All Obituaries

Funeral services will be held Thursday, July 29, 2021 at 2:00 pm in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Pauline Ann Robin, 71, who passed away July 26, 2021. Steven Bowen will conduct the funeral services. The family will receive visitors on Thursday from 9:00 am until time of service. Survivors include her husband Merlin James Robin; two children, Marie (Chad) Sampy of Scott and Anthony "Tony" (Patty) Robin of Carencro; five grandchildren, Danielle Begley, Courtney...

Thomas (Tom) Russell Will, born on New Year’s Day 1942 in Chicago, Illinois to Sylvia Schultz Will and Albert John Will, joined God in Heaven on July 19, 2021 in Lafayette, La. After graduating from Palatine High School, Palatine, Il., Tom attended Drake University, where in ’64 he earned a degree in Marketing and Communications. In ’68 he joined the U.S. Navy and entered officer candidate school, where he went on to become a Lieutenant in the submarine division based in...

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at 2:30 pm in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Joycie "Joyce" Begnaud, 89, who passed away July 11, 2021. Father Gil Dutel will conduct the funeral services. Melanie Brewer will be the lector, and Jodi Bollich will perform, "Amazing Grace", "Shepherd Me, Oh God," "I Will Never Forget My People", "Make Me A Channel of Your Peace", and "On Eagle's Wings". Interment...

John Barrett Bouy died peacefully Saturday morning July 10th. His father, Melvin Lynn Bouy, his mother Eleanor Lilly Bouy, and his brother William Brooks Bouy would like to thank all of those who have expressed their love. John lived a life larger than most of us dream of. He will live forever in the grace of God and the hearts of his loving family and many friends. He was laid to rest in Lafayette, LA in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens on Wednesday July 14,...

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 7, 2021 at 3:00 pm in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Lionel Malagarie, 69, who passed away July 5, 2021 at his residence. Brother Francis Fontenot will conduct the funeral services. Entombment will be in Sacred Heart of Jesus Cemetery in Broussard following the services.  Visitation will take place Wednesday morning from 9:00 am until service. Survivors include his son, Nicholas Malagarie (Lainey); two sisters, Della Marie...

Funeral services will be held on Monday, June 28, 2021 at 4:00 pm in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Cecilia native Michael George Guidry, 76, who passed away June 24, 2021 at Our Lady of Lourdes Heart Hospital in Lafayette.  Deacon Robert Klingman will conduct the funeral services. Interment will follow in Holy Mary, Mother of God Cemetery in Lafayette, La.  A gathering of family and friends will take place at Walters Funeral Home on Sunday, June 27, 2021 from 2:00...

Graveside services were held on Friday, June 25, 2021 in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens for James Lawrence Walker, who passed away on June 24, 2021. in his home in Butte LaRose, Louisiana, surrounded by family and friends. He was 87 years old.  Known as “Jimmy” and “Jim”, he was born in on June 3, 1934 in Boston, Massachusetts, one of seven children, to Josephine Louise Malone Walker and John Edward Walker.   He is survived by his devoted daughters,...

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, June 28, 2021 at 2:00 pm in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Wesley Ray Rigsby, 32, who passed away on June 23, 2021 in Monroe, La. Father Michael Arnaud will be the celebrant of the funeral mass and will conduct the funeral services. Avia Andrepont and Chuck Aberly will be the lectors, and Jodi Bollich will provide the musical selections. Interment will follow mass in Lafayette Memorial Park.  Survivors include his father,...

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, June 26, 2021 at 10:30 am in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Jeanette Ann Touchet, 76, who passed away June 21, 2021. Father Howard Blessing will be the Celebrant of the funeral mass and will conduct the funeral services. Janie Eatley and David Romero will be the lectors. Musical selections will be sung by Jodi Bollich. Interment will follow the mass in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held Friday between 10:00 am...

A Graveside Service will be held on Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens for George Olan Broussard, Sr., 93, who passed away on Saturday, June 12, 2021.  Rev. Pat Sullivan will officiate the service.  Interment will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. George is survived by his wife of 68 years, Nettie Irwin Broussard of Lafayette;  one daughter, Laura Broussard Guidry of Lafayette;  one son, George Olan Broussard, Jr. and his wife Debra...