Services for Eddie Descant [of] Bunkie will be 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 2, 2004, at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Bunkie. Entombment will be in Pythian Mausoleum - Pythian Cemetery in Bunkie under the direction of Melancon Funeral Home in Bunkie.
Mr. Descant, 86, of Bunkie, died Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2003, in Bunkie General Hospital.
He was a salesman for APAC, a member of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Bunkie and a member of St. Anthony Knights of Columbus Council 2395 and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Pauline "Polly" Descant nee Normand; parents, Albert and Melanie Bergeron Descant; three sisters, Anna Kevlin, Ena Sonnier and Edna Kraus; and two brothers, Edison Descant and Pete Descant.
Survivors include one son, Perry Chatelain of Bunkie; one daughter, Brenda Mathieu of Albany, Ga.; one brother, Albert Lee Descant of Marksville; one sister, Elday Latiolais of Lake Charles; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Timothy Descant, Van Descant, Chris Chatelain, Richard Klingensmith, Gerard Moreau Jr.and Richard Gilcrease.
Friends may call from 8 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 2, 2004, at Melancon Funeral Home in Bunkie.
Published in The Alexandria Daily Town Talk, January 6, 2004
Mr. Descant, 86, of Bunkie, died Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2003, in Bunkie General Hospital.
He was a salesman for APAC, a member of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Bunkie and a member of St. Anthony Knights of Columbus Council 2395 and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Pauline "Polly" Descant nee Normand; parents, Albert and Melanie Bergeron Descant; three sisters, Anna Kevlin, Ena Sonnier and Edna Kraus; and two brothers, Edison Descant and Pete Descant.
Survivors include one son, Perry Chatelain of Bunkie; one daughter, Brenda Mathieu of Albany, Ga.; one brother, Albert Lee Descant of Marksville; one sister, Elday Latiolais of Lake Charles; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Timothy Descant, Van Descant, Chris Chatelain, Richard Klingensmith, Gerard Moreau Jr.and Richard Gilcrease.
Friends may call from 8 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 2, 2004, at Melancon Funeral Home in Bunkie.
Published in The Alexandria Daily Town Talk, January 6, 2004
Services for Eddie Descant [of] Bunkie will be 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 2, 2004, at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Bunkie. Entombment will be in Pythian Mausoleum - Pythian Cemetery in Bunkie under the direction of Melancon Funeral Home in Bunkie.
Mr. Descant, 86, of Bunkie, died Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2003, in Bunkie General Hospital.
He was a salesman for APAC, a member of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Bunkie and a member of St. Anthony Knights of Columbus Council 2395 and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Pauline "Polly" Descant nee Normand; parents, Albert and Melanie Bergeron Descant; three sisters, Anna Kevlin, Ena Sonnier and Edna Kraus; and two brothers, Edison Descant and Pete Descant.
Survivors include one son, Perry Chatelain of Bunkie; one daughter, Brenda Mathieu of Albany, Ga.; one brother, Albert Lee Descant of Marksville; one sister, Elday Latiolais of Lake Charles; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Timothy Descant, Van Descant, Chris Chatelain, Richard Klingensmith, Gerard Moreau Jr.and Richard Gilcrease.
Friends may call from 8 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 2, 2004, at Melancon Funeral Home in Bunkie.
Published in The Alexandria Daily Town Talk, January 6, 2004
Mr. Descant, 86, of Bunkie, died Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2003, in Bunkie General Hospital.
He was a salesman for APAC, a member of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Bunkie and a member of St. Anthony Knights of Columbus Council 2395 and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Pauline "Polly" Descant nee Normand; parents, Albert and Melanie Bergeron Descant; three sisters, Anna Kevlin, Ena Sonnier and Edna Kraus; and two brothers, Edison Descant and Pete Descant.
Survivors include one son, Perry Chatelain of Bunkie; one daughter, Brenda Mathieu of Albany, Ga.; one brother, Albert Lee Descant of Marksville; one sister, Elday Latiolais of Lake Charles; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Timothy Descant, Van Descant, Chris Chatelain, Richard Klingensmith, Gerard Moreau Jr.and Richard Gilcrease.
Friends may call from 8 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 2, 2004, at Melancon Funeral Home in Bunkie.
Published in The Alexandria Daily Town Talk, January 6, 2004
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