TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for CHERAMIE, ALBERT A. 
  
Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from Feb. 25 to Feb. 26, 2016 

Died: Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016

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CHERAMIE, ALBERT A. 

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Albert "Big Al" A. Cheramie, 87, a native and resident of Golden Meadow, passed 
away Feb. 25, 2016. 

Visitation will take place on Saturday, Feb. 27 at Our Lady of Prompt Succor 
Catholic Church in Golden Meadow, LA, from 11:30 a.m. until service time. 
Funeral Mass will begin at 2:30 p.m., 

with burial following in Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church cemetery. 

Mr. Albert is survived by his wife 69 years, Mary Cheramie; daughter, Deborah 
Serigny and husband, Clint; son, Marc A. Cheramie and wife, DeDe; daughter-in-
law, Polly Cheramie; grandchildren, Matthew Pitre, Alex A. Cheramie, Ryan A. 
Cheramie, Adam A. Cheramie, and Whitney Mary Cheramie; great-grandchildren, 
Joseph Pitre, Isabella Cheramie, Victoria Pitre, Hannah Cheramie, Alan 
Cheramie, and Lucy Cheramie; and sister, Norma Guilbeau. 

Mr. Cheramie was preceded in death by parents, Philocles and Cecelia C. 
Cheramie; son, Alan Cheramie; grandchildren, Russ Pitre, Dana Cheramie, and 
Beth Cheramie; and brother, Gilbert Cheramie. 

Big Al's passion was worldwide big game hunting and was a past president of the 
Safari Club International from 1986 to 1988, declared sportsman of the year by 
Gov. Foster, was a member of OVIS and was a recipient of multiple Conservation 
and Hunting awards. A past chairman of State Bank and Trust and past chairman 
of the board for Lafourche Parish Water District. 

After leaving Texaco, along with his brother-in-law Anthony Guilbeau, co-
founded and operated C & G Boats, which has been operating for 60 years. 

Falgout Funeral Home of Galliano entrusted with arrangements. 

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