TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for  FULKERSON, JACK "J.W."  

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from March 11 to March 12, 2013

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FULKERSON, JACK "J.W." 

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Jack William "J.W." Fulkerson, 61, died Sunday, March 10, 2013, at Regional 
Medical Center of Acadiana in Lafayette.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. until 
funeral time Wednesday at Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home in Crowley. A Mass of 
Christian burial will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in 
Rayne with the Rev. Clint Trahan, pastor of Immaculate Conception Catholic 
Church in Morse, officiating for the services with the Rev. Kendell Faulk, 
pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rayne, concelebrating. The rosary will 
be recited at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. 

Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery in Crowley.

He is survived by his fiancée, Sheryl Deshotel, of Church Point; one sister, 
Flo F. Faulk and husband, Mike, of Crowley; one brother, Charles Robert "Chuck" 
Fulkerson and wife, Carol, of Lafayette; two stepchildren, Megan Barousse and 
husband, Koby, of Church Point, and Chris Deshotel and wife, Allison, of 
Opelousas; six grandchildren, Aidan, Bella, and Eli Barousse, and Jacob, Layla 
and Luke Deshotel; one niece, Amy Catherine Fulkerson; four nephews, Samuel 
Robert Fulkerson, J.W. Faulk, William Faulk and Michael Faulk; and his special 
companions, Buffy and Zoey, his adorable dogs.

Mr. Fulkerson is preceded in death by his parents, Jack and Billie Cleveland 
Fulkerson.

Pallbearers will be Sam Fulkerson, Chris Deshotel, Koby Barousse, J.W. Faulk, 
William Faulk and Michael Faulk.
Honorary pallbearer will be Charles "Dago" Redlich and Dr. Craig Brammer.

J.W. graduated from Crowley High School in 1969.
He was all-state pole vaulter and went on to pole vault in college at 
Northwestern University in Natchitoches where he graduated in 1972 with a 
degree in advertising/public relations. He was currently working as a real 
estate agent with Sam Robertson Realty in Lafayette.

Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home in Crowley is in charge of arrangements.

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