St Landry County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Dupre, Lastie August 15, 1886
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The Opelousas Courier (Opelousas, La.) August 21, 1886, page 1
Died. - At his residence in Prairie Plaisance, on Sunday night, Aug. 15, at 
10:30 o'clock, Mr. Lastie Dupre, aged ninety one years and four months. In the 
death of this venerable old citizen, St. Landry has lost one of her oldest and 
most conspienons landmarks that connected her history with a generation past and 
linked us with the palmy days of ante-bellum times. He was known far and wide as 
the wealthiest stock-raiser in the Attakapas region, and whose hospitality was 
commensurate with the large means at his disposal. His simple and regular 
habits, joined with an active, energetic life, gave him extraordinary health and 
strength, which prolonged his life far beyond the limits usually allotted to 
man. With his usual wise foresight, he had made a generous provision for his 
descendants in life, and had everything prepared to meet the summons of death. 
The son of ex-Gov. Jacques Dupre, one of the early settlers of St. Landry, he 
was connected with a long and honorable line of ancestry of Louisiana. He was 
buried at the Catholic Cemetery of Opelousas, on Monday evening, when an immense 
throng of relatives and friends met to pay their respects to the esteemed and 
honored old citizen. Peace to his ashes.

Additional Comments:
Lastie Dupre is buried in Section 7 of the Opelousas Catholic Church cemetery, 
Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, LA

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