TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for LAUGHLIN, EARL JAMES   

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from Nov. 4 to Nov. 5, 2013

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LAUGHLIN, EARL JAMES 

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Earl James Laughlin, 61, a native of Lake Charles and resident of Houma, passed 
away Friday, Nov. 1, 2013, in a Terrebonne hospital. 

Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until funeral time Wednesday at Hixson Funeral 
Home in Lake Charles. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the 
funeral home. The Rev. Alan Weishampel will officiate. 

He is survived by his mother, Bonnie Faulk Laughlin, of Lake Charles; sons, 
Brady and Brian Laughlin and wife, Jennifer, of Houma; daughter, Melissa Poche 
and husband, Greg, of Houma; brothers, Raymond Laughlin and wife, Peggy, of 
Lake Charles and Toby Laughlin and wife, Julie, of Westlake; sister, Tanya 
Miller and husband, Rod, of Lake Charles; grandchildren, Katelyn Laughlin, 
Colby Laughlin, Brandon Holmes, Ariana Laughlin, Kaitlyn Clark, Bethany 
Williams, Gunnar Williams, Mason Laughlin, Aubrey Laughlin and Emma Laughlin; 
and step-grandchildren, Ciera and Damian Poche. 

He was preceded in death by his father, Floyd E. "Dub" Laughlin; and his 
grandparents. 

He was a 1972 graduate of South Terrebonne Parish High School. He worked in the 
oil field and was a truck driver prior to retirement. Earl enjoyed fishing and 
wood working in his spare time. He was a member of Bayou Blue Assembly of God 
Church. He was also a pilot. 

 Hixson Funeral Home in Lake Charles is in charge of arrangements. Read 

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