2006 Obituaries; Surnames P Vermilion Parish, Louisiana Submitter Kathy Tell Date 03 Jan 2007 Source as noted with each obit ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** PERRY, Clarence 01/10/2006 The Daily Advertiser ABBEVILLE - Clarence Perry, 66, died Friday, Jan. 6, 2006, at his residence. Funeral services are pending. C.M. Butler Funeral Home of Abbeville is in charge of arrangements. PHILLIPS, Regina M. Daily Iberian 03/31/2006 ABBEVILLE - Services for Regina Marie Phillips, 41, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday at Saint Theresa Catholic Church with the Rev. Joseph Breaux officiating. Interment will follow in Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church cemetery in Erath. Visiting hours will be observed from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. today with a rosary being recited at 7:30 p.m. at C.M. Butler Funeral Home chapel. Visitation will resume from 8 a.m. until the time of service Saturday. A resident of Abbeville, Mrs. Phillips died Monday, March 27, 2006 at her residence. C.M. Butler Funeral Home of Abbeville is in charge of the arrangements. PLAISANCE, Virgie Gaspard LCAP 04/24/2006 Virgie Gaspard Plaisance, 73, passed away Sunday, April 23, 2006, after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Plaisance was a native of Gueydan and had lived in Lake Charles since 1951. She retired from St. Patrick Hospital after 28 years of service. She was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Harry Plaisance; a son, Frank Plaisance and his wife, Cindy, of Griffin, Ga.; a daughter, Barbara P. Cooke and her husband, Robert D., of Sharpsburg, Ga.; a grandson, Kristopher Cooke of Atlanta; two granddaughters, Amie Chambers and her husband, Robin, and Kelly Moore and her husband, Stephen; three great-granddaughters, Maggie, Emily and Madison Chambers; three sisters, Mary Guidry and Laura Breaux, both of Crowley, and Lydia Monceaux of Klondike; and three brothers, the Rev. Al Gaspard and his wife, Jeannie, of Cookville, Tenn., Johnny Gaspard of Estherwood and Howard Gaspard of DeQuincy. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, at Emmanuel Baptist Church, with the Rev. Francis Larocque officiating. Visitation is from 4-8 p.m. today, April 24, and on Tuesday from 8-11 a.m. in Hixson Funeral Home, and from 1-2 p.m. in the church. Interment will be in Highland Memory Gardens. Photo with article POTIER, Frank LCAP 02/19/2006 JENNINGS — The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 20, 2006, from Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church of Jennings for Frank Potier, 83, who died Friday, Feb. 17, in Jennings American Legion Hospital. Burial will be in Gueydan Cemetery with full military rites. The Rev. Edward Brunnert, M.S., and Monsignor James Gaddy will perform the services. Mr. Potier was a lifelong resident of Gueydan until 6 1 /2 years ago, when he moved to Jennings following the death of his beloved wife of 52 years, Vinis Marie Bertrand Potier, also of Gueydan. Following his graduation from Gueydan High School, he attended business college in Chillicothe, Mo., where he received an associate’s degree in accounting and business management, earning him a position with the Army Corps of Engineers in Washington, D.C. With the outbreak of World War II, Mr. Potier was drafted into the Army-Air Force, where he served as an aerial engineer and crew chief on a C-46, flying combat cargo over “The Hump” (the Himalayan Mountains) to our troops fighting in the China-Burma-India theatre. Subsequent to his honorable discharge at the completion of World War II, Mr. Potier was adorned with numerous medals and citations, including the Air Medal with two Bronze Stars and the World War II Victory Medal. As a proud member of the Hump Pilots Association, a lifetime member of American Legion Post 520 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Jennings, he took great delight in sharing his “war stories” with close friends, family and anyone else he crossed paths with. His distinguished military service career played a primary role in his life, and we, his family, will not soon forget the glowing pride he took in serving this country he loved so much. As a devoted resident of Vermilion Parish, Mr. Potier followed in the historic footsteps of his great-grandfather, Nathan Perry, the first elected sheriff of Vermilion Parish, by dedicating himself as a public servant to his community. Mr. Potier served as both mayor and city councilman for the town of Gueydan