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ABBEVILLE – Funeral services for Judith “Judy” Bouillion Theall, 80, will be held Thursday September 9, 2021 at 1:00 PM in Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, with Father Andre Metrejean officiating.
Visitation will be held Wednesday September 8, 2021, from 11:00 AM until 9:00 PM and will continue Thursday from 8:00 AM until time of services. Burial will be held in Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Cemetery.
Judy was a native of Erath and a resident of Abbeville, she loved playing bingo and going to the casino, but her greatest joy was spending time with her family and friends. Judy passed away Sunday September 5, 2021 at Abbeville General Hospital.
Judy is survived by her husband Lovelace Theall Jr., her daughters Nancy Trahan, Elizabeth Theall, Claudina Theall, Janette Stutes, and Mildred Theall; her sons Luis Theall, Robert Theall, Jose Theall, Lovelace Theall III, Timothy Poirier, and Ivy Poirier; twenty seven grandchildren, and thirty three great grandchildren. She is also survived by her sisters Sue Brown, Belinda LaSalle, and Vivian Blake; and her brother Roland Bouillion.
Judy was preceded in death by her parents Octavie and Lilly Richard Bouillion; granddaughter Victoria Theall; great grandson Iain Chauvin; brother Curtis Bouillion; and grandson in law Christopher Chauvin.
Serving as pallbearers will be Lovelace Theall III, Luis Theall, Jose Theall, Ivy Poirier, Timothy Poirier, and Michael Theall; honorary pallbearer will be Jason LaSalle.
Condolences may be sent to the Theall family at www.davidfuneralhome.com
To help the community stay safe we will honor the August 1, 2021 Louisiana Mandates.  All families and their guests are required to wear a face-covering while at the funeral home and church. Thank you for your understanding during this unprecedented time.
David Funeral Home 2600 Charity St. 337-893-3777 is in charge of arrangements.

The word “Pee-Zee” kept being said on the sideline by the Kaplan Pirates when they were on offense.
Then, in the second half, “Pee-Zee” was said again and again.
The translation of “Pee-Zee” was short for Campisi, Kaplan’s running back, Caden Campisi.
His teammates said his nickname a lot because he carried the pigskin 37 times in Kaplan’s 20-14 win over the Class 4A North Vermilion Patriots on Friday.
He carried it 18 times in the first half and 19 times in the second half.
Kaplan head coach Cory Brodie had a simple game-plan in the second half - hand the ball off to Campisi and let him produce yards.
In the second half, he carried the ball 19 out of Kaplan’s 23 plays. It was not uncommon for him to get seven consecutive handoffs when Kaplan was moving the football.
He even had a 47-yard kick-off run in the first half that set up Kaplan’s second touchdown of the game.
With 37 carries, plus running back kick-offs, did he get tired at any time in the game?
“I was tired, but I could not show it on the field,” said Campisi said. “I did not want the coach to take me out of the game if I showed I was tired.”
The big game-winning drive was at the start of the fourth quarter. After holding NV on four straight plays, the Pirates got the ball back at its 43-yard line to start the quarter.
They ran off 17 straight plays, and Campisi carried the football on 10 of those 17 plays. His number, 36, was called on twice on a fourth-down and one on the drive.
“I could not have done it without my offensive line,” said Campisi. “They made room for me to run through.”
After getting a first down on the 8, it took Kaplan only two plays to punch it in. While Campisi did not score that touchdown, he did help. Kaplan quarterback Grant Campbell snuck the ball up the middle, and Campisi helped push Campbell through the hole for a touchdown with 3:11 left in the game.
Kaplan head coach Cory Brodie loved watching Campisi run through the holes the offensive line created.
“It got to a point where we had to start playing Kaplan football,” said Brodie. “Caden works hard for us. Our offensive line has been getting criticism for not being a big offensive line like in the past. We came out and proved a lot to today.”

