Chris Segura

December 6, 1942 ~ April 14, 2023

ABBEVILLE — Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday April 18, 2023 at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville honoring the life of Chris Segura, age 80, who passed Friday April 14, 2023 at Maison du Monde Nursing Home. He will be laid to rest at St. Mary Magdalen Cemetery at a later date. Reverend Francois Sainte-Marie Pastor of St. Therese of The Child Jesus Catholic Church will be officiating the services.
Mr. Segura will be remembered by many as an unforgettable character who was a great storyteller. He graduated from Mt. Carmel High School and USL, and enjoyed a career as a news writer across the South and eventually around the world. He published three works of fiction (Marshland Brace, Bayou, and Marshland Trinity), and nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1982, and won the Louisiana Literary Award in 1983. Throughout his career, he continued to tell stories of his beloved Vermilion Parish. Through his work, the unique history and culture of Cajun Louisiana will remain recorded and, hopefully preserved.
He is survived by his loving wife of fifteen years Teresa Lourdes Ochoa Segura; his Daughters, Libby Bollino and Rory Segura brother Billy Segura, and his grandchildren; Barak Cole Segura, Jack Meiwes, Lily Bollino, Bill Bollino.
He was preceded in death by his parents; St. Aubian “Bill” Segura and Doris Gooch Segura, son; Jonathan Segura. His grandson; Jason Bollino, sister; Pat Segura, and one brother, Mickey Segura.
Visiting hours were observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville, 209 S. St. Charles St., on Tuesday April 18, 2023 from 9:00 AM until the time of the service.
The family would like to thank the staffs of Abbeville General Hospital’s ICU unit, Maison du Monde, and Lamm Family Care Hospice for their compassionate care of him in his last months and days.
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.