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Fit, Fun & Fabulous event

Mon, 06/04/2018 - 10:59am

Fit, Fun & Fabulous held its mini session Saturday at the St. Mary Senior Citizens Center in Morgan City. The event, which featured free health screenings and more, is a lead up to the main event that will be held Oct. 4 in downtown Franklin. Above, St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Detective Whytley Jones gives a sticker to Journee Stewart, while, continuing from left, Delores Stewart, Jasmine LeBlanc and Amyia Stewart look on. (The Daily Review/Geoff Stoute)

It's summer: A roundup of programs for youth

Mon, 06/04/2018 - 8:00am

The summer programs at City Park Recreation Center and Broussard-Harris Recreation Center begin in earnest Monday and will run until July 17. Franklin’s Summer Food Program will offer free breakfast and lunch to Franklin youth for seven weeks at both locations. Breakfast is served from 8-9 a.m. to any child under 18 years of age. Kids five years old and younger must be accompanied by an adult. From 9-12 p.m. recreational activities are scheduled. Lunch is served from 12-1 p.m. and recreational activities resume until 3-4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, the wading pools at both centers will be open from 1-4 p.m. Pickleball will be played at City Park Rec. Center on Wednesdays from 3-5 p.m., and at Broussard Harris Rec. Center, aerobics will be held Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6 p.m. Line dancing for seniors will take place Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 a.m.
There’s lots of Summer Reading Program activities and entertainment at the St. Mary Parish Library system’s branches across the parish.
Here’s a wrap of what’s coming. Schedules are included after the list of performers:
Harvey Rabbit
Graduates of McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Tim and Laura Allured started their professional career as Calcasieu Parish music teachers for three years. In 1986, they went into early retirement from teaching to pursue full time entertainment that led them to five years on Carnival cruise ships out of Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, as well as steamboats out of New Orleans. When they returned to the schools it was in a different capacity. Still educators, they combined entertainment with education and started performing for libraries’ summer reading programs. They have been recognized on national television several times, and the “Harvey Rabbit Cartoon Hour” aired on local cable. Their straight-to-home videos are available in schools and libraries from coast to coast.
Jeff Boyer
Jeff Boyer has proven to be a crowd-pleasing performer for over 21 years. He studied acting at SUNY Watertown, and it was the Boston Shakespeare Company that brought his skills and calling to focus. In 1993, Boyer transitioned his performances for family audiences. Six years later, in 1999, he started Jeff Boyer Productions and in 2005 he went on to create bubble shows. Combining the powers of comedy, science, and bubbles into one, this one-man team has continued to attract and please international audiences ever since.
Kabuki Kru
The Kabuki Kru brings music and dance all together in one-of-a-kind performances that are electrifying and personal. A hip-dance group that teaches today’s youth the importance of self-importance, positive thinking, self-confidence, and dedication are to everyday life through skits incorporating popular, urban dance with everyday positivity.
Lady Chops
Elizabeth “Lady Chops” Vidos is making her way down to St. Mary Parish Library System with her one-woman drumming show. A talented percussionist, her past work includes the hit off-Broadway show “Stomp,” and her “Drum Roll Please” program is energetic, interactive, and fun for all ages. Incorporating over 15 different instruments, including body percussion and the Cajun rubboard, into her performances, she provides great, informative entertainment for her audience.
