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Myrna Faye Simon Michaud

Tue, 08/15/2017 - 9:47am

Erath – A Mass of Christian Burial for Mrs. Myrna Faye Simon Michaud, 74, will be held at 1:00PM on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church with Fr. Andre Metrejean officiating. Interment will follow at Our Lady of Lourdes Mausoleum.
Visitation will be at David Funeral Home of Erath on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 from 8:30AM until the time of the services with a recitation of the rosary at 10:00AM.
A native and resident of Erath, Mrs. Michaud died at 2:02PM on Sunday, August 13, 2017 at her residence. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother who loved spending time with her family, shopping, and sewing.
She is survived by her husband of 55 years Harry Lee Michaud of Erath; a son, Troy Renee Michaud and his wife Shelly of Abbeville; three daughters, Donna Menge and her husband Tony of Erath, Sonia Michaud of Henry, and Shannon Michaud of Erath; a brother, Rudy Simon and his wife Sally of Erath; six grandchildren, Brodie Soirez, Alicia Michaud, Brock Soirez, Amber Michaud, Lola Graves, and Jace Michaud; and four great grandchildren, Vance Soirez, Rocky Soirez, Giana Soirez, and Josh Michaud.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Ophey and Loula Mae Broussard Simon.
Serving as pallbearers will be Troy Michaud, Brodie Soirez, Brock Soirez, Tony Menge, Rudy Simon, and Mike Duhon.
Serving as honorary pallbearer will be Jace Michaud.
The family would like to extend a special thank you to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospice in particularly Dr. Brierre and Dr. Prellop as well as Nurse Gary and Nurse Sue.
You may sign the guest register book and express condolences online at www.davidfuneralhome.org
David Funeral Home of Erath at 209 E. Putnam St (337)937-0405 will be handling the arrangements.

Lorna Marie Latour Langlinais

Tue, 08/15/2017 - 9:46am

November 9, 1944 ~ August 10, 2017

Abbeville—Memorial services will be held at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church honoring the life of Lorna Marie Latour Langlinais, 72, who died Thursday, August 10, 2017. She will be laid to rest at St. Mary Magdalen Cemetery.
She is survived by her son, Randal Vice; daughter, Aimee Tilley; two sisters, Lillie Broussard and Lorraine Noel; and brother, Dr. Emile Latour.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Alexis Latour and the former Lillie Mae Dore; four brothers, Dr. Thomas Latour, Dr. Louis Latour, James Edward Latour and Robert Latour; sister, Margaret Ann Latour; and daughter, Margaret Ann Vice.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church, 300 Pere Megret St., Abbeville, on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 from 9:00 AM until time of services.
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.

Tyler Benoit

Kaplan man accused of second degree murder

Mon, 08/14/2017 - 3:08pm

LAFAYETTE, La. - A Kaplan man is behind bars after he was arrested in connection with an overnight shooting in Lafayette.
Tyler Benoit, a 2015 Kaplan High graduate, turned himself into Lafayette police over the weekend and was charged with second-degree murder. Benoit is 20 years old.
Lafayette police responded to the 100 block of Lee Avenue at 1:30 a.m. after hearing shots were fired in the area.
Police say they discovered 31-year-old Christon Chaisson, of Broussard, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to his upper body.
Chaisson was transported to a local hospital where he later died.
No other details were given into the shooting.
(Courtesy of KATC)

Applications needed for White Lake youth hunt

Mon, 08/14/2017 - 3:04pm

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is accepting applications for the 2017 youth waterfowl lottery hunts on White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area in Vermilion Parish.
There is no charge for the LDWF-sponsored hunts on Nov. 4-5, provided as a quality experience for young waterfowl hunters. The participants in the hunts will be determined by a lottery drawing.
Applications for the lottery should be submitted to LDWF before close of business on Sept. 14.
To be eligible, applicants must be between 10-17 years of age on the date of the hunt they select. In addition, all applicants must have a certificate showing they have satisfactorily completed an LDWF approved hunter education course.
Selected hunters must be accompanied in the blind by a parent or guardian although the youth will be the only one permitted to possess a firearm.
Applications may be obtained by contacting any of LDWF's field offices or by visiting the LDWF website at http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/refuge/lottery-applications . Completed applications may be delivered in person to Room 418 of the LDWF headquarters building at 2000 Quail Drive in Baton Rouge, or sent by mail to:

• Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Attention: White Lake Youth Waterfowl Hunt
2000 Quail Drive, Room 418
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
For more information on White Lake WCA youth waterfowl hunts, contact Wayne Sweeney at 337-536-9400, ext. 1 or wsweeney@wlf.la.gov .