Vermilion Catholic had the best start possible against Catholic High Friday night.
On the Panthers’ first possession of the game, Vermilion Catholic blocked a punt, and Travin Moore recovered it in the endzone for a touchdown and a quick 6-0 lead.
Even the missed extra-point after wasn’t too much of a letdown for the Eagles against the Panthers.
“Great job by our kids coming out on fire and making a big play early and getting that touchdown for us,” VC coach Broc Prejean said.
It was so big that Catholic High coach Scott Wattigny could feel it on the other sideline.
“You could just sense the momentum draining from our side and going to their side,” the Catholic High coach said. “That was a huge play for them.”
But something strange happened after that.
Despite the first big play going against them, Catholic High regrouped and came back right at VC while the Eagles seemed not to be able to take advantage of their good fortune to open the game.
The Panthers’ offense started clicking, and the Eagles’ offense never could get going and the result was Catholic High coming away with a 21-6 win to open the season as VC fell to 0-1.
The VC offense, which lit up scoreboards last season, was held to 12 yards rushing and only 38 yards passing in the game.
“A lot of that had to do with Catholic High,” Prejean said. “They had a good game plan, and they have some tough kids.
“We kept our defense on the field too much. As a result, we couldn’t move the chains on offense. But that’s stuff we have to work on. We know that it’s a work in progress.”
Marco Austin did most of the damage for Catholic High as the senior running back rushed for 169 yards on 24 carries and senior K.K. Reno scored all three touchdowns for the Panthers (1-0).
VC’s offense, on the other hand, couldn’t get going.
Quarterback Jonathan Dartez completed only 5-of-24 passes and rushed for 10 yards. Andre´ Poirrier rushed 10 times for 5 yards, and Chris LeMeunier had two catches for 39 yards.
But the Eagles’ only ran 46 offensive plays and held the ball for only 16 minutes in the game.
By contrast, Catholic High ran 68 plays and had the ball for more than 30 minutes.
“There are plays out there to be made, and that’s what we told the kids,” Prejean said. “The film is going to be a lot better than the field is. We need to make those plays.”
The Eagles almost made another great play just before halftime.
Vermilion Catholic blocked a Catholic High field goal, and the ball was picked up by Jake Lege, who took it downfield but was tackled at the two-yard line, just missing on another special teams touchdown on the night.
Prejean said he told the kids to put it behind them and get ready for Opelousas Catholic next week.
“That’s all there is to it,” the VC coach said. “Teams around here are going to see this and smell a little bit of blood in the water, and we have to respect that and understand that, and we have to look inward and make ourselves better.”
Prejean did have praise for two defensive linemen who played hard all game against the CHS rushing attack.
“They wore us down,” Prejean said. “Hats off to our two big boys (Will Allen and Zaine Campbell) for stepping up and playing the entire game essentially.
“I was real pleased with that. They will only get bigger and stronger as the season goes.”

ERATH – A Mass of Christian Burial for Ms. Kathleen Kirkconnell, 63, will be held at 1:00PM on Wednesday, September 8, 2021, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church with Fr. Andre Metrejean officiating. Interment will follow at The LeBlanc Cemetery.
Visitation will be held at David Funeral Home of Erath on Tuesday, September 7, 2021, from 4:00PM until 9:00PM with a recitation of the rosary at 7:00PM. Visitation will resume on Wednesday, September 8, 2021, from 8:00AM until the time of the services.
Born in Port Isabelle, TX and a resident of Erath, Ms. Kathleen died at 2:00AM on Saturday, September 4, 2021, at Lafayette Extended Care.
She is survived by her son, Ryan Kirkconnell, and his wife Crystal of Erath; Her Parents, Clovis and Stella Badon Stoute; three brothers, John Stoute, Tony Stoute, and Martin Stoute; three sisters, Theresa Stoute, Rita Moss, and Gwen Bodin; three grandchildren, Chelsie Kirkconnell and her fiancé Taylor Broussard, William Kirkconnell, and Sadie Kirkconnell; and two great grandchildren, Whitley Broussard, and Walker Broussard.
Serving as pallbearers will be A. J. Moss, Riley Moss, Tate Bodin, Sean Bodin, Justin Punch and David Hebert.
To help keep the community safe we will honor all Louisiana Mandates, all families and their guest are required to wear a face covering while at the funeral home and church. Thankyou for your understanding during this unprecedented time.
David Funeral Home of Erath, 209 E. Putnam Street, 337-937-0405 is in charge of arrangements.