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Obituary:

Funeral services for Rufus LaVergne, 59, of Route 2, Lake Charles, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 22, in Hixson Funeral Home Chapel.

The Rev. Frank Kelley will officiate assisted by the Rev. David Holton.

Burial will be in Prien Memorial Park.

A native of Mermentau, Mr. LaVergne had lived in Lake Charles for the past 33 years. He was a retired radio and television technician.

Survivors include four sons, Rufus L. LaVergne of Jennings, Alan Wayne LaVergne of DeQuincy, Gary B. LaVergne of Houston, and Arthur Dean LaVergne of Saudi Arabia; one daughter, Mrs. Carolyn Smith of Moss Bluff; three brothers, Forest LaVergne of Groves, Texas, Lawrence LaVergne of Sulphur, and Lewis LaVergne Jr. of Lake Charles, and nine grandchildren.

(Published in The Lake Charles American Press on May 21, 1979)

Rufus married Mary Dulcey Clement 7 Feb 1940, Crowley, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA. Mary (daughter of Francois Clement and Celima Simon) was born 18 Dec 1922, Crowley, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 31 Aug 1981, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 2 Sep 1981, Greenwood Cemetery - Jennings, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Rufus Leon Lavergne was born 5 Dec 1940, Crowley, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 8 Aug 1998, Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 10 Aug 1998, Greenwood Cemetery - Jennings, Louisiana, USA.