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December 11, 1933 ~ June 13, 2021

ABBEVILLE — Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM on Saturday, June 26, 2021 at St. Mary Congregational Church honoring the life of Loren Elson Scott, Sr., 87, who died Sunday, June 13, 2021 at his residence. He will be laid to rest at Prairie Cemetery.
Active pallbearers are as follows Maurice D. Applewhite, Keith Scott, Jaylen E. Swann, Brian Leonard, John Allen Landry, Harry Boudreaux and David “CJ” Broussard. Honorary pallbearers are Robert Lee Scott, Herman L. Scott, Loren Scott Jr., Andrew Scott, Steven Scott, Edwin Scott, Anthony Scott, Wayne Scott, Terry Scott and James J. Scott.
Loren Elson Scott was born December 11, 1933, by midwife to the union of Doctor Loren Scott and Mary Lizzie Veney of Beverlyville, Virginia. As a young boy his father took him and his older brother to work with him on fishing vessels for Menhaden Fishery, better known as “Pogie Fishing.”
As he quickly learned the trade his dream was to become a captain someday. Later in life this dream became a reality as he worked his way up from a crewmember, to mate, then finally “Captain.” Loren studied at home with his wife to earn his United States Coast Guard Merchant Marine Officer Master License and became known as “Captain Scottie.”
As a young man Loren accepted Christ and joined Shiloh Baptist Church of Burgess, Virginia where he served until his work took him to Intracoastal City, in Abbeville. Years later, he met and married his now ex-wife who is a member of the St. Mary Congregational Church. Attending church with her Loren fell in love with the church and served there for the last 45 plus years of his life. His love for St. Mary took charge, and he began singing in the church choir. Later, he became a deacon in the church and a member of the Board of Trustees. He worked faithfully alongside his fellow deacons with love and passion for his church and pastor. Scottie worked until his health failed him. Scottie’s passion was his children and the church. “There isn’t nothing I wouldn’t do to help better or keep the doors of this church open!” he would often say. Scottie took his positions in church very seriously. If you happen to become a new member here at the church, he made it his business to get to know you and try to find a position or job for you to do in order to keep you here as an active member. He loved dearly the dance ministry and the youth of the church.
Loren Elson Scott was called from labor to reward on Sunday, June 13, 2021.
He leaves to cherish his sweet memories (2) brothers, Herman Lorenzo Scott (Elizabeth) of Heathsville, VA., and Robert Lee Scott of Washington D.C.; (1) sister Mary S. Betts-Dawson (Walter) of Heathsville, VA.; (2) aunts, Almeta V. Wood of Ellicott City, MD., and Perlina V. Cockrell of Edwardsville, VA., (2) sisters-in-law, Estelle, and Connie Scott; (16) children, Loren Scott Jr. (Ella) of Windsor Mill, MD., Paulette S. Levine of Abbeville, Gale S. Wakeel of Richmond, VA., Valarie S. Hooper of Heathsville, VA., Edwin Scott of Upper Marlboro, MD., Wayne Scott of Washington D.C., Tammy S. Daniels (Asa) of Waldorf, MD., Tony Scott, of Germantown, MD., Terry Scott, James Scott (Maranda), and Consuela Scott all of Abbeville, LA., Marlo L. Miller, (Daughter-in-law, Amber) of Tacoma, Washington, Melissa S. Meeks (Timothy) of Norfolk, VA., Mary S. Applewhite (Maurice) of Fort Campbell, Kentucky; 50 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; 12 great-great-grandchildren; a beloved special friend and former-wife, Pauline Scott Landry; and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends who will miss him dearly.
He is preceded in death by his father, Doctor Loren Scott; mother, Mary Lizzie Veney Scott; (1) brother, James Odell Scott; (1) sister, Geraldine Holmes; (1) daughter, Katherine “Kathy,” Scott; and step-daughter, Martha Mouton; and (2) grandchildren.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville, 209 S. St. Charles St., on Saturday, June 26, 2021 from 9:00 AM until 12:45 PM when the procession will depart for the church.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.vincentfuneralhome.net.
All funeral arrangements are being conducted by Vincent Funeral Home of Abbeville, (337) 893-4661.

ABBEVILLE — A Home-going celebration for Ms. Carolyn Bolden 54, will be held at 11:00AM on Saturday, June 26, 2021 at Lighthouse for Jesus Ministry, with Bishop Donnie Bolden Sr., Pastor and Bishop Albert Shelvin, eulogist.
She will await her resurrection at Saint Paul Cemetery in Abbeville, LA.
A gathering of family and friends will be held at the church on Saturday at 8:00 am until the time of the service.
In compliance with infection control and prevention measures, masks are required for all attendees at the church and cemetery.
She leaves to cherish her memory, her four daughters: Shaley Petry (Brian) and Destany Bolden both of Youngsville, LA, Skarler Bolden and Bianca Matthews (Felice) both of Maurice, LA; two sons: Coty Bolden of Youngsville, LA and Blake Jackson of Maurice, LA; four brothers: Keith Dee (April), Bobby Buford (Claudette) both of Abbeville, LA, Demetrice Siemen (Ingrid) of Maurice, LA, Andre Newman of Pasadena, TX; six sisters: Jacqueline Mitchell (Cecil), Gwendolyn Plowden (Milton), Teneha Jones (Ray) all of Abbeville, LA, Stacey Batiste of Fontana, CA, Misty Captiville and Sharon Bolden of Jacksonville, FL; 16 grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents: Carlton Captiville Bolden and Anna Bell Davis Bolden.
Active Pallbearers: D’ovion Bolden, Jacoby Davis, Lawrence Williams iii, Demetrice Siemen, Lorenzo Buford, and Brandon Davis.
Honorary Pallbearers: Blake Jackson, Coty Bolden, Cecil Mitchell, Milton Plowden, Keith Dee, Brian Petry, Pasquenel Clay, and Damon Gage.
Condolences may be expressed at www.fletcherfuneralhomes.org
Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Fletcher Funeral Home 1116 Green Street, Abbeville, LA 70510.

