Williams, Sarah Ann Barker,  MAY 1944 Houma, Terrebonne Parish, La.

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Thibodaux Comet, May 4, 1944
Submitted by Cynthia F. Daigle

Death of Mrs. Lepine [Marie Heloise Bertrand Lepine]

Many friends in Lafourche Parish of Mrs. J. Wilson Lepine, of Laurel Valley 
plantation, were saddened to hear of her death, she passing away last Saturday 
morning at 7:20 o?clock, her age being 74 years. 
The funeral started from the Landry Funeral Home in Thibodaux, the funeral 
ceremony , being held Sunday afternoon at 4 o?clock at St. Joseph Catholic 
Church where the last rites were performed by the Rt. Rev. Msgr. A. F. 
Ravoire, assisted by the Rev. James Rodrigue and the Rev. Emile Fossier, the 
church being filled with sorrowing relatives and friends, who offered prayers 
in behalf of the soul of the deceased. After the church ceremony the body was 
taken to Raceland to be interred in the cemetery of St. Mary Pamela Catholic 
Church. The pall bearers were Mayor Chas. E. Delas, Senator Harvey Peltier, 
Dr. Ben Ayo, Mr. Andrew Hoffmann, Mr. Edw. J. Naquin and Mr. Kerr.
Before marriage, the deceased was a Miss Bertrand. Becoming the wife of Mr. J. 
Wilson Lepine, Sr., she and he lived happily together on their Laurel Valley 
plantation until death finally tore them apart. Then she found solace with her 
children until she too was called from this earth, she being survived by one 
son, Mr. J. Wilson Lepine Jr., and the following daughters, Mrs. F.F. Clement, 
Mrs. J. L. Boudreaux, both of New Orleans and Mrs. C.W. Baughman of Atlanta, 
Ga.

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