Obituaries – August 18

Published 12:00 am Saturday, August 18, 2001

GAUTIER

EDGARD – Gertie Oubre Gautier, 95, a native of Vacherie and resident of Wallace for 90 years, died Aug. 14. She was the wife of the late Lionel Gautier Sr. and mother of Ora Mae Walls and Lionel Jr., Burnel, Thaddeus, Ronald, Elwin, Terry and Herbert Gautier. She was the daughter of the late Andrew Sr. and Nellie Oubre and sister of Elmira Duronslet, Irene Legaux, Agnelia Becnel, Marguerite Davis, Arthur, Henry and Paul Oubre and the late Archangel Goings and Andrew and Stanley Oubre. She is survived by 18 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. Services are today at 10 a.m. at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Edgard, with interment at the church cemetery. Visitation starts at 8 a.m.

JACOBS

PAULINA – Margot Gearheard Jacobs, 61, a native and resident of Lutcher, died Aug. 13. She was the mother of Marguerite “Margie” Cox, Jeanne Saucier and George and Lee Jacobs. She was the daughter of Marguerite Faucheaux Gearheard and the late Arthur Gearheard and sister of William and the late Grant Gearheard III. She is survived by nine grandchildren. Services were Aug. 16 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Paulina, with interment at the church mausoleum.

JOHNSON

EDGARD – Gloria “Tee-Hee” Johnson, 65, a native and resident of Edgard, died Aug. 12. She was the wife of the late Oden “Nick” Johnson Jr. and mother of Renda Roussell. She was the daughter of the late Walter and Mary Brooks and sister of Marie Simon, Roger Brooks and the late Gertie Mae Mitchell, Anna Rita Lumar, Dolores Lumar and Irving and George Brooks. She is survived by one grandchild. Services were Aug. 17 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Edgard, with interment at the church cemetery.

NGUYEN

RESERVE – Ann Nguyen, 74, a native of Cantho, Vietnam, and resident of LaPlace for five years, died Aug. 15. She was the mother of Thu Thanh Vo, Hiep Ngoc Vo, Jimmy Van Vo and Tri Thanh Vo. She was the daughter of Tri Vo and sister of Thao Thu “Mama San” Nguyen. She is survived by 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services were Aug. 17 in the chapel of Robottom Mortuary, Reserve.

OUBRE

GARYVILLE – Celine Cambre Oubre, 93, a native and resident of Garyville, died Aug. 9. She was the wife of 67 years of the late Pierre Oubre Sr. and mother of Barbara Causey, Amelia Matherne, Lenore and Pierre Oubre Jr. and the late Nobie Freeman. She was the daughter of the late Ernest Sr. and Amelia Lasseigne Cambre and sister of Pearl Duhon and the late Beunice Laurent and Buell, Ernest Jr., Gerard and Wesley Cambre. She is survived by 15 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Services were Aug 11 at St. Hubert Catholic Church, Garyville, with interment at St. Peter Mausoleum, Reserve.

SIMMONS

PARADIS – Warneter “Nita” Simmons, 46, a native and resident of Boutte, died Aug. 9. She was the mother of Roshanda and Renada Simmons. She was the daughter of Walter Simmons and the late Mary Alice Scott Simmons and sister of Annie Scott, Iris Morris, Cecile Thompson and Shirley, Eula, Verna, Walter Jr., Roosevelt, Early, Harold, Lawrence, Troit and the late Wilson Simmons. She is survived by one grandchild. Services are today at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church, Paradis, with interment at Shell Mound Cemetery, Des Allemands. Visitation starts at 9 a.m.