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GRAMERCY – Alvin Joseph Berthelot, 77, a native of Paulina and resident of Gramercy, died Jan. 31. He was the husband of Geraldine Bordelon Berthelot and father of Diana Rome, Anette Simon and Andrew and Alvin Berthelot Jr.He was also the son of Fortune and Blanche Roussel Berthelot and brother of the late Mildred Louque, Marjorie Ory, Blanche Baham and Felice, Anicet, Dalton and Roger Berthelot.He is also survived by six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one grandchild.Services were Feb. 2 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Gramercy.BOLDEN
DES ALLEMANDS – Elizabeth Bolden, 84, a resident of Des Allemands, died Jan. 27. She was the mother of Bertha Hill.She was also the daughter of the late John and Louvenia Bolden and sister of the late Mary Williams, Leatha Jones, Anna Billups, Bessie Lewis, Hathie Canty, Julia Green and Albertha, Robert, Mitchell Sr. and John Bolden Jr.She is also survived by six grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.Services are today at 11 a.m. at Antioch Baptist Church, Des Allemands, with interment at Shell Mound Cemetery, Des Allemands. Visitation starts at 10 a.m.CAMBRE
LAPLACE – Shirley L. Cambre, 72, a native of St. James Parish and resident of Garyville, died Jan. 30. She was the wife of the late Edward “Poney” Cambre and mother of Steven “Poney” Sr.She was also the sister of Dorothy Trosclair, Elise Melancon, Beverly Tassin, Linda Ordoyne and Ray, Betty and Vera LaBauve.She is also survived by two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.Services were Feb. 2 in the chapel of Millet-Guidry Funeral Home, LaPlace, with interment at St. Peter Cemetery, Reserve.DAVIS
KILLONA – Arthur Davis Jr., 44, a native and resident of Killona, died Jan. 27. He was the father of Nataria Joseph, Jermika Glenn and Barniesha Glenn.He was also the son of Celestine Dent Bartley and the late Arthur Davis Sr., stepson of Ernest Bartley Jr. and brother of Sheila Toney, Rhonda Mitt, Patricia LeBlanc, Betty Dent, Leroy Toney, Byron, Kenneth and Anthony Davis and Nathaniel, Darryl and Kevin Bartley.He was also the fiancé of Felita Smith.Services were Feb. 1 at Canaan Baptist Church, Killona, with interment at Greenhill Cemetery, Taft.GRAVOIS
VACHERIE – Jean Paul Gravois, 84, a native and resident of Vacherie, died Jan. 29. He was the husband of Helen Reulet Gravois and father of Lael Zeringue, Mary Bode, Margaret Perret and Colin, Jude and the late Judith and Jean Paul Gravois Jr.He was also the son of the late Ernest and Berthe Rodrigue Gravois and brother of Therese Oubre, Antoine and Leonard Gravois and the late Aline Rodrigue, Elizabeth Becnel, Marie Falgoust, Angele Steib, Claire Hirsch and Henrietta, Louis, Joseph and Augustin Gravois.He is also survived by 13 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.He was a founding member of Vacherie Volunteer Fire Department, former member of the St. James Parish School Board for 18 years and member of Knights of Columbus Council 1514.Services were Jan. 31 at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, South Vacherie, with interment at the church mausoleum.PLAISANCE
ST. JAMES – Ralph Joseph Plaisance, 71, a native of New Orleans and resident of Vacherie for 35 years, died Jan. 25. He was the father of Karen Freeman-Day, Sandra Campbell and Michael and Dale Plaisance.He was a U.S. Army veteran, retired principal of Sixth Ward Elementary School in Vacherie and member of the Martin Luther King Scholarship Organization and Louisiana Association of School Executives.Services are today at 11 a.m. at St. James Catholic Church, St. James, with interment at the church cemetery. Visitation starts at 9 a.m.REEVES
WASKOM, Texas – Edward H. Reeves, 66, a native of Oliney, Texas, longtime resident of St. John Parish and resident of Waskim, died Jan. 19. He was the father of Michael and Gary Reeves.He was also the brother of Myrna Lunning and Ernest “Sonny” Reeves.He is also survived by four grandchildren.Private services were Jan. 21 in Waskom, Texas.RICHARDSON
NEW ORLEANS – Jacqueline “Suzanne” Richardson, 53, a native of St. James and resident of New Orleans for 36 years, died Jan. 28. She was the wife of Rudolph Richardson and mother of Serena, Rudolph and Edwin Richardson.She was also the daughter of Edna Mae Smith and the late Isidore Jackson and sister of Jessiner Smith, Gail, Patricia and Ronald Jackson and the late Jimmie Charles.She is survived by one grandchild.Services are today at 9:30 a.m. at Mt. Tabor Baptist Church, New Orleans, with interment at St. Luke Baptist Cemetery, St. James. Visitation starts at 9 a.m.SOLOMON
VACHERIE – Josepha Gross Solomon, 78, a native and resident of Vacherie, died Jan. 27. She was the wife of Louis Solomon and mother of Rosalind Baldauf and Jacqueline McAllister.She was also the daughter of the late Aurelien and Matilda Gross and sister of the late Isabella Batiste, Josephine Stieb and Oscar, Percy, Mitchell, Emile and Edward “Snow” Gross.She is also survived by four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.Services were Feb. 2 at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, South Vacherie, with interment at the church cemetery.VICTOR
RESERVE – Paul Victor Sr., 71, a native of Montz and resident of Reserve, died Jan. 28. He was the husband of Stella Mae Smith Victor and father of Joyce Singleton and Terry and the late Paul Victor Jr.He was also the son of the late Paul and Cecilia London Victor and brother of Cora Lee Smith, Gladys Warren, Helen Etienne, Evelina Diggs, Chester Sr. and Firmin Victor Sr. and the late Dorothy Mae Jones.He is also survived by six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.Services are today at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church, Reserve, with interment at St. Peter Cemetery, Reserve. Visitation starts at 9:30 a.m.WALSH
LAPLACE – Eleanor Cambre Walsh, 92, a native of Reserve and resident of LaPlace for 50 years, died Jan. 31. She was the wife of the late Wright J. Walsh.She was also the daughter of the late Ozemie and Blanche Lions Cambre and sister of Leah Guidry, Pauline Landry, Edna Dufrene and Eddie and Max Cambre.Services are today at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Millet-Guidry Funeral Home, LaPlace, with interment at St. Peter Cemetery, Reserve. Visitation starts at 8 a.m.