EARLY MATHERNE Obituary: Lafourche Parish, La. Submitted by: Louis Lavedan Source: Daily Comet, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La. 17 Dec 2004 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** NOTES: 1. The date preceding the obituary is the date of posting on the WWW, not the date of death. ================================ December 13. 2004 12:24PM Early Matherne Early J. Matherne, 84, a native of Lockport and resident of Cut Off, died Dec. 12, 2004. Visitation will be 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Cut Off. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the church, with burial at the church cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Irene Bychurch Matherne; sons, Ernest, Edward and David Matherne; daughters, Claudette Hebert and Louella Doucet; sisters, Winnie Toups, Anna Mae Boquet and Thelma Guidry; 11 grandchildren; and 11 great- grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Aurthur and Orelia Dufrene Matherne; granddaughter, Angela Doucet; brothers, Edward, Norris, Nolan, Stanley, Gilbert, Morris, Harris, Colbert, Roland and Roy Matherne. He was a parishioner of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Samart Funeral Home of Cut Off is in charge of arrangements.