TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for CHERMAIE, JOHNNY "NOOKIE", SR.   

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from Mar. 13 to Mar. 14, 2014

Died: Tuesday, March 11, 2014

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CHERMAIE, JOHNNY "NOOKIE", SR.  

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Johnny James "Nookie" Cheramie Sr., 75, a native of Golden Meadow and resident 
of Erath, passed away at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, 2014, at Our Lady of 
Lourdes Medical Center. 

Visitation will be from 8 a.m. until funeral time Friday at Evangeline Funeral 
Home in Delcambre. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral 
home with the Rev. Nathan Comeaux officiating, 

with burial in Migues Cemetery. 

Pallbearers will be: Johnny Cheramie Jr., Donald Martin, Leon Morvant, Joey 
Vincent, Heath Bourque, and Brennan Vinet. Honorary pallbearers will be Charles 
Reed and Patrick Pitre. 

He is survived by his wife, Bonnie Morvant Cheramie, of Erath; son, Johnny 
Cheramie Jr. and wife, Angelle, of Maurice; grandchildren, Gracie Cheramie, 
Charles Reed, and Cammie Cheramie; great-grandchild, Mya Romero; sisters, 
Mildred C. Martin and husband, Herman, of Cut Off, and Ruth C. Pitre, of 
Delcambre; brothers, Aramise "Pepper" Martin and Donald "Phonse" Martin and 
wife, Vickey, all of Delcambre; half-brothers, Ray Cheramie and wife, Nancy, 
and Duroc "Jay" Cheramie Jr. and wife, Gloria, all of Golden Meadow; 
stepsister, Lucille Gillenwater, of Illinois; and stepbrothers, Lincoln Martin, 
of Golden Meadow, and Clarence Martin, of Galliano. 

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Janet Sonnier Cheramie; son, 
Charles Cheramie; mother and stepfather, Alcida Martin and Aramise; father, 
Duroc Cheramie; sister, Bernice "Tip" Arriaga; stepsisters, Bertha Williams and 
Lucia St. Pierre; and stepbrothers, Linberg, Stanley, and Uderick Martin. 

Nookie was a shrimper and oysterer from the age of 13. He was the only man to 
walk across the Delcambre Canal when it froze in 1962. 
He enjoyed playing cards, horse racing, and spending time with his family. 

Evangeline Funeral Home in Delcambre is in charge of arrangements. 

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