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Last week Lena Domingues Elliott celebrated her 100th birthday in Kula, Hawaii with her five children, Judy, Karen, Janis, Steve (VC class of 1971) and Joseph (VC class of 1981), daughter in law Margaret Elliott, grandchildren Gavin Elliott, Matt Hawk and Lauren Hawk.
Also present were Matt’s wife Carmela and their newborn son Arthur, and Lauren’s fiancé Michael Giuliana. Yet to arrive to celebrate are granddaughter Alexandra Wagner and wife Danielle Pershing and their daughter Josephine.
Lena was born on May 17, 1921 to Lucille Goulas Domingues and Joseph Alcibiades Domingues.
Lena graduated from Southwestern Louisiana Institute and shortly after graduation, met her husband James Leroy Elliott on a vacation at Lake Arrowhead in Southern California.
After they married, they moved to Schenectady, NY, where James began his career as an Electrical Engineer at General Electric.
Soon they moved to Southern California where they settled and raised their children.
In 1970 they returned to Louisiana, along with sons Steve and Joseph, where they built a home on Vermillion River.
They spent the next 20 years living in Abbeville where James founded an engineering firm that focused on electrical design for the oil industry, and Lena taught at Abbeville Elementary School.
After retirement, they built a home in Colorado where they lived until James passed away in 1995. In Colorado, Lena took up and excelled at painting, creating southwestern landscapes and portraits of her grandchildren. Her paintings still grace the walls of her children’s homes. After James’ death, Lena relocated to Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1996 where she lived with her daughters Judy, Janis and Karen.
In 2017 Lena and her daughters moved to Kula Hawaii on the island of Maui, joining her son Steve who moved there in 2015.
Lena enjoys her life in Hawaii, and she still contributes in cooking dinner from time to time, sharing her Cajun cooking skills with family and friends. She attends mass at Holy Ghost Church in Kula. Most of all she is happy to be surrounded by her children, and after a year of caution due to her advanced age and COVID-19, she can give and receive hugs once again.

July 31, 1996 ~ May 19, 2021

ABBEVILLE — Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville honoring the life of Christopher Dylan Faulk, 24, who died Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at his residence. He will be laid to rest at St. Mary Magdalen Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Chris Faulk, Jamie Faulk, Clay Faulk, Cade Faulk, Donald Faulk and Tommy Faulk, Jr.
Christopher was a proud member of the Young Marines. He never met a stranger and made friends wherever he went. He enjoyed building models and cooking. He will be most remembered by replying to everything as “groovy”.
He is survived by his father, Chris David Faulk and his wife, Joy Duhon Faulk; mother, Carlianne Ruth Dexter; one sister, Cara Dalyn Faulk; two brothers, Clay Daniel Faulk and Cade David Faulk; step-brother, Justice Duhon; step-sister, Amalie Duhon; maternal grandmother, Carol Joyce Sanborn; and paternal grandparents, Donald Ray Faulk and Sharon Margaret Faulk.
He was preceded in death by his paternal great grandparents, Claiborne John Faulk and Della Mae “Grandma Coffee” Faulk.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville, 209 S. St. Charles St., on Monday, May 24, 2021 from 4:00 PM until 9:00 PM; Tuesday, May 25, 2021 from 8:00 AM until time of services.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.vincentfuneralhome.net.
All funeral arrangements are being conducted by Vincent Funeral Home of Abbeville, (337) 893-4661.

Over the last nine months, one of the many issues new school superintendent Tommy Byler has had to deal with are fundraisers and non-faculty coaching policies.
Over the last couple of years, complaints have arisen on how schools have fundraisers and no proper documentation for the fundraisers. Byler tackled those questions and came up with a paper trail that documents everything, before and afterward, about the fundraiser.
The next issue he tackled was dealing with CECP Non-faculty coaches. The school district allows non-school board employees to be head coaches and assistant coaches of specific sports.
The school board had no policy in place on non-faculty coaches and how they can be paid, and ways they can raise money.
Over the last nine months, Byler and assistant superintendent Paul Hebert put policies in place for non-faculty coaches.
The Louisiana Ethics Board recently investigated the school district and how it dealt with non-faculty coaches. The Ethics Board gave its opinion on what is discovered.
At Wednesday night’s school board meeting, Byler read a statement to the school board members that the school district is taking the correct steps to fix the problems dealing with non-faculty coaches and fundraising.
Here the statement Byler read to the school board members:
“Over the past couple of years, constituent concerns have been brought to school board members as to some of the practices that were in place concerning non-faculty coaches, athletic fundraising and booster clubs as they relate to our school finances. Many of these concerns brought to light that some of the practices that had been in place for many years had changed with new IRS, Ethics and employee laws that went into effect in 2016.
“Because of these findings, many practices have been changed in relation to our non-faculty coaches, band workers and dance and cheer sponsors. Many of the questions concerning supervision, finances and employee status have helped us to create new processes that put VPSB in line with current laws and best practices.
“In addition, a recent ethics opinion has verified that the steps we are taking to clear up many of our past concerns are moving in the right direction. The ethics opinion did bring to light a couple of areas that must be addressed and in the end was a positive step on all accounts to help us move forward on many of the past practices that needed to be addressed.
“We will continue to work with our schools, our booster organizations and our non-faculty coaches to ensure that all of the proper steps and procedures are being followed and that we have systems in place to hold all parties accountable and follow the guidelines from all aforementioned governmental agencies.”

February 15, 1930 ~ May 22, 2021

KAPLAN — A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1:00 PM on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church honoring the life of Doris J. Bertrand, 91, who died Saturday, May 22, 2021 at Brookdale Senior Living. He will be laid to rest at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Cemetery with Reverend Matthew Hebert officiating the services and Reverend Louis Richard as concelebrant. Pallbearers serving are Frances Faulk Garner (niece), Ronnie Broussard (nephew), Travis Roussel (Godchild), Mahlan Roussel (dear friend), Robby Toups (always called Bert, pawpaw), and Steve Perry (dear friend). Honorary pallbearer will be Steven Savant. Gift bearers include Shawri Toups Landry, KK Toups, and Kathy Primeaux Perry. Readers include Lynn Simon Toups, Gina Toups Trahan, and Steven Savant.
Doris worked as a farmer, tractor mechanic and equipment mechanic over the totality of his career. Doris also served in the US Army during the Korean Conflict. He was inducted into the US Army and ended his service March 13, 1953. During his career working for the Louisiana Corps of Engineers he received continuing service awards from Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal.
Doris is survived by his loving daughter, Katherine Ann and her husband, Steven Savant of Lafayette; his sister-in-law, Joyce Broussard Faulk; his niece, Frances Faulk Garner and her daughter, Lisa and her children; and his nephew, Robert Faulk all of Deridder. Doris also leaves a close friend, like a sister, Lynn Simon Toups; and his honorary grandchildren, Gina Toups Trahan, Robby Toups, and Shawri Toups Landry and their children as great grandchildren.
His wife of 66 years, Earline Broussard Bertrand; his parents, Edras and Emma Nunez Bertrand; his sister, Gladys Bertrand Faulk and her husband, Xavier and their daughter, Emily Faulk Cooley and her son, Cory Cooley preceded him in death.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Kaplan, 300 N. Eleazar Ave., on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 from 9:00 AM until the procession departs for the church at 12:45 PM with a rosary being prayed at 10:30 AM.
All funeral arrangements are being conducted by Vincent Funeral Home of Kaplan, (337) 643-7276 [Service Information 225-5276]. Condolences may be sent to the Bertrand family at www.vincentfuneralhome.net.