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JEANERETTE — A Mass of Christian Burial for Mrs. Verna Mae Dubois Sonnier, 83, will be held at 1 p.m., on Saturday, February 1, 2025, at St. John the Evangelist in Jeanerette. Entombment will immediately follow at St. John Mausoleum.
Visitation will be held at 9 a.m., on Saturday, February 1, 2025, at Frioux-David Funeral Home of Jeanerette and continue until the time of service. A recitation of the rosary, led by the Catholic Daughters, will be at 11 a.m.
Mrs. Verna Mae Dubois Sonnier was born on May 21, 1941, and died on January 23, 2025, at her residence. She was 83 years old. She was born in Abbeville, LA and lived in Honolulu, Hawaii for 2 years and moved and resided in Jeanerette. She retired from the Iberia Parish School Board as a bus aide after 24 years. She also retired from the family business at Sonnier’s Cracklings in Jeanerette after 52 plus years. She enjoyed being President of Jeanerette Little League Baseball and Softball over several years. She loved going to the casino and playing cards and dominos with her friends.
She is survived by her daughter, Donna Sonnier Guillotte and her husband Richard, of Jeanerette; her daughter-in-law, Charlotte Comeaux Sonnier, of Jeanerette; her granddaughter, Jill Guillotte Derouen and her husband, Jeffrey, of New Iberia; her grandsons, Tyler M. Sonnier of Houma and his significant other, Samatha Leonard and Jace Guillotte of Jeanerette and his significant other, Heather Picard; her great-granddaughters Amelia, Elise, and Evelyn Derouen of New Iberia; and her brother, Dallas Dubois and his wife Martha of Abbeville.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Neuville J. Sonnier; her sons Mark E. Sonnier and Keith A. Sonnier, her parents, Maurice and Helena Gilbert and Odey Dubois; her Father-in-law and Mother-in-law, Paul and Katherine Sonnier; her brothers, Joseph “Dim” L. Dubois, Lovelace “Shine” Dubois and wife Sable, and Odeon “Blackie” Dubois and his wife Lucille.
Pallbearers will be Richard and Jace Guillotte, Tyler Sonnier, Jeffrey Derouen, Randy and Nathan Dubois. 
Honorary Pallbearers will be Ricky LeBlanc, Isaac Sonnier, Jr., and Dallas Dubois.
Gift bearers will be Amelia, Elise, and Evelyn Derouen.
The family would like to thank Dr. Michelle Menard for caring for Verna for over 10 years. A special thanks to her caregiver, Rosalynn Molison along with Peggy Landry. Also, Nurses Amy and Reese along with CNA, Nichole with Traditions Health Hospice.
Frioux-David Funeral Home, 400 Provost Street, Jeanerette, LA, 337-276-5151, will be handling the arrangements.