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Nov. 6 holds a special significance for General Robert J. LeBlanc as it marks his date of birth, his discharge from active service in WWII, and now his date of burial.
On Nov. 6, 2021, the LeBlanc family celebrated his 100th birthday with a party, during which he spoke of his discharge from active duty on his birthday 76 years prior.
Sadly, LeBlanc passed away Saturday at the age of 101, days before he would have turned 102. He died peacefully surrounded by his family at his home.
He was 101 years old and would have turned 102 on Nov. 6.

The city of Abbeville was without power for 2 1/2 hours on Saturday afternoon.
It is believed that a cropduster airplane clipped an Entergy electrical power line that feeds electricity into Abbeville.
The lights went out around noon and came back on at around 2:15 p.m.
It was not known Saturday afternoon the status of the airplane or pilot.
Mayor Roslyn White, during the power outage, directed traffic by herself at the corner the La. 14 Bypass and State Street (by McDonald's and Burger King).

In honor of All Saints Day on Nov. 1, Linda Bourque is spending the next few days changing out artificial flowers and cleaning graves at three different cemeteries in Vermilion Parish.
All Saints Day is a Christian holiday to honor the dead. Bourque will visit 16 different graves of her family members and friends, even though no one asks her to do it.
On Wednesday afternoon, Bourque fixed the flower arrangement on her grandmother’s grave behind Vermilion Catholic High School.
She removed the old plastic flowers, put them in a plastic bag, and brought them to her SUV.