Authement Obituaries: Terrebonne Parish, La. Submitted by: Cynthia Fatchett Daigle Source: As listed with each Obit 19 June 2004 ================================================== ********************************************** 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 the newspaper, not the date of death. 2. Annotations are additional information 3. SLR - from South Louisiana Records by Donald Hebert 4. SLVFR - from South Louisiana Vital Family Records by Terrebonne Genealogicial Society ============================ Houma Courier; Tuesday Feb. 8, 1938 Octave AUTHEMENT Funeral services were held at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Little Caillou Monday morning February 7 at eight o'clock for Mr. Octave AUTHEMENT, age 79, of Chauvin, LA. Mr. AUTHEMENT was a life-long resident of Terrebonne Parish and was well known in this section. Surviving the deceased are his sons, Messers Morgan AUTHEMENT of Houma, Leo, Arthur and Oscar AUTHEMENT, all of Little Caillou, his daughters, Mrs. Oristile BABIN of Bayou Dularge, Mrs. Luke RHODES of Houma, Mrs. Walter BLANCHARD of Little Caillou, Mrs Arthur PORTEAUX and Mrs. Ida AUTHEMENT. Chauvin funeral home was in charge of arrangements. Annotation: SLR v. 6, p. 10 Octave Raphael Authement b. July 3, 1856, Houma, LA, s/o Augustin Authement & Adeline Foret m. Jan. 21, 1879 Montegut, LA to Octavie Chauvin ============================ Houma Newspaper, abt. June 13, 1976, Sunday FABIOLA BABIN AUTHEMENT Mrs. Fabiola Babin Authement, native and resident of Houma, died at 8 pm Saturday at a local nursing home. She was 90. Mrs. Authement was the wife of the late Wallace Authement and the daughter of the late Augustin Babin and Octavia Usie Babin. She is survived by two sons, Ralph and Allen Authement of Houma; three daughters, Mrs Ernest (Bessie) Cunningham of Jeanerette, Mrs. Lottie Blanchard of Houma and Mrs. Charles (Elsie) Fatchett of Bourg. She is also survived by five brothers - Henry, Clarence, Lawrence, Wilton and Norris Babin; and three sisters - Mrs. Wiltz Duplantis of Houma, Mrs Henry Lirette of Little Caillou and Mrs. Arthur Portier of Little Caillou. Mrs. Authement was preceded in death by one daughter, Blanche Boudreaux; by two brothers, Edwin and Sidney Babin; and by one sister, Mrs. Hayes Pellegrin. She had 21 grandchildren, 47 great grandchildren and 8 great great grandchildren. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. today at Chauvin Funeral Home and will resume at 8 a.m. until funeral time, which has not been set. The funeral will be held at Holy Rosary Catholic Church and interment will follow in the Holy Rosary Cemetery. Chauvin Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. =============================