and served on the inaugural board of the Gueydan Memorial Guest Home, where he was recognized as being that individual most instrumental in procuring the Certificate of Need required to bring the guest home to fruition. He retired after dedicating himself to 30 years of service as operations manager for the Gueydan branch of Louisiana Rice Mill Inc. and Riviana Foods Inc., and concurrently, he and his wife owned and operated a portrait studio in Gueydan for some 20-plus years. In the years proceeding and subsequent to his retirement, the couple enjoyed pleasurable days of fishing at their camp on Toledo Bend Reservoir, where more times than not, she managed to out-fish “The Great-White Fisherman.” They were members of the Square Shooters of Jennings and the Dixie Twirlers Square Dance Club of Abbeville. In 1999, Mr. Potier moved to Jennings, where he was a faithful member of Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church and a third-degree knight in Knights of Columbus Council 2012. He enjoyed membership and participation in Gueydan’s Krewe de la Chambre Royale annual ball and in Le Krewe du le Originales et Les Enfants, living life to the fullest and enjoying all that his Cajun culture had to offer. Survivors include three daughters, Ellen Hebert and her husband, Jim, of Jennings, Barbara Touchet and her husband, Tim, of Rayne and Pat Worley of Lafayette; one son, Frank David Potier and his wife, Michele, of Covington, Tenn.; one brother, Robert Potier and his wife, Mamie, of Kaplan; his beloved sister, with whom he spoke daily, Mary Broussard of Gueydan; 17 grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; 18 greatgrandchildren; two stepgreat-grandchildren; and two very dear friends, Mrs. Diana B. Hebert, granddaughter-inlaw, of Jennings, and Mrs. Rose Crochet of Klondike. His parents, Necolas and Cecile Perry Potier; his wife, Vinis Marie Bertrand Potier; one son, Necolas Michael Potier; one brother, Walter Potier; and one sister, Ethel LeMaire, preceded him in death. Visitation is 2-9 p.m. today, with a Cursillo rosary at 6 p.m., and from 8 a.m. Monday in Matthews and Son Funeral Home of Jennings, (337) 824-4420. Pallbearers will be his grandsons, David D. Hebert, P.T. of Jennings; Craig B. Hebert of Gueydan; Jason C. Touchet of Scott; Kevin P. Touchet, M.P.T., of Jennings; Necolas “Moose” Touchet of Rayne; Chad M. Potier of Columbia, S.C.; and Brandon H. Worley of Lafayette. He was a devoted husband, a loving father and grandfather and a special friend. He will truly be missed by all. PREJEAN, Whitney Sr. American Press:2006 Nov 28 Whitney Prejean Sr., 88, passed away Sunday, Nov. 26, 2006, in a local care facility. A native of Abbeville, he had resided in Lake Charles since the early 1950s. Whitney was a retired operator from the city of Lake Charles. He was very active in Little League baseball over the years. Survivors include his sons, Glenn Prejean of Lake Charles, John H. Prejean of Canyon City, Texas, Whitney “Jim” Prejean Jr. of Sulphur; six grandchildren; five greatgrandchildren; and sisters, Wilda Broussard and Anna Belle Hebert, both of Abbeville. His wife, Lillian Broussard Prejean, preceded him in death. His funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. today, Nov. 28, in Johnson Funeral Home. The Rev. Alan Trouille will officiate. Burial will be in Consolata Cemetery. Photo included with article PREMEAUX, Florence LCAP 04/30/2006 Florence Mary Simon Premeaux passed from this world to the next on Monday, April 24, 2006, after blessing us all for 74 years. Her body will be donated for research, and no memorial services will be held. She was born on April 7, 1932, in Abbeville. She lived most of her life in Gueydan before moving to Lake Charles, where she and her husband had lived with their son and daughter-in-law since April 2004. She was a retired beautician and very well known in Gueydan for all of her athletic accomplishments. She was a member of Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Church in Lake Charles. She is survived by her husband of 52 years, Percy D. Premeaux of Lake Charles; son, Shane R. Premeaux and wife Jennifer of Lake Charles; granddaughter, Paige Elizabeth Premeaux of Thibodaux; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Israel “Tut” Simon Sr. and Edith Simon; sister, Jeanette Simon Trahan; and brother, Israel “B D” Simon. Arrangements were handled by Johnson Funeral Home. Donations in her memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718. Photo with article.