All Obituaries

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 12:00 pm on Saturday, November 28, 2020 at St. Genevieve Catholic Church for Gloria Ann Schexnayder Richard, 76, who passed away peacefully at her home in Lafayette on November 23, 2020.  Father Brian Taylor, pastor of St. Genevieve Church, will celebrate the mass and conduct the funeral services. Concelebrant will be Gloria’s brother, Fr. John Gary Schexnayder, and priests of the diocese.  Visitation will be held prior to the mass...

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1:00 pm on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Wade Herman Brignac, 85, who passed away November 23, 2020 at his residence. Father Russell Harrington will be the Celebrant of the funeral Mass and will conduct the funeral services. Holly Hebert and Heather Simon will be the lectors; Chris McGuirt and Jessica Venable will be the gift bearers. Interment will follow the mass in Greenlawn Memorial...

A Liturgy of the Word funeral service will be held Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 3:00 pm in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home Glen P. Huval, 57, who passed away November 16, 2020. Deacon Ken Soignier will conduct the funeral services. Lectors will be Krystal Parrinello and Jamey Domec.Interment will follow the services in Calvary Cemetery. Survivors include his parents, Maisie and Lines Huval; his sister Carolyn H. McBride and her husband Tim; two nieces, Krystal Parrinello and...

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 12, 2020 in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Percy Ortego, 94, who passed away on Monday, November 9, 2020.  Deacon Ken Soignier will officiate the services.  Interment will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation hours will be observed on Thursday, November 12, 2020 from 11:00 a.m. until time of service at 2:00 p.m.  A rosary will be prayed on Thursday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. Percy...

********************************* Funeral services will be streamed via Zoom starting at 1:15 pm on Wednesday. Click here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81572817908?pwd=SHRjaWxWUUZUb3dHbDdHWUwxMzFyUT09 Meeting ID: 815 7281 7908 Passcode: 573067 ********************************* A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1:30 pm on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Juanita T. Sonnier, 68, who passed away November 7, 2020. Reverend Brian...

Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 pm on Tuesday, November 10, 2020 in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Barbara H. Roy, 80, who passed away November 6, 2020. Deacon Nelson Schexnayder will conduct the funeral services. Interment will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. Visitation will be held on Tuesday between 9:00 am - 1:00 pm at Walters Funeral Home. Survivors include her two sons, Kevin Daniel Roy and his fiancée Sherri Pitre, and John Robert Roy and...

BENICIA, CALIFORNIA --  Shirley Johnson died peacefully in her sleep Friday, November 6, 2020 in the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Martha J. and Michael Trahan. Local services are pending at this time. She was the only child born to the late Milton St. Martin of New Iberia and the late Lucille Monlezun of Lake Arthur. She married to Godfrey “Red” Johnson, Jr. November 8, 1946. He proceeded her in death January 12, 1978. She is survived by two sons, Gregory Martin...

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Joseph “J.C.” Benoit, 79, who passed away on Monday, October 26, 2020 at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette.  Deacon Ken Soignier will officiate the funeral ceremony.  Interment will be in Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery in Scott, LA. Visitation hours will be held on Thursday, October 29, 2020 from 10:00 a.m. until time of...

Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, October 24, 2020 in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home in Lafayette, La. for Clara Mae L. Burke, 80.  Mrs. Burke, a resident of Breaux Bridge, LA, passed away Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 7:02 a.m. in the comfort of her home. Jeff Ables, Pastor of Crossroads Church in Lafayette, will conduct the services. Following the services she will be laid to rest in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. Visiting hours be observed Saturday from...

Justin Payne Duke, 86, passed away peacefully in Lafayette on October 14, 2020. A private ceremony will be held on Saturday, October 17, 2020 at Walters Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. Justin was born in Old London, Tex., and lived in Jena, La. where he started working in the oil field as a young boy. He enlisted in the United States Navy at 17 and served for six years as a parachute rigger. He moved to Lafayette in 1967, where he owned and operated Duke...