Obituaries

LESTER EARL SOILEAU JR.

VILLE PLATTE - Funeral services for Lester Earl Soileau, 84, will be held at 11 a.m. today April 13, 2023, at Our Lady, Queen of All Saints Catholic Church with entombment to follow in the Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Father Mitch Guidry will officiate the funeral Mass.

GERMAINE FONTENOT JANICE

VILLE PLATTE - Funeral services for Germaine Fontenot Janice, 81, were held at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Burial followed in the Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Father Tom Voorhies officiated the funeral Mass.

ETHELENE MARIE DURIO SYLVESTER

VILLE PLATTE - Funeral services for Ms. Ethelene Marie D. Sylvester, 77, were held at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, at St. Peter Catholic Church in Grand Prairie. Burial followed in the Evangeline Memorial Park Cemetery. Father Mitch Guidry officiated the funeral Mass.

REGINA LOIS CAMPBELL

VILLE PLATTE – Funeral services will be held at a 1:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady, Queen of All Saints Catholic Church in Ville Platte on Friday, April 14, 2023, for Regina Lois Campbell, 71, who passed away on Saturday, April 8, 2023.

EULA CHAPMAN

VILLE PLATTE - A Mass of Christian Burial was held for Eula Chapman at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at Our Lady, Queen of All Saints Catholic Church in Ville Platte, which was followed by burial at Fontenot Cemetery in Tate Cove.

MARY A THOMPSON FONTENOT

A Mass of Christian Burial was held for Mary A. Thompson Fontenot at 1 p.m. on Monday, April 3, 2023, at Our Lady, Queen of All Saints Catholic Church in Ville Platte, which was followed by entombment at Evangeline Memorial Gardens Mausoleum.

LOU ELLA REED FONTENOT

A Mass of Christian Burial was held for Lou Ella Reed Fontenot, 93, of Mamou, at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Mamou at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Burial followed in Reed’s Cemetery.

BARBARA BRILEY

ST. LANDRY - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Barbara Soileau Briley at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at St. Theresa Catholic Chapel in St. Landry, which will be followed by burial at St. Theresa Cemetery.

AGATHA GETTA PREJEAN

A Mass of Christian Burial for Mrs. Agatha Getta Prejean was held on Monday, March 27, 2023, at 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Pineville with a recitation of the Holy Rosary at 10:30 a.m. Reverend Dale Meade officiated, and Emma Prejean and Liz Prejean served as readers.

CPL. MICHAEL KADE FONTENOT

Services for Michael Kade Fontenot, 21, of Tyler, Texas, will be held on Friday, March 31, 2023. A Rosary will begin at 2 p.m. with Mass following at 2:30 p.m. at Our Lady, Queen of All Saints in Ville Platte with Fr. Mitchell Guidry officiating.