Obituaries:  Joy Marie Davis Lafitte, Sabine Parish       L-130
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 20, 1989
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Joy Marie Davis Lafitte (Photo)

  Services for Mrs. Joy Marie Davis Lafitte, 59, were held at 2
p.m., Friday, September 15, at St. Mary of the Pines Catholic
Church. Officiating will be Monsignor Norman Buvens, first cousin
to Mrs. Lafitte, assisted by Monsignor Carson LaCaze, pastor of
St. Mary of the Pines Catholic Church. Burial will be in Forest
Park West.

  Mrs. Lafitte passed away, Wednesday, September 13, at 4:20 a.m.,
at Schumpert Medical Center, following a lengthy illness. Mrs.
Lafitte was born in Many, and had been a resident of Shreveport
for 40 years. She was a LPN at Schumpert Medical Center, and a
member of St. Mary of the Pines Catholic Church.

  Joy was preceded in death by her father, Lois Francis Davis; and
her son, Thomas Michael Lafitte.

  She is survived by her husband of 40 years, James E. "Jack"
Lafitte of Shreveport; mother, Leattie Davis of Many; one
daughter and son-in-law, Debra Lafitte Bellamy and Henry Bellamy
of Shreveport; four sons and daughters-in-law, James Edward
"Jimmy" and Beverly Boyett Lafitte of Shreveport, Gary Dale and
Daryl Hackler Lafitte of Shreveport, John Randall and Tillie
Adkins Lafitte of Lafayette, and Bruce Wayne and Daren Meshell
Lafitte of Shreveport; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Francis
and Hazel Davis of Freeport, Texas, and Andrew and Odessa Davis
of Arlington, Texas; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Louise and
Steve DeValcourt of Lafayette, and Peggy and Rurel Boswell of
Natchitoches; eight grandchildren, Eric Lafitte, Chrissy Lafitte,
Jennifer Lafitte, Stacy Bellamy, Mandy Lafitte, David Lafitte,
and Justin Bellamy, all of Shreveport, and Christopher Lafitte of
Lafayette; a number of nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and
cousins; and a host of friends.

  Pallbearers were M. H. Wright, Keith Jackson, Calvin Hotard,
Charles Hackler, R. L. Meshell, and Bobby Davis.