LENA MARTIN Obituary: Terrebonne Parish, La.

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Source: Houma Courier, Houma, Terrebonne Parish, La.

22 Feb 2005

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February 20. 2005 12:16AM

Lena Martin

Lena Margaret Porche Martin, 91, a native of Lafourche Parish and a resident of 
Houma, died at 11:40 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18, 2005.

Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. today and from 8:30 a.m. until funeral time 
Monday at Bayou Blue United Methodist Church. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. 
Monday at the church, with burial in Rogers Cemetery.

She is survived by two sons, Jerry Chauvin and wife, Beverly, of Bayou Blue, and 
James Chauvin and wife, Janice, of Idabell, Okla.; two daughters, Genevieve 
Ledet and husband, Harold, of Bourg, and Annie Marie Hughes of Gretna; two 
stepsons, Tillman Martin and wife, Enona, of Houma, and Henry Martin and wife, 
Dolores, of Bayou Blue; two stepdaughters; Sadie Toups and husband, Eddie, of 
Houma, and Loraine Ledet and husband, Marvin, of Bayou Blue; three sisters, 
Agnes Veto, Enez Matherne of Houma and Elvia Jambon of Golden Meadow; and 
numerous grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Davidson Chauvin; her second 
husband, Gilbert Joseph Martin; her parents, Eddie Porche and Onesia Malbrough 
Porche; two brothers, Mac Porche and Levy Porche; and one sister; Mathilda 
Foret.

She was a retired clerk at J.C. Penney and a member of Bayou Blue United 
Methodist Church.