Weddings

On April 23, 2017, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Choate celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a family gathering.
It was on April 23, 1957 that Jimmie Choate married the former Gloria Gene Guidry at Saint Anne Catholic Church in Cow Island.

Lillian Bernard Leblanc celebrated her 100th birthday, Sunday, April 9, 2017 at St. Theresa’s Community Hall in Abbeville, La.
While Kenneth Benoit and the Gravel Road Band played Cajun music, her family and friends reunited, danced and enjoyed food prepared by Chef Bobby and Dot Catering.

Richard Johnson and the former Virginia Beauxis were married on April 22, 1967 at Saint Mary Magdalen Church in Abbeville.
They are the parents of two children, one daughter, Rachel Alvarez of Beaufort, South Carolina and her children Carmen, Allison, and Jake; and one son, Richie Johnson and his wife Susan of New Iberia and their children Cohen, Cali, and Charlie.
A celebration will be held later this summer and will be attended by their children, grandchildren, family and close friends.
The couple still reside in New Iberia La.