Gwen Richard Walker

Funeral services for Ms. Gwen Richard Walker, 77, were held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, with Msgr. James Gaddy and Father Keith Pellerin officiating.

Funeral home visitation was held from 2:30-9 p.m. Friday and resumed from 8 a.m. Saturday until the time of service. A Rosary was recited Friday at 6 p.m.

Burial was in Calvary Cemetery under the direction of Miguez Funeral Home of Jennings.

She passed away Jan. 12, 2022, at 5:02 a.m. in a retirement home in Slidell.

She was born Oct. 31, 1944, in Jennings to Murphy and Vivian Ann Richard. After graduating high school, she traveled all over the world setting up computer programs, which she loved. She enjoyed music, the beach and traveling. Her nieces and nephews meant the world to her.

Survivors include her three sisters, Sharon (Jerry) Core of Slidell, Dianna (Chuck) Abell of Welsh and Bernadine (Louis) Trahan of Jennings; her brother, Murphy George Richard, Jr. of Jennings; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Murphy and Vivian Ann Guidry Richard; two sons, Richard and Randall Perry; and a sister, Phyllis Ann Benoit.

Words of comfort may be expressed to the family at www.miguezfuneralhome.com

Published in Jennings Daily News January 19, 2022