Eva Bessard

ABBEVILLE, La. — A Home-going Celebration will be held for Mrs. Eva Marie “Nunie Bessard, 75, the former Eva Marie Coleman at 12 p.m. Saturday, March 16, 2024 at Greater Pleasant Green Baptist Church with Pastor Mideate Derouen, officiating.
She will await the resurrection at Greater Pleasant Green Baptist Church Cemetery.
A gathering of family and friends will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at the church until time of service.
A native and resident of Abbeville, LA. She passed at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 9, 2024 at her residence.
She was a 1969 graduate of James A. Herod High School in Abbeville, LA. In addition, she was employed and retired from Abbeville General Hospital after more than twenty-five years of service. Lastly, she was a member of Greater Pleasant Green Baptist Church.
She leaves to cherish her memory; three step-sons, Hubert Bessard, III (Nita), Terry Bessard, Sr. (Lorraine), and Brad Landry all of Abbeville, LA; three step-daughters, Stephanie Kelly and Huberta Nolan of Houston, TX and Mary Adams (Clavern) of Abbeville, LA; four sisters, Gladys Coleman Briggs, Hattie Coleman , Carolyn Coleman and Audrey Coleman all of Abbeville, LA; two godchildren, Lynette Williams and Jamilah Brown both of Abbeville, LA; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband; Hubert Bessard, Sr.; her parents, Harry Coleman, Sr. and Gladys Francis Coleman; two brothers, Harry Coleman, Jr. and Charles Coleman; stepson, Darryl Bessard; nephew, Karlon Coleman, Sr.; niece, Kim Shelvin and a mother who reared her as a daughter, Victoria Joiner Briggs.
Active Pallbearers will be Kevin Briggs, Kerry Moore, Kelly Coleman, Clavern Adams, Derion Guillory and Gerald Lewis, Jr.
Honorary Pallbearers will be Hubert Bessard, III, Hubert Bessard, Jr., Raymond Broussard, Rodrick Lopez, Kerry Briggs, Kadeylon Coleman, Miquel Comeaux and Lance Brown.
Condolences may be expressed at www.fletcherfuneralhomes.org.
Arrangements are under the direction of Fletcher Funeral Home 1116 Green Street Abbeville, Louisiana 70510 (337)893-2440.