A Gueydan man was arrested and charged for allegedly killing his father.
According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office’s Public Information Officer Eddie Langlinais, on the evening hours of Wednesday, Vermilion Parish deputies responded to a shooting incident which occurred in Vermilion Parish on Lakeside Drive near Gueydan and Lake Arthur.
A Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Deputy encountered the suspect’s vehicle on LA Hwy. 717 parked on the roadway. After an altercation with law enforcement, the suspect crashed his vehicle and was subsequently taken into custody.
Upon further investigation, the suspect identified as Anthony Caro, III, 29, was in an altercation with his father, Anthony Caro, Jr. on Lakeside Drive, Gueydan. The altercation resulted with Anthony Caro, Jr. suffering a fatal gunshot.
Anthony Caro, III has been charged with Second Degree Murder. More charges are pending.
This investigation is still ongoing. More details will follow as information becomes available.

One of the few of Jean Lafitte’s ships to visit south Louisiana that we know by name was the Hotspur, which sailed up the Mermentau River in November 1820 to refill its water casks.
Fifteen-year-old cabin boy Charles Cronea thought he had been ill treated by the captain, Jim Campbell, and jumped ship there. Young as he was, Charlie had already begun to collect tales of adventure that would make him, according his Galveston News obituary in 1893, a man “whose history is as romantic as that of any man of the nineteenth century.”
When he died at 88, he was remembered as the last member of Lafitte’s band, a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto and of the Mexican-American war, and a colorful storyteller who “reeled off his yarns … taking pains to punctuate his assertions with the choicest profanity.”
“Uncle Charlie,” as he came to be known, was born in France in 1805 and went to sea as a cabin boy when he was 13. He got into trouble on his first voyage, and that’s partly how he ended up on the Hotspur.
“I was full of mischief,” he said many years later, “and one day I cut up some trick that got me a round dozen [lashes] on the bare back. … The bo’sun gave me a good dozen with the cat. … How it stung! and then they doused my back with sea water, and it stung worse. … I made up my mind to run away when I got a chance.”
He deserted the French ship in New York, sailed from there to Charleston, South Carolina, and then signed on a ship bound for Liverpool. But he never saw England.
“When we sailed out of Charleston … we hadn’t cleared the bar two hours when … a schooner [drew next to them and] sent a boat aboard. … The schooner wanted 15 or 20 men to go on a cruise on the Gulf of Mexico,” he recounted.
Cronea was one of the volunteers, and almost immediately suspected it would be no ordinary cruise. The ship “kept out of the way of everything” and had way too many crewmen. When it reached the Texas coast, 40 men were sent ashore on a desolate beach near Corpus Christi.
“The next day the schooner was gone, but in the afternoon a … brig hove to off the beach and sent a boat ashore,” he said. “The officer in charge told us we were to sail on the brig, which he said was a privateer.” It was the Hotspur.
“We cruised up and down the gulf, capturing nothing but Mexican craft,” Cronea remembered. “We’d break out as much of the cargo as we needed, taking particular pains to get tobacco. Then we’d … set the … ship on fire. The crew we would set ashore. … A good many think that we used to cut throats and make [captives] walk the plank; but that’s all a lie. … I never saw a man murdered while I was with … Campbell.”
Charlie’s problems with the Hotspur began one day when he was running across the deck with a bucket of water.
“I slipped and spilled it over Campbell’s foot,” he said. “He grabbed me by the ears … and jounced me up and down on the deck a few times. Then he stood me on the breech of the pivot gun and made me [balance] there about a half hour. … Right then I made up my mind to run away as soon as I had a chance. … [When] the brig put into the Mermentau … I did run away from him.”
Cronea bounced around Louisiana for a while, living in Plaquemines Parish, Grand Chenier and other places, before going to fight for Texas. After San Jacinto and other adventures, he settled on a farm on the Bolivar peninsula near Galveston. It wasn’t reported how successful he was at raising crops, but it was enough to support a large family. His obituary said he left 94 direct descendants — sons, daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Contrary to what one might think of a one-time pirate, the obituary also claimed that “as a character Charles Cronea was unique, childlike and lovable.”
His adventurous life might have been much shorter if he hadn’t jumped ship in 1820. After it filled its casks with water, the Hotspur wrecked on a mud flat at the mouth of the Mermentau. The captain salvaged part of an alleged fortune in pirate treasure, but most of it — and several men — washed out to sea, never to be found.
A collection of Jim Bradshaw’s columns, Cajuns and Other Characters, is now available from Pelican Publishing. You can contact him at jimbradshaw4321@gmail.com or P.O. Box 1121, Washington LA 70589.