TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La. OBITUARIY for Submitted by: Louis Lavedan Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from Apr. 14 to Apr. 16, 2016 Died: Sunday, April 3, 2016 ============================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml ============================================================================= VERGIN, OCTAVIA BETTY MILER ========== A photo is available for this file. Please go to http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafourche/obits/dateobits/2016/f1604.htm and click on the name of interest. ========== Octavia "Slappy" Betty Miler-Vergin, 78, a native of Philadelphia, PA and a resident of Houma, passed away peacefully at 4:53 p.m. on Sunday, April 3, 2016. Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. until funeral time at the 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 16 at Greater St. Matthews Baptist Church, 183 Smith Lane in Houma. Burial will follow in Southdown Cemetery. She is survived by sons, Terry and Aaron (JoAnn) Mulligan; daughters, Tanya (Rodrick) Jules and Sharnell (Frank) Sims; sister, Estelle M. (Punchie) Turner; twenty five grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her son, Kirk Mulligan; grandson, Brandon Scott; mother, Frankie Luke Verette; stepfather, Alvin "Shine" Verette; and brother, Terrace Miller. Arrangements entrusted to Jones Funeral Home of Houma. ======================