Obituaries

Alexander Savoy, Jr.
Mar 6, 2008
JR. ALEXANDER MITCHEL ALEX A resident and native of St. Amant, he died on Thursday, March 6, 2008 at Baton Rouge General Medical Center, Bluebonnet. He was 88 years old and proudly served his country in the U. S. Army in the Pacific Theater during WWII. He later retired from the U.S. Federal Government as a Quality Control Inspector....

Rex Williams, Sr.
Mar 4, 2008
WILLIAMS, SR. REX A A resident and native of Ascension Parish, he died on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at Regency Place Nursing Home in Baton Rouge. He was 82 and a retired electrician from IBEW, Local 995. Visiting on Friday, March 7, 2008 from 5 pm until 9pm at Ascension Funeral Home, 426 West New River St., Gonzales. Visitation...

Barry Sexton
Mar 2, 2008
SEXTON, BARRY A resident of Prairieville, he died on Sunday, March 2, 2008 at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. He was 26. Visitation will be held at Ascension Funeral Home, 426 West New River St., Gonzales, on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 beginning at 5pm. Memorial services will be conducted by Pastor Michael Elmore at 6pm in...
Rogers Melancon
Feb 24, 2008
ROGERS ROCK J. MELANCON A retired millwright from local 406, Burnside Terminal, and a resident of Sorrento, LA . He died on Sunday, February 24, 2008. Visiting at Ascension Funeral Home, 426 West New River St., Gonzales, on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 from 5pm until 9pm. visiting on Thursday will be held at St. Anne Catholic Church in Sorrento,...

Kevin Krantz
Feb 15, 2008
He was a 9th grade student at Dutchtown High School. Kevin was born August 5, 1992 in Metairie, LA and died on February 15, 2008 in Prairieville, LA. He was 15 years old. He resided in St. Bernard Parish for thirteen years until Hurricane Katrina relocated his family to the Prairieville area. Kevin had a unique sense of humor...

Mrs. Mildred Gautreaux
Feb 14, 2008
GAUTREAUX, MILDRED EVE HEBERT Mrs. Yep Loving mother, grandmother and great-grand mother, she was a resident of Gonzales and native of Dutchtown, she died early Thursday, February 14, 2008 at the age of 92. Visiting at Ascension Funeral Home, 426 West New River St., Gonzales on Friday, February 15, 2008 from 5pm until 9pm. Visitation on Saturday, February 16...

Dorothy Jumonville
Feb 14, 2008
DOROTHY JUMONVILLE DOT Born and blessed on April 12, 1929 to Hugh and Eunice Poe of Eros. A resident of Gonzales, she died Thursday, February 14, 2008 at the age of 79. Visitation will be at Ascension Funeral Home, 426 West New River St., Gonzales on Sunday, February 17, 2008 from 6pm until 9pm. Visitation on Monday, February 18...

Herminie Sheets
Feb 2, 2008
HERMINIE MARCHAND SHEETS Herminie Marchand Sheets, a native of Acy, LA, she died Saturday, February 2, 2008 at the Gonzales Healthcare Center. She was 89 years old. She was the daughter of Armand Marcel Marchand and Louise Landry of Acy, and wife of deceased Donald M. Sheets, Sr. One sister survives her, Bertha Marchand, who resides also in the...

Kim Willliams
Jan 28, 2008
alignleftWILLIAMS, KIM MARIE BARBAY alignleftA loving daughter, sister, mother and grandmother, died late January 28, 2008 after a long battle with cancer. She was a resident of Gonzales, and a native of Baton Rouge. She was 46 years old and an employee of Wal-Mart. She is survived by her mother, Janice Barbay, three daughters, Brandy Gros, Ashley Brown and...

Roderick Laiche
Jan 27, 2008
LAICHE, SR. RODERICK A resident and native of Gonzales, he died early Sunday, January 27, 2008 at Ascension Health Care, he was 65. Visitation will be held at Ascension Funeral Home, 426 West New River St., Gonzales, on Monday, January 28, 2008 from 5pm until 9pm and again on Tuesday beginning at 9am. Funeral services will be held in...

Gertrude Jumonville
Jan 25, 2008
JUMONVILLE, GERTRUDE J. GERTIE A resident of Gonzales, Gertie died Friday, Jan. 25, 2008, at Flannery Oaks Guest Home, Baton Rouge at the age of 85. The Jumonville name is synonymous with fine baked goods throughout Ascension and St. James Parishes. The French bread recipe alone dates back four generations. Gertie delivered bread by horse and buggy as a...

Cecil Nickens
Jan 24, 2008
Cecil A. Nickens A retired boilermaker, security officer and funeral assistant, he died at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008, at the Butterfly Wing of Ollie Steele Burden Manor. He was 72 and a resident and native of Galvez. Visiting at Ascension Funeral Home formerly Welsh Funeral Home, Gonzales, on Sunday, Jan. 27, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m....
Robert Alexis
Jan 19, 2008
A resident of St. Amant, LA, born on January 24, 1961, in New Orleans, LA. He was 47 years old and a heavy equipment operator. He passed away on January 19, 2008 in St. Amant, LA. Visiting at Ascension Funeral Home, 426 West New River Rd, Gonzales, LA on Tuesday, February 19, 2013, from 8:30 a.m. until service at...

Lillian Mire
Jan 18, 2008
MIRE, LILLIAN L. YAN A resident and native of St. Amant, she died at 10:35 am on Friday, January 18, 2008 at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Baton Rouge. She was 97. Visitation will be held at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in St. Amant, on Saturday, January 19, 2008 beginning at 9am. A mass of Christian Burial will be...

Jerry Billiot
Oct 30, 2007
A resident of Prairieville and a native of Montegut, he died Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007. He was 70 and a retired tugboat captain. Visitation at Ascension Funeral Home, 426 W. New River St., Gonzales, on Tuesday, Oct. 30, from 10 a.m. until memorial service at 1 p.m. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Marietta Hymel Billiot;...