ST. MARY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: LILE, ERNEST ‘JUNIOR’, JR.

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: Franklin Banner-Tribune, Morgan City Daily Review; St. Mary Parish, La. 

Published: 20 September, 2012

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LILE, ERNEST ‘JUNIOR’, JR.
Feb. 13, 1931 ~ Sept. 19, 2012

Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 22, 2012, at 11 a.m., at 
Ibert’s Mortuary in Franklin for Ernest “Junior” Lile Jr., 81, a Franklin 
native and lifelong resident of Centerville, who passed away Wednesday, 
September 19, 2012, at Maison Teche Nursing Center in Jeanerette.

Burial will follow in the Presbyterian Cemetery in Centerville. 
Chaplain Bill Brewer will officiate the services.

Junior was a veteran of the United States Air Force, having served during the 
Korean Conflict. He was a gun collector and avid outdoorsman who loved 
crawfishing and raising alligators, of which he was well known for keeping in 
his pond in front of his home in Centerville. He was also known as being one of 
the best welders around, having worked for over forty years for Berry Brothers 
in Berwick.

Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Donna Ruth Duggan Lile of Centerville; 
one son, Robert Lile and his wife LeeAnn of Garden City; three daughters, 
Alicia Dawn Lile Chapman of Denham Springs, Tara Antoinette Lile of 
Centerville, and Haley Cheree’ Lile Burley and her husband, Keith, of Berwick; 
three sisters, Alice Lake of Verdunville, Janet Smith of Verdunville and 
Shirley Arnold of Roanoke; nine grandchildren, Trevin, Blaine and Kelsey 
Buteaux, Cruise Chapman, Landen, Justin and Brennen Lile and McKayla and 
Brielle Burley; one great grandson, Carson Buteaux; as well as numerous nieces 
and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest Lile Sr. and Bessie Cecilia 
Burns Lile; and his brother, Taylor “Tootsie” Lile.

A gathering of family and friends will be held Saturday at Ibert’s Mortuary in 
Franklin from 10 a.m. until time of service at 11 a.m.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Ibert’s Mortuary, Inc. of Franklin.

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