ST. MARY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: SPEIGHTS, CLAUDETTE FREEMAN 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: Twin City Funeral Home, Morgan City, La.

Died: Thursday, March 17, 2016

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SPEIGHTS, CLAUDETTE FREEMAN 
(September 25, 1936 - March 17, 2016)

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Claudette Freeman Speights, 79, a resident of Berwick, passed away Thursday, 
March 17, 2016 at AMG Specialty Hospital in Houma.

Claudette was born on September 25, 1936 in Plaquemine, the daughter of Claude 
Freeman and Carrie Marchal Freeman.

Claudette was a physical education teacher at Berwick High School from the 
1960's until the 1980's. Once she retired from teaching she served as a 
substitute teacher for the parish from the 1980's until the mid 2000's. 
She was a parishioner of St. Stephen Catholic Church where she previously 
taught catechism. She loved antiques and enjoyed collecting them.

Family would like to thank the Doctors and Staff of AMG Specialty Hospital in 
Houma for the loving care they gave.

She will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered by one son, Claud "Josh" 
Speights of Berwick; one sister, Catherine "Susie" Songy of Plaquemine; one 
brother, Charles Warren Freeman of Sibley, Miss.; one sister-in-law, Teresa 
Speights of Many; numerous nieces and nephews.

Claudette was preceded in death by her parents, Claude and Carrie Marchal 
Freeman; husband, Joel J. Speights; one sister, Carol H. Freeman; one brother, 
Claude "Bubba" Freeman.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 
St. Stephen Catholic Church in Berwick with Monsignor J. Douglass Courville 
officiating. A visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. on 
Monday, March 21, 2016 at Twin City Funeral Home with the visitation resuming 
from 9:00 a.m. until the time of Mass on Tuesday at St. Stephen Church. 

Following Mass Claudette will be laid to rest in the Grace Memorial Cemetery in 
Plaquemine.

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