John 'Cha Cha' Fontenot, unemployment officer

John R. “Cha Cha” Fontenot, 70 died on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at his residence in Mamou. A Service of Christian Burial will be Celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014 at St Ann’s Catholic Church in Mamou with Rite of Committal to follow in the New St. Ann’s Cemetery . Father Thainese will act as Celebrant for all services.
Fontenot was an Unemployment Officer with the State of Louisiana for 35 years.
Survivors include three children, Julia Johnson and her husband, Randy and Carolyn Breaux and her husband Glenn all of Mamou, and John Richard Fontenot, II and his wife Ashley of Houma; two brothers, Michael B. Fontenot and Companion Valerie Douget of Reddell and Eddie Jean “To To” Fontenot of Mamou; five grandchildren, Courtney Johnson, Aaron Johnson, Tori Breaux, Remy Fontenot , Cooper Fontenot and one step-grandchild, Brandon Breaux and wife Raconda and one step-great-grandchild, Larrian Breaux.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Carole Lynn Fontenot, and his parents Jeffery and Emma Lou Fontenot.
Visitation will be held at Ardoin’s Funeral Home in Mamou on Friday, December 5, 2014 from 3:00 PM. until 10:00 PM. A rosary will be recited at 6:00 PM Friday evening.The Funeral Home will reopen at 8:00 AM on Saturday until time of services.