TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for LECOMPTE, LITA  
  
Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from May 22 to May 23, 2014

Died: Wednesday, May 21, 2014

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LECOMPTE, LITA  

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Lita Rita LeCompte, 89, a native and resident of Houma, died at 5:45 p.m. 
Wednesday, May 21, 2014. 

Visitation will be from 8 a.m. until funeral time Saturday at St. Gregory 
Barbarigo Catholic Church. A Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. 
Saturday at the church, 

with burial in St. Francis de Sales Cemetery No. 2. 

She is survived by her children, Stephen G. LeCompte and wife, Patsy, Dennis J. 
LeCompte and wife, Sarah, Meridy A. Liner and husband, Randy, and Nettie M. 
Prejean and husband, David; 21 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; seven 
great-great-grandchildren; brother, Curtis Hebert; and sister, Iris Blevons. 

She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul "J.P." Joseph LeCompte; parents, 
August Hebert and Effie Rhodes Hebert; son, Paul J. LeCompte Jr.; and daughter, 
Evelyn C. Autin. 

Lita was a parishioner of St. Gregory Barbarigo Catholic Church. 
She enjoyed sewing, quilting, and growing flowers. She will be remembered as 
the snowball lady on Gum street and for selling her handmade baby clothes and 
quilts at Southdown Marketplace. She was the longest surviving member of Camp 
Bluebird. Lita also loved to spoil her grandchildren. 

Chauvin Funeral Home in Houma is in charge of arrangements. 

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