TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for  BATISTE, ERNEST "BILLY POOH", JR. 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from June 19 to June 20, 2013

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BATISTE, ERNEST "BILLY POOH", JR.

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Ernest "Billy Pooh" Batiste Jr., 79, a native of Belle Rose and resident of 
Donaldsonville, died Sunday, June 16, 2013.

Visitation will be from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Williams and Southall 
Funeral Home in Donaldsonville, and from 9 a.m. until funeral time Friday at 
Greater Israel Baptist Church in Belle Rose. Funeral services will be at 11 
a.m. Friday at the church, 

with burial in Greater Israel Baptist Church cemetery in Belle Rose.

He is survived by his daughters, Lillie Mae Ealem, of Lemonville, and Debra 
Witaker, Linda Batiste and Wanda Batiste Flowers, all of Donaldsonville; sons, 
Albert and Lawrence Thompson, both of Jeanerette, Joseph "JoJo" Thompson, of 
New Iberia, Leonard Batiste, of Napoleonville, and Johnell Batiste, of 
Donaldsonville; brother, Lionel Batiste, of Donaldsonville; and numerous 
grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Mildred Riney Batiste; parents, Lillie 
and Ernest Batiste Sr.; daughters, Stacy Batiste and Gloria Ward; sons, Ernest 
Thompson and Lionel Batiste; sisters, Ida Mae Dunham and Lillie Mae Breaux; and 
brothers, Henry and Authur Davis.

Williams and Southall Funeral Home in Donaldsonville is in charge of 
arrangements.

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