TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La. OBITUARIY for BATISTE, NORWOOD Submitted by: Louis Lavedan Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from March 7 to March 8, 2013 ============================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml ============================================================================= BATISTE, NORWOOD ========== A photo is available for this file. Please go to http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafourche/obits/dateobits/2013/f1303.htm and click on the name of interest. ========== Norwood Batiste, 81, a native and resident of Vacherie, died Monday, March 4, 2013. Visitation will be from noon until funeral time Saturday at Highway Baptist Church. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the church, with burial in Highway Baptist Church cemetery. He is survived by his sons, Brian, Mark and Barry Batiste; daughters, Rosalyn Batiste and Sandra Batiste Singleton; sisters, Mary Lee Johnson and Cheryl Bartholomew; 29 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lucille Batiste; parents, Albert Batiste Sr. and Equator Williams Batiste; son, Michael Batiste; daughter, Adrian Jenkins; brothers, Robert, Charles, Hayward, Albert Jr. and Earl Batiste; sisters, Iris Batiste and Norma Coco; and grandparents, Robert and Adeline Williams, Mary Nelson Batiste and Ferman Batiste. He was a U.S. Army veteran. Kennedy Funeral Home in Raceland is in charge of arrangements. ======================