Eva Marie Venable Richard Vicknair
June 29, 1925 - September 30, 2009

Daughter of
Morris Venable
and
Azelima Faul Venable

Widow of First Marrige to
Jean Batiste Richard

Widow of Second Marriage to
Harry Camille "Pappy" Vicknair

Mother of
Charles Landry
Ronald Keith Vicknair
Deanie Leger Duhon
Jessica A. Vicnair
Tina M. Vicknair
John Earl Richard

Grandmother of
Kenneth Vicknair
Sara Vicknair
Crystal Vicknair Leger
Anthony Vicknair
Chase Vicknair
Cody Brashear

Great-Grandmother of
Gabrielle Bri Leger
Kayla Jai Leger
Olivia Leger
Sasha Vicknair Simon
Arabella Vicknair Simon

Siblings
Nita Thibodeaux
Milton Ignace Venable
Birchman Venable
Emery Joseph Venable
Saturn Venable
Roy Venable
Hermenia Venable Burleigh
Edalie Venable
Clophina Venable
Zula Venable
Edia Venable Daigle
Bertha Venable Cormier
Viniola Venable Smith
Clodia Venable Latiolais
Eva Venable

Obituary
Funeral services will be held Friday, October 2, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. in Evangeline Memorial Gardens Chapel in Carencro for Eva Marie Venable, age 84, who passed away Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 2:30 a.m. at Louisiana Extended Care in Lafayette.
Interment will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens The Rev. Tom Voorhies, pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Scott, will officiate at the services.

Ms. Venable grew up in Church Point and lived in Lafayette for most of her life.

Survivors include two sons, Charles Landry and his wife, Susan, of Carencro and Ronald Keith Vicknair of Lafayette; three daughters, Deanie Leger Duhon and her husband, Roland, of Breaux Bridge, Jessica A. Vicnair and her companion, Ronald Lormand, of Lafayette and Tina M. Vicknair and her companion, Anthony D. Brashear, of Lafayette; six grandchildren, Kenneth Vicknair, Sara Vicknair, Crystal Vicknair Leger, Anthony Vicknair, Chase Vicknair and Cody Brashear; one great grand daughter, Gabrielle Bri Leger; and one sister, Nita Thibodeaux and her husband, Leland, of Church Point.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Jean Batiste Richard and her second husband, Harry Camille "Pappy" Vicknair; her parents, Morris Venable and the former Azelima Faul both natives of Cankton; one son, John Earl Richard; one great granddaughter, Kayla Jai Leger; five brothers, Milton Venable, Birchman Venable, Emery Venable, Saturn Venable and Roy Venable; eight sisters, Hermenia Burleigh, Edalie Venable, Clophina Venable, Zula Venable, Edia Daigle, Bertha Cormier, Viniola Smith and Clodia Latiolais.

Pallbearers will be Ronald Lormand, Roland Duhon, Donald Venable, Kenneth Vicknair, Chase Vicknair and Anthony Vicknair. Honorary pallbearers will be Keith Vicknair, Anthony Brashear, Richard Walters, Travis Ardoin and Tony Roseberry.

Melancon Funeral Home, Evangeline Memorial Gardens Chapel, 4117 N. University Ave., Carencro, Louisiana was in charge of arrangements.