Obituaries

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, February 23, 2017, at an 11:00 AM Mass of Christian Burial in Martin & Castille’s La Fleur de Lis Chapel in Lafayette for Richard Charles Ellis, age 65, who passed away at 3:26 AM on Monday February 20, 2017 at his residence in Lafayette.
Inurnment will be in Sts. Peter & Paul Mausoleum in Scott.

ABBEVILLE – A Mass of Christian Burial for Oris James Briggs, Jr. is scheduled for 3:00 P.M. Friday, February 24, 2017 at St. Theresa Catholic Church. Interment will be in St. Paul Cemetery. Father Greg Cormier will be the celebrant.
Oris James Briggs, Jr. (29), a resident of Abbeville, was carried to his final resting place on February 13, 2017 in Kaplan, LA.

January 3, 1933 - February 17, 2017