Mattew Noel
Matthew Noel showcases what wonders can be done with the use of a yoyo. Acquiring his love for magic at an early age, Noel was inspired by the PBS special “In Motion” that motivated him to attempt juggling. As an adult, he and his brother learned and practiced their yo-yo ninja skills during their stay in Singapore. Noel placed second in the East Texas Regionals, and he placed fourth in his division at the World Yo-Yo Competition. For the past 14 years, his passion has helped him improve his skills, combining this with his comedy and juggling act to provide a comedic act for children and their parents to enjoy.
Science Tellers
Science Tellers incorporate the importance of storytelling, imagination, and science to entertain children of all ages with this once-in-a-lifetime event. Journey with them to the Wild West, where a legendary bank-robbing outlaw is back in town, ready to strike again. It’ll be up to two young kids to saddle up to foil the great heist, but not before stopping a runaway train, escaping an abandoned mine shaft, and discovering how an abandoned piano can play an “instrumental” part in putting a rotten cowboy back behind bars. Be ready to transform into an action-packed buckaroo with Science Tellers to put away a rotten outlaw once again using the power of science.
Sir Crazy Pants
Sir Crazy Pants isn’t fond of cute and cuddly shows. He plans for you to bang your head, rock your socks off during this energy-inducing rock n’ roll show. Families tend to lose their minds and blow their tops while enjoying a Sir Crazy Pants show, and believe it or not, this makes Sir Crazy Pants a very happy performer. This is your opportunity to get crazy with musical comedy and to forget about the outside world while doing so.
The schedule for all presentations is:
Sir Crazy Pants
Amelia Branch: June 4 at 10 a.m.
Berwick Branch: June 4 at 2 p.m.
The Harvey Rabbit and Friends Show
Bayou Vista Branch: June 7 at 10 a.m.
Franklin Branch: June 7 at 2 p.m.
Science Tellers
Patterson Branch: June 15 at 10 a.m.
West End Branch: June 15 at 2 p.m.
Matthew Noel
Franklin Branch: June 18 at 2 p.m.
Centerville Branch: June 19 at 10 a.m.
Patterson Branch: June 19 at 2 p.m.
Berwick Branch: June 20 at 10 a.m.
West End Branch: June 20 at 2 p.m.
Bayou Vista Branch: June 21 at 10 a.m.
Amelia Branch: June 21 at 2 p.m.
Kabuki Kru
Franklin Branch: June 27 at 10 a.m.
Bayou Vista Branch: June 27 at 2 p.m.
West End Branch: June 28 at 10 a.m.
Patterson Branch: June 28 at 2 p.m.
Amelia Branch: June 29 at 10 a.m.
Berwick Branch: June 29 at 2 p.m.
Elizabeth “Lady Chops” Vidos
Patterson Branch: July 2 at 10 a.m.
Franklin Branch: July 2 at 2 p.m.
West End Branch: July 3 at 10 a.m.
Centerville Branch: July 3 at 2 p.m.
Bayou Vista Branch: July 5 at 10 a.m.
Berwick Branch: July 6 at 10 a.m.
Amelia Branch: July 6 at 2 p.m.
Jeff “Bubble Trouble” Boyer
Franklin Branch: June 20 at 10 a.m.
Bayou Vista Branch: June 20 at 2 p.m.
St. Mary Community Action Agency’s Summer Food Service Program that begins on June 11 with seven feeding sites providing meals for children throughout St. Mary Parish.
Five sites will serve breakfast and lunch while two sites will only serve lunch. In addition to providing meals, there will be constructive activities including arts and crafts, fun games and theatrical performances.
The sites on the west end of St. Mary Parish are:
—St. Mary Alternative School, 131 Clausen Road South, Verdunville, serving breakfast and lunch
—West St. Mary Civic Center, 1498 Hwy. 318, Four Corners, serving breakfast and lunch
—Raintree Elementary School, 501 Raintree Drive, Baldwin, serving breakfast and lunch
The sites will be closed on July 4 for the Independence Day holiday. Meals are free and no child will be turned away based on age, race, color, creed, disability or nationality. Breakfast will be served at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 9 a.m. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. and ending at 12:30 p.m.

