Oct 7, 2022

Funeral service for Nathan Paul Barr of Moreauville will begin at 2:00pm on Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at Escude Funeral Home in Simmesport. Burial & military honors will follow at Masonic Cemetery in Simmesport.

Nathan Barr, age 22, passed away on Friday, October 7, 2022 at his home in Moreauville. Nathan had a fun-loving attitude. He was...

Oct 6, 2022

Funeral Services for Daniel Paul “Boy” Rabalais of Marksville will begin at 12:00pm on Monday, October 10th, 2022 at Escude Funeral Home in Simmesport with Rev. Paul Kunnumpuram officiating. Burial & military honors will follow at the Christ the King Catholic Cemetery.

Daniel “Boy” Rabalais, age 77, passed on Thursday, October 6th, 2022. Mr. Daniel served honorably...

Oct 5, 2022

Memorial service for Audrey J. Jenkins will be held on Saturday, November 5, 2022 beginning at 11:00 am at the New Light Baptist Church in Evergreen.

Mr. Jenkins, 63, resident of Cottonport, died on October 5, 2022 at his residence.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Edna Lillie and Huey Paul Long Jenkins;...

Oct 5, 2022

Born in New Orleans on September 21, 1962, Daphne was the fourth child born to the union of Lodell Shepard Clark and Wadies Lee Clark. She departed this life on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, at Avoyelles Hospital in Marksville, LA.

Daphne accepted Christ as her Savior at the early age of nine years old and was baptized...

Oct 2, 2022

Stanley J. Egan; 55; formerly of Exeter, PA, passed away at his home in Moreauville, LA on Sunday October 2, 2022.

He is preceded in death by his parents Donald R. Egan Sr. & Rebecca (Koval) Egan.

Stan was a graduate of Wyoming Area High School Class of 1985. He was an Air Force Veteran...

Sep 27, 2022

A Funeral Mass will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 4, 2022, the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals, for Gisele Jeudy Mayeux, age 86, who passed away Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at her home in Moreauville, Louisiana.  Fr. Brian Seiler will officiate.

Gisele...

Sep 27, 2022

Funeral services for Tina Clark of Simmesport will be held on Sunday, October 9, 2022 beginning at 3:00 p.m. in Escude’ Funeral Home of Simmesport with Reverend Daniel Wright officiating. Burial will follow in the Heart of Worship Church Cemetery in Lettsworth.

Tina Bowman Clark, age 60, passed away on September 27, 2022 at her residence in...

Sep 25, 2022

Funeral Mass for Marion Bordelon of Moreauville will take place at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Moreauville on Wednesday, September 28th, 2022 beginning at 11:00am with Rev. Brian Seiler officiating. Burial will take place at the Sacred Heart Catholic Mausoleum.

Marion Bordelon, age 85, passed away at her home in Moreauville surrounded by her loved ones on...

Sep 24, 2022

Leonard Joseph Rachal was born on August 25, 1923, and passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 24, 2022, at the age of 99.  He was a longtime resident of Mansura, LA, and had been living in Baton Rouge in recent years.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 68 years, Claudine Armand Rachal.

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Sep 23, 2022

Funeral service Jimmy Carmouche, Sr. of Mansura will begin at 11:00am on Friday, September 30, 2022 at Escude Funeral Home in Mansura with Rev. Robert Wood officiating. Burial will follow at St. Paul Cemetery.

Jimmy Carmouche, Sr., age 53, passed away on Friday, September 23, 2022 in Fenton, LA.

Those left to cherish his memory...

Sep 21, 2022

Funeral service for Ethel Mae Williams of Mansura will begin at 11:00am on Saturday, October 1, 2022 at First Evening Star Baptist Church in Cottonport with Pastor Greg Jackson officiating. Burial will follow at Little Zion Baptist Cemetery in Longbridge.

Ethel Mae Williams, age 96, passed away on Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at Colonial Nursing Home in...

Sep 19, 2022

Alice "Faye" Joffrion Manint, age 77, of Shreveport, LA, died Monday, September 19th, 2022 at Garden Park Nursing Home in Shreveport. Faye had been retired for several years after careers as a beautician, sculptured nail technician, and co-owner of a family business. Faye was born in Moreauville, LA on June 9th, 1945 with her twin sister Kay Joffrion Rachel...

Sep 16, 2022

Samuel “Sammy” Mayeux, age 82, passed away at the Hessmer Nursing Home on Friday, September 16th, 2022.

A Memorial Mass service for Sammy Mayeux will be held at St. Mary's Assumptions Catholic Church on Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 9.30a.m.

Those left to cherish his memory are his children, Sally (Tim) McKenzie of South Burlington, VT...

Sep 14, 2022

Funeral Mass for Lois Normand of Simmesport will begin at 12:30pm on Saturday, September 17, 2022 at the Christ the King Catholic Church in Simmesport with Fr. Paul Kunnumpuram officiating. Entombment will follow in the church mausoleum.

Lois Normand, age 85, passed away on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at the Bayou Chateau Nursing Home in Simmesport.

Sep 12, 2022

Funeral services for Willie Ray “Butch” Bonton of Mansura will be held on Saturday, September 17, 2022 beginning at 10:00 am in Escude’ Funeral Home Chapel of Mansura with Reverend Darrell Sampson officiating. Burial will follow in The Little Zion Baptist Church Cemetery in Long Bridge.

Mr. Bonton, 73 passed away on September 12, 2022 at Rapides...

Sep 6, 2022

Memorial services for Raymond Michael Lemoine of Moreauville will take place at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Moreauville on Saturday, September 10th, 2022 beginning at 10:00am with Fr. Brian Seiler officiating.

Raymond M. Lemoine, age 63, passed away on Tuesday, September 6th, 2022 at his home in Moreauville. Mr. Raymond worked at the Western Auto in...

Aug 29, 2022

Funeral Mass for Irene Ford Jones of Marksville will begin at 11:00am on Friday, September 2, 2022 at St. Richard’s Catholic Church in Hickory Hill with Fr. Abraham Varghese officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery.

Irene Ford Jones entered this life on December 18, 1947, as the second child of Eddie Ford & Elize Jacobs...

Aug 26, 2022

Funeral services for Rose Nell Gauthier of Bunkie will take place at the Escude Funeral Home of Mansura on Wednesday, August 31 st , 2022 beginning at 11:00am with Rev. Edwin Rodriguez-Hernandez officiating. Burial will take place at the St. Alphonsus Catholic Cemetery.

Rose Gauthier, age 90, passed away at the Bayou Vista Nursing Home of Bunkie on...

Aug 23, 2022

Funeral Mass for Paul Arnouville, Jr. of Bordelonville will take place at the St. Peter Catholic Church of Bordelonville on Sunday, September 4, 2022 beginning at 12:00pm with Rev. Louis Sklar officiating. Burial will take place at the St. Peter Catholic Cemetery.

Paul Arnouville, Jr., age 73, passed away at the Avoyelles Hospital in Marksville on Tuesday, August...

Aug 22, 2022

Funeral service for Vastie Nelson Shabazz will begin at 1:00pm on Saturday, September 3, 2022 at Escude Funeral Home in Mansura. Burial will follow at the St. Paul Cemetery in Mansura.

Visitation will begin at 11:00am until 1:00pm on Saturday, September 3, 2022 at Escude Funeral Home in Mansura.

A true New Orleans Native, Vastie...