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Maurice distributing COVID tests while supplies last

Wed, 01/19/2022 - 10:26am

MAURICE — The Vermilion Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness has provide the Village of Maurice at home COVID test kits for distribution to residents of Maurice and the surrounding Vermilion Parish rural areas.
The test can be obtained at Maurice City Hall between the hours of 9 a.m. to noon, and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday through Friday. Tests are available while supplies last.
“More test should be received over the next two weeks,” Maurice Mayor Wayne Theriot said. “Please limit your request to one per person needing a test due to symptoms.”

Sixth grade students (right) read prayers at different stations Friday morning.

Vermilion Catholic holds Pro Life Walk, Mass for Life

Wed, 01/19/2022 - 9:33am

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Last Friday, the 6th grade students at Vermilion Catholic hosted an inaugural VC Pro Life Walk and Mass for Life for 7th through 12th grades. January, commonly known as the Sanctity of Human Life Month, brings about wonderful opportunities to participate in the Pro Life movement in the Catholic Church because of the historical anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the legalization of abortion passed in 1973.
Beginning in the VC Auditorium, students started by recognizing that “the Gospel of Life” is at the heart of Jesus’ saving message to the world, calling us to respect, defend, and promote the dignity of all human persons at every moment and in every condition of that person’s life. The students stopped at four prayer stations along the walk, each representing a different facet of the pro life movement. Students were asked to walk prayerfully in silence, stopping at each station where the 6th grade class led a guided reading and prayer. The stations included intentions for the Elderly and Dying, the Poor and Vulnerable, Individuals with Disabilities, and the Unborn, as well as Mothers uncertain about pregnancy.
Through the reflections at each station, students called to mind the importance of justice and human rights for all people – the right to life, which is the most basic and fundamental right and the condition for all other personal rights; the right to health care; the right to food and shelter; and the right to work. The walk today reminded students to continue to be vocal advocates for the unborn, the immigrant, the refugee and the poor, remembering that Jesus came to heal the brokenhearted.
The walk concluded with a Mass for Life at St. Mary Magdalen celebrated by Fr. Louis Richard, Chancellor of Vermilion Catholic.

An old tree stump, located at the corner of the I.J. Joiner Street and Greene Street, again served as the location for the annual Stump Service in Abbeville.

Minister Dwayne Briggs speaks during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Stump Service in Abbeville.

Attendees walk from Greater Pleasant Green Baptist Church to the corner of I.J. Joiner Street and Greene Street to take part in Monday morning’s Stump Service. in Abbeville.

Crowd gathers to hear message at Stump Service in Abbeville

Wed, 01/19/2022 - 9:23am

Monday morning brought some cold temperatures.
That didn’t keep a fired-up crowd from taking part in a long-standing Martin Luther King Jr. Day tradition in Abbeville.
More than two dozen gathered at the corner of I.J. Joiner Street and Greene Street to participate in the annual Stump Service.
Minister Dwayne Briggs of Greater Pleasant Green Baptist Church told those in attendance that service is an important word to remember on a day that honors Dr. King.
“It is about service,” Briggs said. “It is to be a day of service. So, yes, we do celebrate, but there is work yet to be done.”
That work can be built on the melding of individual dreams.
“I have a dream, and you have a dream,” Briggs said, echoing Dr. King. “We all have a dream. We can dream together.
“My dream should not conflict with your dream on this morning.”
Briggs said dreams are important because of the mind’s strength.
“Your mind is so strong,” Briggs said, “that whatever you are dealing with during the day, when the Lord allows you to go to sleep at night, you will find yourself dreaming about it.”
Briggs urged those in attendance not to ignore dreams, even if they lead the dreamer in an unfamiliar direction.
“Trust the word of God,” Briggs said. “He instructs us. Our dreams may take us from our comfort zone. You may have to make some decisions concerning your priorities.
“You have to go get up out of your comfort zone.”
That does not mean the journey will remain uncomfortable.
“Whatever it is that God has planted on the inside of you,” Briggs said, “he will see it to fruition. So it behooves us to keep the faith and not be weary.”
Briggs ended with words of encouragement.
“Keep your hope on things that are eternal,” Briggs said.
Abbeville High head football coach Roderick Moy served along with Mayor Mark Piazza as the co-Grand Marshal of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day motorcade in Abbeville. Moy attended the Stump Service, where he left encouraged.
“It’s an honor to be associated with a program honoring Dr. King,” Moy said. “I’m not the head coach and athletic director at Abbeville without the works of Dr. King. The events I have taken part in this weekend have been tremendous.
“Today’s service was fantastic. The message and turnout were great.”
Moy said he wants to bring positive energy to those around him, including his players.
“The youth have the energy to effect change,” Moy said. “We’re trying to bring the message from something like this to them, and marry that with their youthful energy.
“Hopefully, it creates a better Abbeville.”

