WILLIE LA GARDE Obituary: Terrebonne Parish, La. Submitted by: Louis Lavedan Source: Houma Courier, Houma, Terrebonne Parish, La. 1 Apr 2005 ================================================== ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ================================================== NOTES: 1. The date preceding the obituary is the date of posting on the WWW, not the date of death. ============================= March 31. 2005 12:22PM Willie LaGarde [Photo] Willie Mae LaGarde, 81, a native and resident of Houma, died at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, March 27, 2005. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to funeral time Friday at St. Peter Baptist Church in Montegut. Funeral services will be at noon Friday at the church, with burial in Bisland Cemetery. She is survived by one son, Deon Romell Thomas; five daughters, Rosella Jackson and husband, Dalton, Lucinda Thomas and husband, Steve, Judy Williams and husband, Roland, Betty Harris and husband, Sam, and Kanesha Johnson and husband, Christopher; one sister, Jeanette Allen; seven grandchildren; 19 great- grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ellis "Teko" LaGarde; her parents, Julius and Pauline Lyons Mitchell; one daughter; and three brothers. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Peter Baptist Church.