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Kaplan — Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at Vincent Funeral Home - Kaplan honoring the life of Rosie Mae Cormier, 94, who died Saturday, April 8, 2017 at Gueydan Memorial Guest Home.
She will be laid to rest at Kaplan Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be Jared Rangel, Kameron Rangel, Mike LeBlanc, Mike Hebert, Jeremy Cormier, and Ridge LeBlanc. Honorary pallbearers will be Zach LeBlanc and Bryce Cormier.
She is survived by her daughter, Judy Cormier LaFleur and her husband, Pete of Kaplan; one brother, John “R.J.” Benoit and his wife, Gloria of Maurice; four grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; and four great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dudley J. Cormier; one son, Jerry Paul Cormier; one granddaughter, Stephanie Dawn Cormier; her parents, Elix Benoit and the former Ovilia Baudoin; one brother, Dennis Benoit; and two sisters, Jeanne B. Mouton and Leona B. LeBlanc.
The family would like to thank the staff of Hospice of Acadiana for their compassion and loving care.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Kaplan, 300 N. Eleazar Ave., on Monday, April 10, 2017 from 3:00 PM until 9:00 PM with a rosary being prayed at 7:00 PM; Tuesday, April 11, 2017 from 8:00 AM until services.

YOUNGSVILLE — Funeral services will be held Monday, April 10, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Anne Catholic Church for SFC Lloyd J. Duhon, 76, who left this side of eternity on April 3, 2017 at Carpenter House.
Entombment will be in St. Anne Mausoleum.
Lloyd Joseph Duhon was born June 17, 1940 to Olivia Guidry Duhon and Davis Duhon. He was a graduate of James Herod High School in Abbeville, LA, then received his Bachelor’s Degree at Southern University of Baton Rouge, LA. Lloyd served in both the U.S. Air Force and U. S. Army. He retired as Sergeant First Class.
He leaves to cherish his memory his wife, Alexis Kelly; three sons, Lloyd (Angela) of Lafayette, LA, Lyle (Michelle) of Coatsville, PA and Lional of Midland, TX; one sister, Eva Lee (Pernell) of Abbeville, LA; ten grandchildren; one great granddaughter; one aunt, Eunice Delmore (Mathew) of Port Arthur, TX and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Olivia and Davis Duhon; two sisters, Shirley Duhon Smith and Susie Dural Mayfield and one brother, Larry Duhon.
Visitation will be held Monday, April 10, 2017 at Syrie Funeral Home from 7:00 a.m. until time of service. A rosary will be recited at 8:30 a.m.
Sign the guestbook online at www.syriefh.com
Arrangements have been entrusted to Syrie Funeral Home, Inc. of Lafayette, LA.

BATON ROUGE – Gov. John Bel Edwards’ Office of Community Development is urging all homeowners affected by the March and August 2016 floods to take a brief survey that will be available starting on Monday, April 10.
The survey will be posted on the restore.la.gov website on that date and is the first step toward applying for recovery assistance. Homeowners who don’t have access to the internet can also have their surveys filled in over the telephone.
The survey will be available for a period of time – it does not have to be completed on the opening date.
All flood-impacted residents are asked to sign up for email updates through the Restore Louisiana website, restore.la.gov. This is the fastest way to find out information as the process opens.
On Friday, March 31, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development gave final approval on the state’s action plan for distributing a $1.2 billion congressional appropriation for residents impacted by both of last year’s floods. HUD also sent the grant agreement for $1.6 billion in total recovery funding.
This funding will allow the state to help flood-impacted homeowners who suffered major damage and did not have flood insurance. The first phase of this assistance will begin by helping low-to-moderate income families who are elderly or have a member living with disabilities, and who suffered major damage and did not have flood insurance.
Later phases of assistance will benefit broader groups of families.
In all cases, the first step in applying for assistance is completing the brief survey either online or over the phone. The survey will take about 15 minutes and will not require documentation. Based on their answers, potentially eligible homeowners will be invited to apply for assistance. At that point, the state will collect documentation to verify survey answers. Survey answers do not determine final eligibility for the assistance program.
The survey is important for several reasons. When homeowners make the actual application for government assistance, they become subject to federal rules that could require extra steps and more time to complete. The survey portion minimizes the number of homeowners affected by those rules, and it keeps participants moving as quickly as possible in the rebuilding assistance process.
It also gives the state more information about each homeowner’s current recovery need so the program can place homeowners into one of several phases that will be funded over time.