ROY ROGER PERSILVER

January 28, 1941 – January 24, 2019
Funeral services celebrating the life of Roy Roger Persilver will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, January 26, 2019, at Ibert’s Mortuary in Franklin, with Rev. Dr. Chris Holloway officiating. Following the service, he will be laid to rest in Perpetual Park Cemetery.
A gathering of family and friends will be held Friday, January 25, at Ibert’s Mortuary from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. and again Saturday morning from 8 a.m. until service time.
Roy was born in Jeanerette on Tuesday January 28, 1941 and passed away at his home in Mississippi at the age of 77 on Thursday January 24, 2019, just four days shy of his 78th birthday.
Roy, a former longtime resident of Charenton, was an avid outdoorsman who loved hunting and fishing, especially bass fishing, of which he won many tournaments. In his early years he worked in the oil field until realizing his calling in life as a commercial fisherman. Many will remember Roy from his many years running his business in Charenton, Roy’s Fish Market. After retiring, Roy and his wife moved to Meadville, MS, where they have resided for the past five years. He will be fondly remembered and deeply missed by all who knew and loved him.
His memory will forever remain in the hearts of his wife of 57 years, Marjorie “Margie” Marcotte Persilver; two daughters, Crystal Thibodeaux and her husband Richard, and Shelby Bernard and her husband Joey; seven grandchildren, Dacia Persilver, Devin Persilver, Heidi Roe, Hana Cupit, Heather Chaisson, Tasia Burgess, and Adriana Hebert; 13 great grandchildren, Sean, Drake, Trent, Luke, Cade, Bailey, Alex, Lane, Cy, Chip, Everly, Eleanor, and Ambré; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by two sons, Travis Dean Persilver and Randy Joseph Persilver; his parents, Leo “Boley” Persilver and Nellie Higgins Persilver; six adult siblings, Leo “LJ” Persilver, Jr., Russell “Cat” Persilver, Birdie Mae Johnson, Gertie Fay Bailey, Verda “Dookie” Hebert, and Barry James Persilver; as well as two infant sisters, Ruth and Barbara Persilver.
A heartfelt thank you is extended by the Persilver family to Mr. Roy’s hospice nurse, Jacquelyn McManus McDuff.
Family and friends may view the obituary and express their condolences online by visiting www.iberts.com.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Ibert’s Mortuary, Inc., 1007 Main Street, Franklin, La. 70538, (337) 828-5426.