Louise Theriot Libersat

Wed, 01/19/2022 - 9:18am

ERATH – A Mass of Christian Burial for Mrs. Louise Theriot Libersat, 104, will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 20, 2022 at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church with Fr. Andre Metrejean officiating.
Visitation will be held at David Funeral Home of Erath on Thursday, January 20, 2022 from 9:00AM until the time of the services with a recitation of the rosary at 11:00AM.
A native and resident of Henry, Mrs. Louise died at 7:46PM on Sunday, January 16, 2022 at Abbeville General Hospital. She was a member of St. John’s Ladies Altar Society and was known for driving a school bus for may years. She also sewed and ironed for family and friends; enjoyed being outdoors; and like reading the newspaper.
She is survived by two sons, Nolan Libersat of Abbeville and Gerald Libersat and his wife Beverly of Erath; a daughter, Gayle Montet of Erath; a sister, Louella Mouton; eight grandchildren, Pam Libersat, John Libersat, Gerard Libersat, Katrina Hadwin, Kim Libersat, Tony Libersat, Claire Hughes, and Beth Montet; nineteen great grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Libersat; her parents, Elmic and Celima Saurez Theriot; an infant daughter, Olivia Libersat; a daughter in law, Helen Libersat; a son in law, Lee Arron Montet; a brother, Emick Theriot, and a sister, Stella Menard.
Serving as pallbearers will be John Libersat, Cameron Libersat, Beth Montet, Pam Libersat, Tony Libersat, and Kim Libersat.
Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Gerard Libersat, Makaeli Pillette, Makenzi Pillette, Jeremy Libersat, Zachary Sonnier, and DesRae Davidson.
You may sign the guest register book and express condolences online at www.davidfuneralhome.org
David Funeral Home of Erath at 209 E. Putnam St. (337)937-0405 will be handling the arrangements.

Dana Burt

Wed, 01/19/2022 - 9:16am

July 13, 1970 ~ January 14, 2022

KAPLAN — Memorial services will be held at 5:00 PM on Friday, January 21, 2022 at Vincent Funeral Home - Kaplan honoring the life of Dana Burt, 51, who died Friday, January 14, 2022, with Reverend Todd Finley officiating the services.
He is survived by his fiancée, Shelli Koch of Kaplan; his son, Lucas Burt of Kaplan; his daughter, MacKenzie Thomas of Kaplan; and his two brothers, Scotty Hyatt of Abbeville and Troy Burt of FL.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Mary Suire; and his sister, Brenda Jones.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Kaplan, 300 N. Eleazar Ave., on Friday, January 21, 2022 from 9:00 AM until the time of the services at 5:00 PM.
All funeral arrangements are being conducted by Vincent Funeral Home of Kaplan, (337) 643-7276 [Service Information 225-5276]. Condolences may be sent to the Burt family at www.vincentfuneralhome.net.

Lizzie Mae Durall-Hawkins

Wed, 01/19/2022 - 9:14am

ABBEVILLE – A Celebration of Life for Lizzie Mae Durall-Hawkins was held on Saturday, January 15, in the chapel of Kinchen Funeral Home.
Burial took place in St. Paul Cemetery.
Lizzie Mae Hawkins (90), a long-time resident of Abbeville passed away Friday, January 7, 2022 in Houston, Texas.
She leaves to mourn her passing, two daughters, JoAnn O’Neal (Waddell) of Houston, TX; Hattie Minor of Abbeville, LA; and one son, Alvin Hawkins; eight grandchildren, twenty-six great-grandchildren; eleven great-great-grandchildren and a host of other nieces, nephews, realtives and friends.
She is preceded in death by her sons, Clifton Hawkins, Paul Percy Hawkins and Michael Larry Hawkins.
Kinchen Funeral Home – 218 N. St. Valerie Street (337) 898-9595 – is in charge of final arrangements. Additionally, condolences to the family may be expressed on its website at: www.kinchenfuneralhome.com.