Many breast cancer patients can skip chemo, big study finds

Sun, 06/03/2018 - 5:34pm

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer

CHICAGO (AP) — Most women with the most common form of early-stage breast cancer can safely skip chemotherapy without hurting their chances of beating the disease, doctors are reporting from a landmark study that used genetic testing to gauge each patient’s risk.
The study is the largest ever done of breast cancer treatment, and the results are expected to spare up to 70,000 patients a year in the United States and many more elsewhere the ordeal and expense of these drugs.
“The impact is tremendous,” said the study leader, Dr. Joseph Sparano of Montefiore Medical Center in New York. Most women in this situation don’t need treatment beyond surgery and hormone therapy, he said.
The study was funded by the National Cancer Institute, some foundations and proceeds from the U.S. breast cancer postage stamp. Results were discussed Sunday at an American Society of Clinical Oncology conference in Chicago and published by the New England Journal of Medicine. Some study leaders consult for breast cancer drugmakers or for the company that makes the gene test.
MOVING AWAY FROM CHEMO
Cancer care has been evolving away from chemotherapy — older drugs with harsh side effects — in favor of gene-targeting therapies, hormone blockers and immune system treatments. When chemo is used now, it’s sometimes for shorter periods or lower doses than it once was.
For example, another study at the conference found that Merck’s immunotherapy drug Keytruda worked better than chemo as initial treatment for most people with the most common type of lung cancer, and with far fewer side effects.
The breast cancer study focused on cases where chemo’s value increasingly is in doubt: women with early-stage disease that has not spread to lymph nodes, is hormone-positive (meaning its growth is fueled by estrogen or progesterone) and is not the type that the drug Herceptin targets.
The usual treatment is surgery followed by years of a hormone-blocking drug. But many women also are urged to have chemo to help kill any stray cancer cells. Doctors know that most don’t need it, but evidence is thin on who can forgo it.
The study gave 10,273 patients a test called Oncotype DX, which uses a biopsy sample to measure the activity of genes involved in cell growth and response to hormone therapy, to estimate the risk that a cancer will recur.
WHAT THE STUDY FOUND
About 17 percent of women had high-risk scores and were advised to have chemo. The 16 percent with low-risk scores now know they can skip chemo, based on earlier results from this study.
The new results are on the 67 percent of women at intermediate risk. All had surgery and hormone therapy, and half also got chemo.
After nine years, 94 percent of both groups were still alive, and about 84 percent were alive without signs of cancer, so adding chemo made no difference.
Certain women 50 or younger did benefit from chemo; slightly fewer cases of cancer spreading far beyond the breast occurred among some of them given chemo, depending on their risk scores on the gene test.
WILL PEOPLE TRUST THE RESULTS?
All women like those in the study should get gene testing to guide their care, said Dr. Richard Schilsky, chief medical officer of the oncology society. Oncotype DX costs around $4,000, which Medicare and many insurers cover. Similar tests including one called MammaPrint also are widely used.
Testing solved a big problem of figuring out who needs chemo, said Dr. Harold Burstein of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. Many women think “if I don’t get chemotherapy I’m going to die, and if I get chemo I’m going to be cured,” but the results show there’s a sliding scale of benefit and sometimes none, he said.
Dr. Lisa Carey, a breast specialist at the University of North Carolina’s Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, said she would be very comfortable advising patients to skip chemo if they were like those in the study who did not benefit from it.
Dr. Jennifer Litton at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, agreed, but said: “Risk to one person is not the same thing as risk to another. There are some people who say, ‘I don’t care what you say, I’m never going to do chemo,’” and won’t even have the gene test, she said. Others want chemo for even the smallest chance of benefit.
Adine Usher, 78, who lives in Hartsdale, New York, joined the study 10 years ago at Montefiore and was randomly assigned to the group given chemo.
“I was a little relieved. I sort of viewed chemo as extra insurance,” she said. The treatments “weren’t pleasant,” she concedes. Her hair fell out, she developed an infection and was hospitalized for a low white blood count, “but it was over fairly quickly and I’m really glad I had it.”
If doctors had recommended she skip chemo based on the gene test, “I would have accepted that,” she said. “I’m a firm believer in medical research.”
—The Associated Press Health & Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education. The AP is solely responsible for all content.

(Updated) Sheriff: Fourth escaped inmate caught; three deputies fired

Sun, 06/03/2018 - 1:52pm

Staff Report

The final of four escaped inmates from the St. Mary Parish Law Enforcement Center has been captured, Sheriff Scott Anslum said in a Monday evening news release.

Anslum said in the news release that officials determined that three deputies failed to follow proper security protocol following an internal affairs investigation into the facts surrounding the escape of the four inmates.

Authorities located three of the four inmates early Monday morning. Three deputies were also fired Monday after an investigation into the inmates’ escape found that they didn’t follow proper security protocol, the sheriff said.

Escape inmate, Elias Todd, 24, was caught late Monday after St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies continued to work a number of leads that lead deputies to his capture. Through this investigation, deputies learned that Todd had been dropped off at a home in Berwick. Deputies secured a search warrant for the home and located Todd, the sheriff said.

