Marion B. Hanks-Semar

LAKE ARTHUR - Funeral services for Marion B. Hanks-Semar, 95, of Jennings will be held Wednesday June 19, 2019, at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church at 1 p.m., with Rev. Jay Alexius officiating.

Visitation will begin today, Tuesday, June 18, 2019, from 3-9 p.m. in Miguez Funeral Home Chapel in Lake Arthur and will resume Wednesday from 8 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. A rosary will be recited today, Tuesday, at 6 p.m.

Burial will follow in Shell Beach Cemetery.

Mrs. Hanks-Semar passed away June 15, 2019, at Jeff Davis Living Center in Jennings surrounded by her family. She was born in Shell Beach on Sept. 16, 1923, to Jules and Amy Reese Broussard, Jr. She was a high school graduate and attended Vincent Business College.

Mrs. Hanks-Semar was a charter member of Catholic Daughters of America Court No. 1572, a devoted member of the Ladies Altar Society and a member of the Cajun French Association, as well as the YaYa Widows. She enjoyed dancing, traveling and reading and being with her kids, grandkids and great-grandkids.

She is survived by her sons, Terry (Barbara) Hanks of Sulphur and David (Linda) Hanks of Lake Arthur; one brother, Eldridge Broussard; 10grandchildren; 25 greatgrandchildren; and six great great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands, Amos Hanks and LeeRoy Semar; four sisters, Naomie Broussard, Eupheme Marceaux, Nedia Woods and Rosa May Hardy; and seven brothers, Henry, Charles, George, Maurice, Jules, Reese and Albert Broussard.

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

Published in Jennings Daily News June 18, 2019