Private memorial services will be held at a later date for Wilson Joseph Adams, Jr., 60, a native and resident of Franklin who passed away Sunday, February 19, 2012 at his home. He will be deeply missed by his family and friends. Survivors include three children, Jason Joseph Adams and his wife Billie Jean Talbot Adams of Franklin, Toby James Adams and his wife Lacey Naquin Adams of Franklin, and Stacey Adams of Franklin; his former wife,...

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, February 22, 2012, at 2:00 PM at Ibert's Mortuary for Raymond Adam Verdin, Sr., 65, a native and lifelong resident of Franklin, who passed away Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 7:18 PM at Franklin Foundation Hospital. Burial will follow in the Perpetual Park Cemetery. Survivors include his wife of 31 years, Leona Irene Champlin Verdin of Franklin; five children, Raymond Adam Verdin, Jr. and his...

A Mass of Christian burial will be held Monday, February 13, 2012, at 10:00 AM at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Patterson for Mr. Frank A. Smoorenburg, 88, a native of the Netherlands and a resident of Patterson for the past 50 years, who passed away Friday, February 10, 2012, at 7:30 AM at his home. Burial will follow in the St. Joseph Cemetery. Father Donavan Labbe' will officiate the services. Following WWII, Frank joined the Merchant...

Prudhome Joseph "P.J." Trahan, died on Monday, February 6, 2012, at the age of 87. He is survived by "his bride" of 66 years, Frances Fournier Trahan. He is also survived by three daughters, Alice Bourg of Algiers, Kathie Martin (Chick) of Golden Meadow, and Fran Love (Kyle) of Lafayette; seven super grandchildren, Francoise D. Cohen, Annie Bourg, Beau Martin, Nate' R. Anson, Jean Paul Martin, Collins Bourg, and "Tray" Bourg; his elite eleven...

A Mass of Christian burial will be held Thursday, February 9, 2012, at 2:30 PM at the Church of Assumption in Franklin for Rosemary Chauvin Concienne, 87, a native and life long resident of Franklin, who passed away Monday, February 6, 2012, at 8:00 PM at her residence. Burial will follow in the Franklin Cemetery. Fr. Lloyd Benoit will officiate the services. Survivors include her daughter, Jody C. Nelson and husband Myron of Salem, AL; two...

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at 1:00 PM at Ibert's Mortuary in Franklin for Hilliard B. Cole, 73, a native of Shadyside and a resident of Franklin, who passed away Sunday, February 5, 2012, at 6:17 PM at Iberia Medical Center. Burial will follow in the Franklin Cemetery. Deacon Douglas Hebert will officiate the services. Hill was a 1957 graduate of Centerville High School. He loved sports and was a die-hard LSU...

A Mass of Christian burial will be held Friday, February 10, 2012, at 11:00 AM at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Patterson for Cameron Michael Gragg, 19, a Morgan City native and resident of Patterson, who passed away Friday, February 3, 2012, at LSU Medical Center in New Orleans. Burial will follow in Ibert's Memorial Park Cemetery in Patterson. Father Gregory Cormier will officiate the services. Survivors include his parents, Sandra Gragg...

Funeral services will be held Monday, February 6, 2012, at 11:00 AM at Ibert's Mortuary in Franklin for Barbara Elene Jeffreys Bercegeay, 79, longtime resident of Lafayette, who passed away Thursday, February 2, 2012, at 6:36 PM at River Region Hospice in River Ridge. Burial will follow in the Presbyterian Cemetery in Centerville. Dr. David Jeffreys, Associate Pastor of Highland Baptist Church in New Iberia, will officiate the services. ...

Larry Joe White, 60, a resident of Morgan City, passed away Saturday, January 28, 2012, at 8:40 AM at his home. Funeral services are incomplete at this time.

Funeral services were held Monday, January 30, 2012 at 2:00PM at the Morgan City Cemetery for Tinsley Michelle Chandler, who was born January 23, 2012 at 12:45 PM at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans and called home just hours after entering this world. Tinsley is survived by her parents, Sarah Rose Curry and Charles "Chuck" Chandler, II; maternal grandparents, Brett Curry and Sheryl Curry; paternal grandparents, Charles Douglas Chandler...

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at 2:00 PM at Ibert's Mortuary in Franklin for Mr. Charles James Naquin, 82, a native of Franklin and a resident of Lutcher for the past 46 years, who passed away Saturday, January 21, 2012, at 12:05 PM at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Gonzales. Burial will follow in the Franklin Cemetery. Fr. Lloyd Benoit will officiate the services. Charles was a veteran of the United States Army and...

A Mass of Christian burial will be held Monday, January 23, 2012, at 1:00 PM at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Charenton for Elizabeth Ann Hebert, 63, a lifelong resident of Charenton, who passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2012, at 6:50 PM at her home. Burial will follow in the Immaculate Conception Cemetery Mausoleum. Father Gregory Cormier will officiate the services. Ms. Elizabeth was a retired teacher of 23 years with the...

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, January 18, 2012, at 12:00 PM at Ibert's Mortuary for Mr. Nathan J. Adams, Jr., 73, a native of Franklin and resident of Mandeville, who passed away Monday, January 16, 2012, at 4:15 AM at Canon Hospice of New Orleans. Burial and Military Honors will follow in the Franklin Cemetery. Father Gregory Cormier will officiate the services. Nathan was a good man who loved his family. He was a proud...

A Mass of Christian burial will be held Thursday, January 19, 2012, at 10:30 AM at the Church of the Assumption in Franklin for Therese Ray McGraw, 83, a native of Opelousas and a resident of Franklin for the past 50 years, who passed away Sunday, January 15, 2012, at 9:05 PM at Opelousas General Hospital. Father Billy Ruskoski will officiate the Mass. Mrs. Therese was very proud of having received her Registered Nursing Degree from Charity...

A Mass of Christian burial will be held Saturday, January 14, 2012, at 11:00 AM at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Baldwin for Mrs. Mary Lynne Hebert Cestia, 83, an Iberia Parish native, longtime former resident of Baldwin, and a resident of Azalea Estates in New Iberia for the past four years, who passed away Thursday, January 12, 2012, at 2:50 PM at Iberia Medical Center. Burial will follow in the Sacred Heart Cemetery. Father...