By: TONY MARKS Editor With under four months to go before his 102nd birthday, local World War II veteran Alvin J. Soileau passed away on Thursday, May 21. According to his obituary, Soileau was born in 1922 in an area of St. Landry Parish referred to as “Go Yo-Ville.” His parents, “Big” Joe and Ormeline Soileau, settled on a farm near “La Petite Ponte Au La Pass” between Grand Prairie and Vil…
August 18, 2026
