Obituaries

JENNINGS — Hannah “Didi” Cade Cassidy was born on January 25, 1933, in Abbeville, Louisiana. She was one of six children born to her parents, Hannah O’Quinn Burks Cade and John Elliott Cade. Didi died on April 4, 2023. She grew up in Abbeville and had happy memories of time spent in Bancker and Forked Island, usually with her best friend, Flo and her cousin, William. She attended Mt. Carmel and graduated from Abbeville High in 1951. Didi received her B.A. degree in education from S.L.I.(ULL); master’s + 30 in education from McNeese University.

A Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 3 p.m. at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Delcambre for Elizabeth Jean “Betty Jean” Moran Barras. Fr. Buddy Breaux will officiate.
Betty will be laid to rest with her husband at Our Lady of the Lake Mausoleum.
The family requests that visitation be observed from 9 a.m. on Thursday morning until 2:30 p.m. at Evangeline Funeral Home. The Ladies Alter Society will pray the rosary at 11 a.m.

Charles Edward Bourgeois, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, died peacefully at home in Ruston, Louisiana, on March 31, 2023. His life was filled with the love of God, his family, and “he never met a stranger.” Charlie was the youngest of four children, born on September 10, 1941, in Shreveport, Louisiana, to Clydie Mae Smith and Jean (Dutch) Germaine Bourgeois. He is preceded in death by his siblings, Jean Marie Fortenberry and Bobby; James Elmo Bourgeois and Phyllis; and Thomas Wayne Bourgeois; and his parents.