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September 26, 1936 ~ February 8, 2017

KAPLAN — A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2:00 PM on Monday, February 13, 2017 at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church honoring the life of John "Salop" Reiley Landry, 80 years old, who died on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at his residence. He will be laid to rest at Abshire Cemetery with Reverend Mark Miley officiating the services.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Diana S. Landry of Kaplan; one daughter, Leigh and her husband, Bill Ford of Overland Park, KS; one sister, Lola LeBouef of Kaplan; five grandchildren; and seven great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his son, Ted Landry; one daughter, Terry Schexnider; and his parents, Thear Landry and the former Evee Abshire.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Kaplan, 300 N. Eleazar Ave., on Sunday, February 12, 2017 from 2:00 PM until 9:00 PM with a rosary being prayed at 7:00 PM; Monday, February 13, 2017 from 8:00 AM until the procession departs for the church.
All funeral arrangements are being conducted by Vincent Funeral Home of Kaplan, (337) 643-7276 [Service Information 225-5276]. Condolences may be sent to the Landry family at www.vincentfuneralhome.net.

I, Bart C. Bouillion, 45 years old, from Erath am a candidate for Chief of Police in Erath. The election will be held on March 25, 2017. It had always been a dream and vision of mine, as a young police officer, to one day give back to my town and community. I want to provide excellence in service to our town and leave a lasting imprint for the people of Erath. The citizens and businesses in Erath deserve to be provided with professional and courteous police service. This will be provided by me being an active and involved Chief of Police. I will foster an environment where officers enjoy coming to work to provide great public service. School and community involvement are key and myself and the police department will be involved.
I am from Erath and was raised in Erath. My parents are Harold John Bouillion and Audrey Mae “Thibodeaux” Bouillion. I married Tiffany Katherine Landry from Esther on July 21, 1995, and have been married for 21 years. We have three children; Evan Bouillion (20 years old) sophomore in college, Noah Bouillion (15 years old) 9th grader at Erath High School, and Lauren Bouillion (6 years old) 1st grader at Dozier Elementary.
I attended Dozier Elementary, Erath Middle and Erath High. I graduated from Erath High in 1989. I enlisted in high school, at 17 years old, into the United States Marine Corps. I served four years in a U.S. Marine Corps Security Forces Company and as an Infantryman. I was honorably discharged from the Marine Corps in 1993, and enrolled at USL (Lafayette) in Criminal Justice. I worked part-time and full-time from 1994 through 1995, for about one year, as a police officer with the Erath Police Department, while attending USL. I attended and graduated from the Acadiana Law Enforcement Training Academy in Lafayette (Basic Police Academy). In 1995, I was hired by the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office as a deputy sheriff for about 7 years.
In 1999, I applied for the Louisiana State Police (LSP). I was hired by LSP on December 10, 2001, and graduated the LSP Academy on April 5, 2002. I worked for LSP the last 15 years as a Trooper in Uniform Patrol (5 years), and 10 years as a LSP Detective and Narcotics Agent. I spent about 3 years assigned to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Task Force in Lafayette. During my LSP career, I obtained an Associates of Science in Criminal Justice from South Louisiana Community College and a Bachelors Degree in General Studies, Concentration in Behavioral Sciences, from the University of Louisiana Lafayette.
I pledge as your Chief to serve all the people of Erath, protect the community, families, & businesses, provide professional police service, and build upon progresses made in the Erath Police Department. I promise to build a police department prided by employees and the community. I will be a fiscally responsible Chief who values and appreciates the resources provided to its department.
I will always have an open door and encourage any ideas or suggestions.
I humbly ask for your vote on March 25, 2017, and look forward to serving the people of Erath.

August 9, 1943 ~ February 6, 2017

ABBEVILLE — Allen Ray Suire, Sr., 73 years, who died Monday, February 6, 2017 at Maison duMonde Living Center.
He is survived by his three sons, Clifford W. Suire and his wife Jodi, Seth Suire and his wife Lea, and Ryan Suire and his wife Holly; daughter, Cynthia Suire; sister, Jeanette Holland; and six grandchildren, Jacob, Gabriella, Aleksander, Liam, Peyton and Meina.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Eugene and Eve Marie Suire; wife, JoAnn Suire; son, Allen Ray Suire, Jr.; brothers, Clifford Suire, Clayton Suire and Eugene "The Colonel" Suire; and sister, Shirley Suire.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville, 209 S. St. Charles St., on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 from 8:00 AM until 3:00 PM.
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.

The North Vermilion Lady Patriots, on senior night, took care the Franklin Lady Hornets, 52-22, on Tuesday night.
Kyler Walker led NV with 15 points and Kaylee Lopez scored 11 for NV. Kylie Naomi and Zoe Graham both scored six points.