Two suspects were arrested Monday night and accused of assisting Todd in his escape from authorities. Randy Pinkerton, 21, and Trinity Todd, 23, both of Bayou Vista, were each arrested on a charge of assisting escape.

Deputies learned that Pinkerton and Trinity Todd provided transportation and a place to stay for Elias Todd, the sheriff said.

The sheriff’s office sent a news release at about 2 p.m. Sunday reporting that authorities were searching for four escaped inmates from the parish jail in Centerville.

The three other escaped inmates, William Deans, 40, and brothers Jamie Scarbrough, 28, and Tanner Scarbrough, 18, were found early Monday.

Following the completion of an internal investigation, three deputies were fired. The fired deputies, who allegedly failed to follow proper security protocol, were identified as Monica Murdock, Rosemary Johnson and Timothy Kiser. No criminal charges are being pursued against the deputies.

And no other official information has been released yet as to how the inmates may have escaped or exactly when the escape may have occurred.

With assistance from local agencies, Deans was located early Monday morning in Morgan City. Two other inmates, Jamie Scarbrough and Tanner Scarbrough , were located and apprehended in Picayune, Mississippi, by the Picayune Police Department. Jamie Scarbrough and Tanner Scarbrough were awaiting extradition to St. Mary Parish from Picayune, Mississippi, Anslum said.

Authorities also arrested four other suspects in connection with the inmates’ escape. Brooke Mcmanus, 26, of Patterson; Bernetta Pennison , 49, of Berwick; Brandon Collier, 22, of Morgan City; and William Haff, 37, of Berwick; were each arrested on a charge of assisting escape.

Pennison, originally identified as Bonita Federer, was also arrested on charges of misrepresentation during booking and a warrant for failure to appear on a charge of possession of marijuana.

St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies investigating an escape from the St. Mary Parish Law Enforcement Center found evidence that Pennison, Mcmanus, Haff and Collier assisted inmates in escaping from the St. Mary Parish Law Enforcement Center, Anslum said.

Authorities located Pennison, Mcmanus, Haff and Collier, and they were ultimately transported to parish jail. During the booking process, a booking deputy found evidence that Pennison attempted to use a different name and date of birth, and also held an active warrant for her arrest, Anslum said.

Deans had been in parish jail on a charge of domestic abuse by strangulation. Jamie Scarbrough was in jail on a charge of illegal possession of stolen things, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of marijuana; and Tanner Scarbrough had been incarcerated on charges of illegal possession of a stolen firearm and possession of a firearm with an obliterated number. Todd was in jail on charges of theft of a motor vehicle, possession of drug paraphernalia, obstruction of justice, theft, and criminal damage to property.

Anslum thanked all the law enforcement agencies who were assisting in the effort along with citizens who provided numerous tips that assisted in the capture of the inmates.

DWI suspect booked on theft, forgery warrants

Fri, 06/01/2018 - 12:18pm

Staff Report

A 21-year-old Lafayette man was booked into Morgan City jail on St. Martin Parish theft and forgery warrants following a DWI arrest, Morgan City Police Chief James Blair said in a news release.

—Jarell W. Porter, 21, of Ezelie Street in Lafayette, was arrested at midnight Friday on St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office warrants charging him with theft over $1,000 and forgery, and on charges of DWI first offense, headlamps for motor vehicles required and resisting an officer by giving false information.

A patrol officer in the area of La. 182 near Duke Street observed a vehicle with improper lighting. A traffic stop was conducted and police determined that the driver had given officers a false name, Blair said.

The driver was later identified as Porter. He appeared intoxicated and performed poorly on a field sobriety test, Blair said. A warrant check revealed that Porter held active warrants for the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office. The warrants stem from a Jan. 26 incident in Breaux Bridge during which Porter allegedly was hired to run a bread delivery route for someone else and didn't return the proceeds at the end of the route said Maj. Ginny Higgins, St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office spokeswoman.

Porter registered 0.118 grams-percent blood alcohol content on a chemical test, Blair said. Porter was jailed.

Blair reported that officers responded to 44 calls and reported the following arrests:

—David J. Elliot, 41, of Franklin Street in Morgan City, was arrested at 10:50 a.m. Thursday on charges of driving under suspension and traffic control signals.