Lorna Marie Latour Langlinais

Mon, 08/14/2017 - 3:01pm

Lorna Marie
Latour Langlinais
November 9, 1944 ~ August 10, 2017

Myrna Faye Simon Michaud

Myrna Faye Simon Michaud

Mon, 08/14/2017 - 2:59pm

Myrna Faye Simon Michaud

Serving as honorary pallbearer will be Jace Michaud.
The family would like to extend a special thank you to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospice in particularly Dr. Brierre and Dr. Prellop as well as Nurse Gary and Nurse Sue.
You may sign the guest register book and express condolences online at www.davidfuneralhome.org
David Funeral Home of Erath at 209 E. Putnam St (337)937-0405 will be handling the arrangements.

Vermilion Parish School board members expected to meet

Sun, 08/13/2017 - 7:00am

Majority will be at Monday’s committee meeting

It sounds like they are all expected to attend for the first time in a few weeks.
The last time that all members of the Vermilion Parish School Board sat together was a month ago for committee meetings.
Monday, starting at 6 p.m., the school board will hold its committee meetings for August.
Since last month’s committee meeting, three regular meetings had to be canceled because there were not enough school board members in attendance. There must be a quorum for a meeting to be officially held.
Those four school board members who did not attend were Luddy Herpin, Kibbie Pillette, Laura LeBeouf and Sara Duplechain.
The Merdional contacted three out of the four, and three said they are expected to attend the committee meetings Monday evening.
The only school board member who may miss is Luddy Herpin, depending on his health.
Also expected to attend the school board committee meetings are board members Chris Gautreaux, Stacy Landry, Chris Hebert and board president Anthony Fontana.
The next regular scheduled meeting will be held on Thursday, starting at 6 p.m.

Earl Warren Allain

Sat, 08/12/2017 - 12:52pm

November 28, 1922 ~ August 9, 2017

ABBEVILLE — A Memorial Mass will be held at 10:00 AM on Monday, August 14, 2017 at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church honoring the life of Earl Warren Allain, 94, who died Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at Eastridge Nursing Center.
He will be laid to rest at St. Mary Magdalen Cemetery with Fr. Michael Richard officiating the services.
Earl went home to be with the Lord and Savior peacefully in is sleep. He was welcomed by his wife, Mary Landry Allain (Sweetheart) and his son, Joseph Michael Allain, MD (Dr. Joey) and Sweet Pea.
He was born in New Orleans, LA to Maxime Allain Sr. and Josephine Eschmann, in 1922. He joined his brothers Max, Jr. and Joseph.
While unable to servie as part of the Greatest Generation, he worked in the shipyards helping to build Liberty Ships. He went to SLI and LSU, where he graduated with a degree in Chemical Engineering.
He went to work for Texaco in 1946 in Henry, LA. While living in Abbeville he met the love of his earthly life, Mary. They were blessed with one child, Joey. Both proceeded him to heaven. He worked several years for Diamond Crystal at Jefferson Island before opening Checo Chemical and Supply Co. After he retired he and Mary spent time making pilgrimages to Holy Sites. A life well lived.
Earl was a Sigma Chi, a member of the 3rd Order of the Carmelites and an active member of the church.
He is survived by his sisters-in-law, Mrs. Marie Landry of Baton Rouge, LA and Mrs. Jacquelin Allain of Palo Alto, CA; De-nephew, Kim (Kimberly) Allain of Abbeville, LA and the Denieces, Angelle (Jimmy) Baldino, Karen (Charlie) Bybee, Krystal (George) Hernandez and Darlene (Paco) Arechiga all of Austin, TX. He was Great Uncle to 32.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed St. Mary Magdalen Church, 300 Pere Megret. on Monday, August 14, 2017 from 9:00 AM until time of services with a rosary being prayed at 9:15 AM.
The family would like to thank the staff at Eastridge Assisted Living Suites and Eastridge Nursing Center for the care he received over the years. You folks are wonderful!
In Lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Christian Service Center in Abbeville, LA
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Christian Service Center in Abbeville, LA
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.

Junior Auxiliary of Abbeville members Renee Bertrand and Tayna Istre (blue T-shirts) spoke to the Rotary Club of Abbeville about JA’s Project “Backpack To School Supply” drive.
Rotary member Dr. Anita Carrere, who is also a member of JA, and Rotary President
Thomas Thompson present school supplies to JA, donated by Rotarians.

Project Backpack: Junior Auxiliary of Abbeville looking for school supply donations

