Obituaries

EUNICE~It is with heavy hearts and great sadness that the family of Elma D. Andrus announces her passing on Monday, December 09, 2013 at Acadian Medical Center in Eunice surrounded by her loving family. She was 75.

Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, December 13, 2013 at Ardoin's Funeral Home of Eunice with Deacon David Guillory officiating for Michael Jerome “Mikey” Soileau, Jr., a resident of Basile, who passed away at Acadian Medical Center on Tuesday, December 10, 2013.

Pentecostal minister
NEW IBERIA – Services for 50-year Pentecostal minister the Rev. Claudie Hagan will be Saturday. He died Dec. 5 at age 69.
He was minister of New Life Christian Center for 25 years.
Survivors include his wife Gwen and two sons.

BASTROP – Services former State Board of Dentistry president Dr. Douglas Keller, Sr. will be Wednesday. He died Dec. 8 at age 81.
He practiced dentistry here for 50 years and was a founding director of Word-of-Mouth: Oral Health Connection, a non-profit dental outreach organization.

MOWATA ~ A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, December 12, 2013 at Saint Lawrence Catholic Church in Mowata for Edward Frey, Jr., 79, who died at 5:40 a.m. Tuesday, December 10, 2013 in Crowley.