A patrol officer in the area of U.S. 90 and the La. 182 junction, observed a vehicle disregard a red traffic signal. A traffic stop was conducted and the driver, Elliot, had a suspended driver’s license, Blair said. Elliot was jailed.

—Glynn A. Guidry, 38, of Carline Street in Berwick, was arrested at 9:30 a.m. Thursday on a warrant charging him with failure to appear for arraignment.

Guidry was arrested on a city court warrant and jailed.

—Megan L. Cheramie, 26, of Park Road in Morgan City, was arrested at 2:40 p.m. Thursday on a charge of direct contempt of court.

Cheramie was arrested in city court for violating orders issued by the court, Blair said. Cheramie was jailed.

—Michael Cousson, 53, of Terrance Street in New Iberia, was arrested at 2:17 p.m. Thursday on charges of driving under suspension and careless operation.

Officers responded to a minor vehicle crash on the U.S. 90 west off-ramp near La. 70. Officers located one of the drivers involved in the crash, identified as Cousson .

Cousson disregarded a stop sign at the intersection, which caused the crash. Cousson also had a suspended driver’s license, Blair said. Cousson was jailed.

—Charlotte T. Bracamontes, 30, of Tiffany Street in Patterson, was arrested at 4:35 p.m. Thursday on charges of disturbing the peace intoxicated and possession of synthetic marijuana.

Officers responded to a business on La. 70 in regard to an intoxicated individual walking in the parking lot. Officers arrived and located the individual, identified as Bracamontes.

Bracamontes appeared intoxicated, and officers also located suspected synthetic marijuana in her possession, Blair said. Bracamontes was jailed.

—Herbert Brown, 35, of Egle Street in Morgan City, was arrested at 9:35 p.m. Thursday on charges of disturbing the peace, simple assault and on a warrant charging him with failure to appear.

Officers responded to a home on Egle Street in regard to a disturbance. Officers arrived, and Brown was identified as the suspect involved in the disturbance. The victim stated that she and Brown had a verbal altercation, in which Brown made threats towards her, Blair said.

Officers located Brown, who denied the allegations. A warrant check on Brown revealed that he had an active warrant for the 16th Judicial District Court. Brown was jailed.

St. Mary Parish Sheriff Scott Anslum reported that deputies responded to 47 complaints and reported the following arrest relating to east St. Mary Parish:

—Xavian Watson, 26, of Foxglove Drive in Patterson, was arrested at 2:36 p.m. Thursday on a warrant on charges of possession of dexmethylphenidate hydrochloride and possession of amphetamine dextroamphetamine.

The warrant was the result of a traffic stop conducted on U.S. 90 in the Shadyside area. Narcotics detectives developed information that suspected illegal drugs were in the vehicle and received consent to search. Detectives then located pills, Anslum said.

Watson turned himself in at the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office in Franklin after learning of the warrant for his arrest. He was booked into parish jail with no bail set.

Patterson Police Chief Janis Merritt reported the following arrest:

—Brian Racicot, 52, of Railroad Avenue in Patterson, was arrested at 10:20 a.m. Thursday on a charge of appearing intoxicated in public. Racicot was jailed on $373 bail.

Berwick Police Chief James Richard reported no arrests.

Wheel House for June 1

Fri, 06/01/2018 - 11:26am

FEEDING PROGRAM
For needy and senior citizens at Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church, 113 Federal Ave., Morgan City, at noon Saturday, June 2. For info call 985-384-6800.

RUMMAGE SALE
At Patterson United Methodist Church, 1204 Main St., 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 2. Items include clothes, shoes, household items, linens, books and toys.

BERWICK
Housing Authority taking applications for all units from 8:15-11 a.m. and 1:15-3 p.m. June 6-7. Must bring birth certificates and Social Security cards for all members of the household, picture ID for all members over 18 and current proof of income. For info call 985-385-1546.

KIDS ART
Artists Guild Unlimited sponsoring a children’s art workshop for ages 5-13 from 9-11 a.m. June 18-21 at its Everett Street Gallery, downtown Morgan City. Cost: $40 per child. Taught by area artists. Registration at the gallery 1-4 p.m. Wednesday-Friday and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. For info call 985-385-9945 or call/text 985-518-5045.

