Yolanda Zanetta Mouton Briggs
ABBEVILLE, La. — Funeral Services will be held for Mrs. Yolanda Zanetta Mouton Briggs, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 28, 2023 at Briggs United
Methodist Church in Abbeville with Rev Darrel Briggs, Sr. officiating.
Burial will follow in St. Paul Cemetery.
Yolanda transitioned from this life on Saturday, October 21, 2023.
Yolanda Zanetta Mouton was born 21 June 1964 in Lafayette, Louisiana to Roy Wendell Mouton Sr. and Perilla Ellen Hardy, raised in Intracoastal City, Louisiana then moved to Abbeville, Louisiana. She attended Seventh Ward Elementary and Abbeville High School. She also worked at the Fruit of The Loom factory before it closed.
Lovingly known as “Yoyo”, everyone was drawn by her beautiful smile, enthusiastic love of life and laughter. She will be remembered for many things: her open heart, amazing courage and the love that she exhibited to all, especially the love she had for her family. She was united in Holy Matrimony to Barry Briggs for 40 years. They were blessed with two children and two Grandchildren. She leaves to cherish her memory a devoted and caring husband, Barry Briggs, Two sons; Skyler Briggs, Jacob Briggs; Granddaughters: Skyla Briggs, Kialah Briggs; a loving mother, Perilla Ellen Hardy Mouton of Abbeville; supporting Mother-in-Law and Father-in-Law, Shirley and Leroy Briggs of Abbeville; five sisters, Juanita Allison (Uzziah Zee) of Pensacola, FL, Dianne M. Landry (Richard Deacon , Sr.), Marilyn J. Briggs (Brandon, Sr.), Tina J. Mouton, and Loretta Mouton and her fiancé Kent Vincent, all of Abbeville; Godchildren; Brandon Briggs Jr., Rechelle Landry, Taron Landry; eight nephews; nine nieces; numerous great-nieces and great-nephews; her aunts, Maebelle Valcin of Port Arthur, TX and Mary Ann Mouton of Abbeville.
Yolanda was preceded in death by her father, Roy Wendell Mouton, Sr.; her brothers, Roy Wendell Mouton, Jr. and Arthur Esaw Mouton; maternal grandparents, Arthur and Ellen Hardy; and her paternal grandparents, Esaw Sr. and Esther Mouton; her aunts, Jeanette Coleman, Ether Mae Fenton, and Clara Mouton, Teresa Cooper; her uncles, Esaw Mouton Jr., James Mouton and her nephew, Joshua L’Roy Briggs.
Pallbearers will be Brandon Briggs, Jr., Jacob Briggs, Skyler Briggs, Richard Landry, Jr., Aaron Ballard and Justin Ballard. Honorary pallbearers will be Richard Landry, Sr., Brandon Briggs, Sr., Spencer Nunez Sr., Wayne Briggs, Albert Jackson, Jr., Tyrek Landry , Kaigen Pillette, Uzziah Allison, Kent Vincent, Rickey Menard and Arris Wiltz.
Kinchen Funeral Home of Abbeville, 218 N State St., (337) 898-9595, is in charge of the arrangements.