Dennis “Tattoo” Joseph Hollier

Tue, 01/18/2022 - 4:38pm

A Mass of Chrisitan Burial will be celebrated for Dennis “Tattoo” Joseph Hollier on Thursday, January 20, 2022 at 10:00 am at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church. He will be laid to rest at Our Lady of the Lake Cemetery.
A gathering of family and friends will be held on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 from 4:00 pm until 10:00 pm with a Rosary at 6:30 pm. The funeral home will reopen on Thursday at 8:00 am until 9:30 am.
A loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend passed away on Saturday, January 15, 2022 at his residence. He was 64.
Dennis was born on February 20, 1957, in Abbeville, LA to the late Lennis and Mae Trahan Hollier. He was a great man of many trades. He loved spending time with his wife and daughters, but had a love for his grandchildren that was undeniable.
Tattoo enjoyed spending time outdoors, his ultimate job as a shrimper was a dream come true when he purchased the “Daddy’s Angel’s” shrimp boat. When not on the water he could be found at the camp where he also got to enjoy hunting and boucheries.
Up until the end he was racing his grandsons on his lawn mower and them on their power wheels or four wheeler.
He will be missed dearly and his family and friends will cherish the time spent together and the memories that were made.
He is survived by his loving wife of 46 years, Janet Suire Hollier of Erath; two daughters, Amanda Hollier Laviolette and Jennifer Rene Hollier (Antonio Rashad Walters); beloved grandchildren, Trinity Laviolette; Jordan Xavier Walters; Isaiah Joseph Walters and Reign Andrei Hollier all of Erath; and his siblings, James Norman and wife Doreen; Donald Hollier and wife Kathy all of New Iberia and Sandy Hollier Duplantis of Delcambre.
Along with his parents he is preceded in death by his grandparents, Feragus and Andrea Badeaux Hollier and Edith Trahan; one brother, Julius Joseph Hollier; brother in law, Earl Duplantis; godchild, Jamie Lee Suire and his niece Julia Norman.
Pallbearers will be Amanda Hollier Laviolette; Randall Delcambre, Jr., Antonio Walters, Stacey “Fred” Hebert, Donovan Hollier and Damian Hollier. Honorary pallbearers will be Jordan Walters, Isaiah Walters, Reign Hollier and Trinity Laviolette.
To view the on-line obituary and sign the guest register, please visit www.evangelinefuneralhome.com.
Evangeline Funeral Homes, Inc. of Delcambre is in charge of arrangements.

City of Kaplan will distribute COVID tests Tuesday afternoon

Tue, 01/18/2022 - 11:13am

KAPLAN — Mayor Mike Kloesel announced that the City of Kaplan has acquired some COVID tests from the Vermilion Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness.
The city will be distributing the tests today, Jan. 19, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. today at Clement Park.
Kloesel urged people to “please only come to pick up a test if you or someone in your household needs to be tested for COVID.
“We should be receiving tests once a week so there is no need to come get one without the need to be tested,” Kloesel said.
Instructions for picking up tests:
DRIVE THRU ONLY - STAY IN VEHICLE
YOU MUST SHOW PROOF OF BEING A RESIDENT INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS OF KAPLAN.
1 BOX OF TESTS PER ADDRESS (2 tests per box)

Frances “Frankie” Jester Landry

Tue, 01/18/2022 - 9:18am

ERATH – Funeral services for Frances “Frankie” Jester Landry, 77, will be held Tuesday January 18, 2022 at 3:00 PM in David Funeral Home of Erath, with Pastor Lane Payne, Pastor of New Life Church in Abbeville officiating.
Visitation will be held Tuesday January 18, 2022 from 9:00 AM until time of service. Burial will follow in LeBlanc Cemetery.
Frances was a native of Hathaway LA and a resident of Erath, she was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and will be missed by all. Frances passed away Saturday January 15, 2022 at a Lafayette Hospital.
Survivors include her husband Andrew Landry; daughters Dawn Landry and Danette L. Gambrill; her grandchildren Ashley G. Franks, Drew Gambrill, Thomas Gambrill and Christian Landry; great grandchildren Bentley, Caroline, and Holland Franks; sister Elaine Browning.
Frances was preceded in death by her parents Jack and Cecile Thibodeaux Jester; two sisters Laura Rose Dupuis, and Portia Jester; and two brothers Scott Jester, and James Jester Jr.
Serving as pallbearers will be Paul, Drew and Thomas Gambrill, Keith Dupuis, Tony Browning, and Clint Saucier; honorary pallbearers will be Jay Jester, Christian Landry, Warren Alpha Jr., and Robert Jester.
Condolences may be sent to the Landry family at www.davidfuneralhome.org
David Funeral Home 209 E. Putnam St. 337-937-0405 is in charge of arrangements.