ST. MARY AARP
Dance 7-11 p.m. Saturday, June 23, at St. Mary Senior Citizens Center, 4014 Chennault St., Morgan City. Music by 5 O’clock Shadows. Cost $8. For info call 985-384-2277.

ZION CHAPEL
AME Church, 1511 Cherry St., Morgan City, celebrating its 142-year anniversary at 8:15 a.m. Sunday, June 24. Guest speaker the Rev. Clifton Tate Sr., Bethlehem Church of God in Christ, Patterson. Public invited.

re-entry
Convicted felons released from prison can participate in the free St. Mary Re-entry Resource Program at South Central Louisiana Technical College, Young Memorial Campus, 900 Youngs Road, Morgan City. Offers tools and support needed to succeed in transitioning back into the community. For info call Ann W. Poole, Tammie Moore or Joyce Dardar, 985-380-2436.

James Davis

Fri, 06/01/2018 - 11:19am

James Davis, 68, a native of Franklin and resident of Morgan City, died Friday, May 25, 2018, at Teche Regional Medical Center in Morgan City.
Visitation will be Saturday from 10 a.m. until services at 1 p.m. at Otis Mortuary Chapel in Franklin.
He is survived by four sisters, Eva Ramirez and Vera Cleary, both of Morgan City, Myrtle Gibson of Abbeville and Shirley Harris of Sacramento, California.
Otis Mortuary of Franklin is in charge of arrangements.

James Smith

Fri, 06/01/2018 - 11:12am

James Smith, 59, a native of Terrebonne Parish and a resident of Houma, died Saturday, May 26, 2018.
Visitation will be Saturday from 9 a.m. until services at 11 a.m. at Morning Star Baptist Church in Houma. Burial will follow in Cornerstone Baptist Church Ceme-tery.
He is survived by his wife, Vanessa Whitrack Smith of Houma; three daughters, Gina Mitchell, Melissa Smith and Cesali Williams, all of Houma; a brother, Lionel Smith Sr. of Franklin; five sisters, Emma Harris, Fannie Coleman, Ora Glover and Sarah Joseph, all of Houma, and Yvonne Smith of Morgan City; and a host of other relatives.
He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers and sisters.
Jones Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Eva Varnado Martin

Fri, 06/01/2018 - 11:08am

Eva Varnado Martin, 89, a native of Osyka, Mississippi and a resident of Houma, died Monday, May 21, 2018.
Visitation will be Saturday from 8 a.m. until services at 10 a.m. at Mechanicville Emmanuel Baptist Church in Houma. Burial will follow in Deweyville Cemetery.
She is survived by two sons, Vincent Varnado of Franklin and James Varnado of Morgan City; a daughter, Leslie Varnado of Houma; and a host of grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, two daughters, parents, five brothers and three sisters.
Jones Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Lakoya Martin

Fri, 06/01/2018 - 11:04am

Lakoya Martin, 23, a native and resident of Franklin, died Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at Ochsner Medical Center in Baton Rouge.
Visitation will be Saturday from 9 a.m. until services at 11 a.m. at Jones Funeral Home in Franklin. Burial will follow in St. John Cemetery in Franklin.
She is survived by two sons, Ladrius Martin and Kendrick Edmond Jr., both of Franklin; her mother, Francine Martin of Franklin; five brothers, Herbert Martin Jr., Reginald Martin and Kedern Martin, all of Franklin, and Michael Martin and Kevin Martin Sr., both of Morgan City; two sisters, Lakendra Martin and Lakedra Martin, both of Franklin; and a host of other relatives.
Jones Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Eva Varnado Martin
Eva Varnado Martin, 89, a native of Osyka, Mississippi and a resident of Houma, died Monday, May 21, 2018.
Visitation will be Saturday from 8 a.m. until services at 10 a.m. at Mechanicville Emmanuel Baptist Church in Houma. Burial will follow in Deweyville Cemetery.
She is survived by two sons, Vincent Varnado of Franklin and James Varnado of Morgan City; a daughter, Leslie Varnado of Houma; and a host of grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, two daughters, parents, five brothers and three sisters.
Jones Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.