando officiating.

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Helen Aline Wardell

Helen Aline Wardell was born Dec. 5, 1936, to Henry Inman and Auddie Mae Morgan.

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Elvie Abshire Leger

Elvie Abshire Leger, born May 21, 1927, reached her final destination Friday, Dec. 11, 2020.

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A Mass of Christian burial was held Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, at 2 p.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Evangeline for Randy Keith Klumpp, 64, who died Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, at 9 p.m. Fr. Paul LaFleur, pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church, will officiate for the services.

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Elvie Abshire Leger

Elvie Abshire Leger, born May 21, 1927, reached her final destination Friday, Dec. 11, 2020.

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Randy Keith Klumpp

A Mass of Christian burial will be held today, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, at 2 p.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Evangeline for Randy Keith Klumpp, 64, who died Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, at 9 p.m. Fr. Paul LaFleur, pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church, will officiate for the services.

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John Winston Smith

Funeral services for John Winston Smith will be held at Matthews and Son Funeral Home in Jennings at 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, with Frankie Ardoin officiating.

Visitation will be held at the funeral home Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, from 9:30 a.m. until the time of his funeral services.

John will be laid to rest in Greenwood Cemetery following his service.

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George W. Louviere, Jr.

George W. Louviere Jr., 93 years young, passed away Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, in Lake Charles after a short illness.

His funeral service will be held in Welsh at a time yet to be determined.

George was born Sept. 19, 1927, in Welsh to the late George W. Sr. and Iris Louviere. He attended school in Welsh and after serving in the Merchant Marines at the end of WWII, he married Rose Newman. They were happily married for over 65 years before she passed in 2013.