Paul Roy Eleazar “Deacon Paul”

Fri, 01/14/2022 - 10:44am

January 25, 1927 ~ January 11, 2022

“Be Kind Be Kind Be Kind”

KAPLAN — A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church honoring the life of Deacon Paul Roy Eleazar, 94, who died Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at his residence. He will be laid to rest at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Cemetery with Reverend Mark Miley officiating the services. Serving as pallbearers will be Gray Erwin, Nicholas Erwin, Michael Herpin, Doug McGee, Herschel Reaux and Freddie Paul Sonnier. Honorary pallbearers will be Jeff Gueno, Ed Villien and Henri Deshotels.
The utterance of the name of Deacon Paul Roy Eleazar elicits an immediate smile from everyone who simply thinks of him. When he walked down the streets of Kaplan, he spoke to each of us with that incredibly warm manner, his kind word, and heart-felt compliments. He lived in Kaplan all of his life, we were all drawn to him as he was to us. His achievements and contributions to our community were many. His idea of service to mankind was unsurpassed. We have benefited from them over the years and will continue to bask in them for years to come. In his younger years, he was active in the Rotary Club, American Legion, Kaplan Housing Authority Board, Acadiana Health Planning Council, Maltrait Memorial School Board, Holy Rosary and Cabrini Parish Council, Knights of Columbus, Vermilion Parish School Board of Realtors, Kaplan Bi-Racial Committee, Lions Club, Holy Rosary Church catechism instruction and Louisiana tourism. His community leadership was particularly recognized by the Chez Elles, who bestowed upon him the “Citizen of the Year” award in 1978. Most of his successful business career was spent in real estate and insurance. Even with a busy schedule, his office on Main Street was always a meeting place and a haven in the storm for the many who visited there. He continued to influence our professional community as a past Chairman and Board Member of the Vermilion Bank and Trust Company. Rolling the clock backward, he worked diligently with his father, Paul Eleazar and other prominent business leaders to open the second bank in Kaplan in 1958, now Vermilion Bank. His love of his fellow man and his love of God and his many years of service to both culminated in a bid for the Catholic Permanent Deaconate. After three years of study, he was ordained a Permanent Deacon in 1983. He became known as Deacon Paul. He served as a Deacon for 23 years. Throughout the years, he touched many lives. He delivered thousands of homilies, always working to make them full of spiritual guidance while still being short and to the point (Dot would have it no other way). His extensive research and voracious appetite for reading and current events resulted in these strong messages that tremendously impacted the people of this community in their search for hope, strength, and closeness to God. They asked him so many times for specific passages and quotes from his teaching that he has now compiled a booklet of his most requested and his favorite excerpts. In addition, a Nashville artist was so inspired by the words in this booklet that he created a series of unique paintings around these passages using Deacon Paul’s exact handwriting. His home, just off Main Street, has always been a beacon for visitors young and old. All who entered there left refreshed and revived from the unsurpassed hospitality of Paul and his wife of 64 years, Dot, who preceeded him in death. It would be difficult to find a warmer or more inviting Cajun home than theirs. If you just met them for the first time, you were their friend for life. There were not many people in Kaplan who did not receive meals when they were ill, encouraging visits and phone calls when they were down and out, or benefited from hospital visits when their loved ones needed it. Deacon Paul was first and foremost an adoring family man, doting on his three children, four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The words that describe his virtues are never strong enough. He was compassionate to a fault, tender and warm to a gifted degree, incredibly humble, the epitome of a southern gentleman. He was intensely passionate while still being cautious. He was pragmatic and dogmatically thoughtful. The Kaplan community was indeed blessed to have among them such a beautiful spirit in this man we loved and respected Deacon Paul. He leaves the words “be kind, be kind, be kind” with all of us.
He is survived by his three children, Paula, David (Janet) and Gene (Rhonda); his four grandchildren, Nicole (Ryan), Camille (Austin), Bailey and Sophie; and four great grandchildren, Gray, Emi, Nicholas and Vivienne. He also has an extremely large extended family of relatives who all remained so close that they could have all been brothers and sisters. His friends were countless; they were both local and far away, but all were made to feel that they are first in his heart.
In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made to the Le Musee' De Kaplan in Deacon Paul’s name.
There will be no following reception due to covid precautions.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church, 600 N. Church Avenue, on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 from 12:30 PM until the time of the services at 2:00 PM with a rosary being prayed at 1:00 PM. A celebration of life will be held at a later date.
All funeral arrangements are being conducted by Vincent Funeral Home of Kaplan, (337) 643-7276 [Service Information 225-5276]. Condolences may be sent to the Eleazar family at www.vincentfuneralhome.net.

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