Fri, 08/11/2017 - 2:27pm

School began around Vermilion Parish Thursday morning.
Social media filled with smiling students on their first day. Students settled in their new desks with their new teachers.
It’s an emotional and exciting time.
It can also be a stressful time for some families who, for various reasons, don’t have the means to purchase school supplies and uniforms.
Members of the Junior Auxiliary of Abbeville have worked with other groups recently to make sure that students in Vermilion Parish are going back to school with everything they need.
Project Backpack, which JA has conducted since 1999, has already supplied nearly 40 students with necessities for the entire year. The group hopes to help many more.
Junior Auxiliary members Tanya Istre and Renee Bertrand spoke Wednesday afternoon to the Rotary Club of Abbeville about the
continued effort. Rotarians donated several bags of school supplies on Wednesday.
“We greatly appreciate the partnership,” Istre said. “We are supper excited about the donations.”
Istre said every little bit is needed.
“We received over 60 names of students that needed assistance,” Istre explained. “We helped around 30 kids last year and that fulfilled the list that we were given.”
Counselors from schools in the parish submit names of students who are in need to the JA. Istre said schools that have not submitted names in the past did so this year.
“What we are finding out is that there are families still struggling from the flood last August,” Istre said. “Some of these families who were working really hard to make ends meet, but never needed to ask for assistance before, are having to ask for assistance now.
“We are doing everything we can to help fulfill that need.”
Istre said the impact is humbling.
“This morning I dropped off some donations at Indian Bayou,” Istre said. “One of the mothers and her children stopped me. I almost cried all of my makeup off. The child hugged and thanked me that she could go back to school with supplies.
“It’s just rips your heart out.”
Istre said the JA is grateful for the partnership with the Rotary Club, the Vermilion Chamber of Commerce and other groups that help make Project Backpack a success.
“The only way we can make this happen,” Istre said, “is for groups in Vermilion Parish- all pulling together to make this happen for these children.”
The effort is going to go on as long as it is needed. Anyone interested in donating can contact JA at jaofabbeville@gmail.com.
“We are going to accept donations as long as they are coming in,” Istre said.

Milo A. Nickel, Sr.

Services set for Milo Nickel, Sr., longtime President/COO of LSN

Fri, 08/11/2017 - 11:12am

CROWLEY

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, August 12, 2017, at 11 a.m. at St. Michael Catholic Church for Milo Addison Nickel, Sr., 85, who passed away on Thursday, August 10, 2017 at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Lafayette. Visitation will be held at 10 a.m. prior to the services. Monsignor Charles DuBois will officiate for the services and Kenneth Privat will give the eulogy.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Sybil Rourke Nickel of Crowley; his sons, Milo A. Nickel, Jr. and his wife, Erin O'Carroll Nickel of Lake Charles and Mark Nickel of Crowley; his grandchildren, Milo A Nickel III, Evan A. Nickel, Joshua Graham Nickel, Ellen Katherine Nickel and Mary Margaret Nickel, all of Lake Charles, Mary Elise Nickel and Elizabeth Nickel Boulet and her husband, PJ Boulet, all of Crowley; his great grandchildren, Kate Elizabeth and Peter John Boulet, both of Crowley; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Milo E. Nickel and Minerva Ann Crane Nickel; one sister, Francis Ella Hones and his brother-in-law, Don Hones.
He was born November 10, 1931 in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. He attended the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He served in the United States Air Force as a Tech Sergeant flying in the Korean War.
Nickel spent his entire career in the newspaper business, beginning by working with his dad at the Chippewa Herald Telegram as Advertising Director.
In 1957, he moved to Louisiana where he worked as a sales representative with the Lafayette Daily Advertiser. Later that year, he was named General Manager of the Rayne-Acadian Tribune and the Church Point News. He was founding publisher of the Crowley-Post Herald and in 1974 he was the founding publisher of the merged Crowley Post-Herald and Crowley Daily Signal which became the Crowley Post-Signal.
Nickel was an old time newspaper man who insisted that his editors and reporters wrote straight news stories without editorializing, unlike many of the reporters who slanted news stories with their personal views.
Nickel was known for his commitment to the news and dedication to the community that he made his home for more than half-a-century. His column, "The MAN" was well received among Post-Signal readers and was known as a forum where Nickel would say "That's my story and I'm sticking to it."
He has served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Louisiana State Newspapers, Inc. which consisted of over 33 newspapers and numerous total market shoppers in Louisiana and Mississippi.
He was recognized for numerous awards with the Louisiana Press Association, which he also served as a board member. He was also a board member of the National Newspaper Association. Throughout his newspaper career he was presented awards for his dedication and service to Crowley and the Acadia Parish community and for his in-depth coverage of local events, politics and area organizations.
He was a member of St. Michael Catholic Church. He had been a member of the American Legion Post 15 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He had served as a member of the board of directors of the Crowley Chamber of Commerce and the International Rice Festival.
Other organizations he was involved with included Bass Anglers Sportsman Society, Professional Bass Anglers of America, Notre Dame Athletic Club, Cajun Chapter Ducks Unlimited, where he served as chairman, Rayne Lions Club and Rayne Young Men's Business Club. He was also a founding member of the Summit Group in Crowley.
He loved Southwest Louisiana and spent his leisure time enjoying what he loved most which was fishing and hunting.
His family would like to thank all those who provided for his care. They include M.D. Anderson doctors and staff, Encore Healthcare and Rehabilitation staff, Acadia General Hospital doctors and staff, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital doctors and staff. Also a special thanks to the following doctors, Dr. Joseph Brierre, Dr. Satinder Saini, Dr. Max Trahan and Dr. Victor Tedesco.
Memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital or St. Michael Catholic Elementary School.
Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.

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