ST. MARY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: MICHOT, PATRICIA ANN SMITH 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: Daily Review, The (Morgan City, LA)

Published Wednesday, April 13, 2011

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MICHOT, PATRICIA ANN SMITH 

A memorial Mass will be held on Thursday, April 14, 2011, 10 a.m., at Sacred 
Heart Church in Broussard for Patricia Ann Smith Michot, who passed away 
peacefully at her home in Lafayette on Monday, April 11, 2011, surrounded by 
family and loved ones. 

Patricia was born on March 2, 1926, in Patterson to William Bathe Smith and Rita 
Maria Marin. She was born and raised along the banks of the lower Atchafalaya 
River where her father managed Idlewild Farms (dairy cattle and sugar cane) for 
General Kemper Williams.

She graduated valedictorian of the Class of 1942 at Patterson High School, where 
she also played tennis, a sport that became a lifelong passion. She attended 
Southwest Louisiana Institute (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette), 
where she was a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority, was selected as V-12 
Sweetheart by the V-12 cadets, and graduated with a degree in Home Economics in 
1946.

She married Louis J. Michot Jr. in September 1946 and they settled in Lafayette, 
where they resided until her death, with the exception of two years in 
Annandale, Va., (1956-1958) when Louis worked in Washington, D. C.

Patricia was preceded in death by her parents; by two daughters, Carolyn Rose 
Michot and Yvette Marie Michot; by one grandchild, Ruth Reaux; and by three 
brothers, William Bathe Smith Jr., Donald Charles Smith and Ralph Smith.

She is survived by her loving husband of 65 years, Louis Joseph Michot Jr.; 
eight children, Marilyn Ann Michot Breaux (husband Steve Breaux), Patrick Louis 
"Rick" Michot Sr. (wife Suzanne Lafleur Michot), Thomas Claud Michot (wife 
Katharine Meleton Michot), David Luke Michot (wife Colette Conway Michot), 
Timothy Paul Michot (wife Pam Herring Michot), Robert James Michot (wife 
Beatrice Guwang Michot), Michael John Michot (wife Monique Broussard Michot) and 
Yvonne Marie Michot (husband Randy Reaux); 19 grandchildren, Jim Keating (wife 
Tracey), Sean Keating (wife Bridgett), Rebecca Keating, Chris Keating, Patrick 
Michot Jr., Joline Michot, Andre Michot (wife Heather), Louis Michot (wife 
Ashlee), Katharine Michot, Effie Michot, Kayla Michot, Timothy Michot, Noemie 
Michot, Rosalie Michot, Mikie Michot, Mary Carolyn Michot, Jesse Reaux, Asher 
Reaux and Daniel Reaux; and four great-grandchildren, Christina Keating, Jaime 
Keating, Ayler Keating Louviere and Julien Michot; by one sister, Effie Jane 
Smith Evans of Crockett, Texas; and by many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Visitation will be held today, Wednesday, April 13, 2011, at Delhomme Funeral 
Home, 1011 Bertrand Drive, Lafayette, from 3 p.m. until 8 p.m., with a rosary to 
be recited at 6:30 p.m. Visitation will continue at Sacred Heart Church in 
Broussard on Thursday, April 14, 2011, at 8 a.m. until time of service, and 
there will be a reception following the service in the Parish Life Center at 
Sacred Heart Church in Broussard.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that contributions be made to the Michot 
Family Fund at the Community Foundation of Acadiana, 1035 Camellia Boulevard, 
Lafayette, Louisiana, 70508, www.cfacadiana. org.

Delhomme Funeral Home is in charge of funeral arrangements. 

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