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Beginning Wednesday, the Vermilion Parish School Board will be offering grab-and-go meals from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. on weekdays.
Each child will receive a lunch meal and  a breakfast meal for the next morning. 
There is no registration required. No identification is needed. 
There is no cost to receive the meals. Any child age 18 and under may come to get the meals. This does include students, siblings, friends, family members, toddlers, and those who attend private or parochial schools. 
The child must be present to receive the meal, no exceptions. 
Meals will be provided with drive-thru service. Walk-up service should only be used if the child/children have no other way to get to the school sites. The meals will be brought to the cars and/or students, please remain in the car. 
The sites open for service meal service are: 

• Cecil Picard Elementary,
• Dozier Elementary, 
• Eaton Park Elementary, Gueydan High, 
• J. H. Williams Middle
• Rene Rost Middle School. 

All VPSB students with special diet prescriptions on file, please call the Meal Service Hotline at 898-5702. 
“Schools do more than educate our children; they also provide them with healthy, nutritious meals,” said Acting Louisiana Superintendent Beth Scioneaux. “Despite classrooms being closed to students, schools have stepped up to ensure no child in their community goes hungry during this uncertain time.”
All public schools in Louisiana will be closed to students from March 16 until the end of April, according to an emergency proclamation signed by Gov. John Bel Edwards to slow the spread of COVID-19 in Louisiana. While it is not required, school systems and schools may serve a maximum of two free meals per day to children age 18 and younger, regardless of where the child is enrolled in school, during the closure period. They may offer breakfast, lunch, a snack or dinner at all school sites or at select sites.

ABBEVILLE — Funeral Services for Mrs. Velta Menard Campbell, 95, will be held at 2:00PM on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at David Funeral Home Chapel of Abbeville with Tommy Henderson officiating. Interment will follow at St. Paul Cemetery.
Visitation will be at David Funeral Home of Abbeville on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 from 9:00 a.m. until the time of the services.
A native of Erath and a resident of Abbeville, Mrs. Campbell died at 9:30 P.M. on Friday, March 13, 2020 at Maison de Monde Living Center.
She looked forward to a future paradise on earth with conditions as promised at Revelation 21:4 “He will wipe every tear from their eyes and death will be no more…” Velta was baptized as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses for close to 49 years. She always enjoyed reading from her Bible daily. In her spare time, she enjoyed shopping, camping, and music. Friends and family would always say that she was the life of the party.
She will always be remembered as a kind and loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.
She leaves to cherish her memory two daughters, Jane Dartez and her husband Bob, and Sherry Hargrave; a step son, Charles Campbell and his wife Ruth; a daughter in law, Deborah Campbell; nine grandchildren, Steve Kelly and his wife Courtney and their children Kennedy and Emme; Stephanie Gaspard and her husband Brian and their children Seth and Lane; Denny Dartez and his wife Hallie and their children Cole and Alex; Roxanne Roche’, Rhonda Campbell, Susanne Talbot, Jason Campbell, Jarrett Campbell, and Lara Campbell; and fourteen other great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lenas Campbell; her father, Elue Menard; her mother, Esta Bouillion Trahan; her step father, Thomas Trahan; two half brothers, Brad Trahan and Rayfay Trahan; and a step son, Vernice Campbell.
Serving as pallbearers will be Denny Dartez, Steve Kelly, Seth Veazey, Brian Gaspard, Tanner Roche’, and Neil Roche’.
The family would like to express our appreciation for the many expressions of kindness, support, and love you have shown to us during this period of bereavement.
Also we would like to especially thank everyone on the staff of Maison du Monde for their care and support.
You may sign the guest register book and express condolences online at www.davidfuneralhome.org
David Funeral Home of Abbeville at 2600 Charity St. (337)893-3777 will be handling the arrangements.

BATON ROUGE — On Monday, Gov. John Bel Edwards took additional significant measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in Louisiana, further limiting the size of gatherings to fewer than 50 people, closing casinos, bars and movie theaters and limiting restaurants to delivery, take out and drive-through orders only.
These changes are effective statewide at midnight. Operations may be able to resume on April 13, however, the situation will be reevaluated seven days prior. In Louisiana, there are 132 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and two people have died.
“More aggressive steps are necessary to fight the spread of COVID-19 across Louisiana. Following additional guidance from the CDC, gatherings of more than 50 people are no longer permitted, bars and casinos must close and restaurants will only be able to offer take out or delivery,” Gov. Edwards said. “These limitations were difficult to make, but they are necessary to slow the spread of COVID-19, protect the health of Louisianans and flatten the curve.”
“What we’re learning is that it can take two weeks for symptoms to appear. We believe we are still unearthing community spread that’s been around for the past several weeks, which means it is a statewide problem that requires statewide solutions,” Gov. Edwards said. “In addition to meeting with Sen. Bill Cassidy this morning who is supportive of our efforts, I was also on a call with President Trump and Vice President Pence that lasted more than an hour and they were very clear that we must significantly expand our mitigation efforts to slow the progress of COVID-19 before there is more community spread. Action must be taken now, even in areas where there are no confirmed cases yet.”

June 25, 1937 ~ March 13, 2020

ABBEVILLE —A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 AM on Monday, March 16, 2020 at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church honoring the life of Elaine Vincent Faulk, 82 who died Friday, March 13, 2020 at at her residence. She will be laid to rest at Leroy Community Cemetery, with Fr. Louis Richard officiating. Pallbearers will be Jude Faulk, Ryan Faulk, Chris Faulk, Jonathon Duhon, David Faulk, and Carl Vincent.
Elaine is survived by her husband of 61 years, Hubert Faulk; two sons, Jude Faulk and his wife Valerie of Meaux, and Ryan Faulk and his wife Joell of Lafayette; daughter, Sharon Duhon and her husband Shane of Meaux; eleven grandchildren, Desiree Romero, Christopher Faulk, Alicia Nicklas, Jonathon Duhon, Morgan Sowers, Aimee Latiolais, Stephanie Picard, David Faulk, Kate Faulk, Madeline Picard, and Emily Faulk; and six great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Advey Vincent and the former Beulah Hebert; two daughters, Stehanie Ann Faulk and Susan Faulk Picard; sister Irene Duplantis and husband Howard; and a brother, Hampton
Vincent and wife Anna Mae.
The family requests that visiting hours beobserved at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville, 209 S. St. Charles St., on Sunday, March 15, 2020 from 2:00 PM until 9:00 PM with a rosary being prayed at 7:00 PM; Monday, March 16, 2020 from 8:00 AM until 9:45 AM when the procession will depart for the church.
The family would like to offer a special thanks to, Elaine’s CNA’s, for the wonderful care given to her over the years, Kimmy Abshire, Denease Curry, Libbye Wimbly, and Paulette Levine; and the entire staff at Lourdes Hospice, especially, Gary Godeaux, Cindy Darby, and Katlyn Viator.
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