LELIA MAE SHEPHERD ELAIR

Lelia Mae Shepherd Elair, 94, a native of Bayou Sale and resident of Verdunville, passed away on Sunday, April 2, 2017 at 1:19 p.m.
Visitation will be on Saturday, April 8, 2017 at Jones Funeral Home Chapel, 1101 Main St., Franklin, from 9 a.m. until funeral service at 11 a.m. Burial will follow funeral services in the Golden Queen Cemetery in Centerville. Rev. Phillip Braziel will officiate the services.
She is survived by her sons, Paul Elair and Sidney Elair, both of Verdunville; daughters, Mary Sterling of Centerville and Edna Ayers of Verdunville; fifty-four grandchildren; and a host of great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, three sons, one daughter, one brother, one sister and four grandchildren.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Jones Funeral Home of Morgan City-Franklin-Jeanerette-Houma.