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2A THE GUEYDAN JOURNAL THURSDAY APRIL 15, 2021 Obituaries Offshore drilling Year (FY) 2020. The Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA), which was signed in to law in 2006, created a revenue sharing program between the federal government and Max P. Hungerford and Richard Taber. The family requested visitation hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 from 9 a.m until the time of the services at 1 p.m. with a rosary being prayed at 1 1 a.m All funeral arrangements were conducted by Vincent Funeral Home of Gueydan, (337) 536-6124 Condolences may be sent to the Potier family at www.vincentfuneralhome.net.

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), announced that Louisiana is receiving $109,948,761.59 in revenue from the Department of Interior from energy produced in the Gulf of Mexico during Fiscal Betty Broussrd Woods MORSE A Mass of Christian Burial was held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Mermentau for Betty Broussard Woods, 82, who passed away Saturday, April 10, 2021 in Morse.

Fr. Randall Moreau, pastor of St. John the SEE OFFSHORE PAGE 3A ATV thefts in Vermilion Parish Detectives have been working diligently with Local, State and Federal Law Enforcement Agencies, in an effort to identify, arrest, and prosecute those individuals involved in these thefts. Detectives are encouraging anyone with any information of a recent theft of these type properties to contact the Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Criminal Investigations Division at (337) 898-4403. Finally, Sheriff Couvillon says, "TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS.

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office's PIO Eddie Langlinais, due to recent thefts of four wheelers, side-by-side utility vehicles, zero turn mowers and utility trailers in Vermilion parish and surround areas, Sheriff Mike Couvillon is urging residents of Vermilion Parish to please be vigilant in securing these type of properties. Whenever possible, it's important to store these type properties in a secure area, and remove any keys when not in use. Sheriff Couvillon says that most stolen ATV's and similar type properties are sold to individual buyers that should consider the following tips. As a buyer of an ATV or similar type off road vehicle andor similar types of movable properties from an individual, you should When applicable, locate the VIN number (vehicle identification number) and call the Sheriff's Office or your local Law enforcement agency to ensure that it is not stolen. 'Understand that, if you purchase something that is stolen, you could face criminal charges for possession of stolen goods, depending on the circumstances surrounding the purchase.

Understand that the state of Louisiana issues the legal owner of an ATV, side-by-side, and utility trailers, an official title, and therefore, it is recommended to always make the purchase with the legal title of these types of properties signed over to the buyer in the presence of a notary. As an owner of these type properties, always keep a copy of the title (which includes the VIN number) along with photographs in a safe place for proof of ownership, to provide accurate information in the event of a theft, and for insurance purposes. Evangelist Catholic Church, will be officiating for the services. The family requested visiting hour to be held Monday from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.

and Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home in Crowley. A rosary was recited at 6 p.m. Monday.

A private graveside service was held at Hanks Cemetery. Mrs. Woods was a lifetime resident of the Morse community. She enjoyed praying the rosary, sewing, shopping, and visiting with her family and friends. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.

She will be missed by all who knew her. Mrs. Woods is survived by her daughter Patricia Gary and her husband Donlean Gary her two sons John Woods Sr. and his wife Lisa Woods, Mark Woods and his wife Dana Woods; three granddaughters, Laura Griffith and husband Matthew Griffith, Katelyn Sloane and husband Nicolas Sloane, Morgan Gary and husband Sage Gary; seven grandsons, John Woods Justin Woods and wife Morgan Woods, Donlean Gary III, Lazarus Gary, Jordan Gary, Owen Woods, and Koby Woods; six great-grandchildren; Jackson, William, Henry, Tucker, Liam, and Hugo; three sisters, Elaine B. Gaspard and her husband Gene, Mary Lou Broussard and Shirley B.

Murrell; five brothers, Clifton and his wife Theresa, Paul, Ashton, Wesley, and John Ray Broussard; her sister-in-law, Shirleen Broussard; two brothers-in-law, Rodney Henry, Jr. and Autry Hanks. She is preceded in death by her husband, Dominque Woods, her daughter, Rhonda Woods; her granddaughter, Gabriel Gary; her parents, Upton and Marie Quebodeaux Broussard; two sisters, Irene B. Henry and Bertha B. Hanks; one brother, Alex Broussard; brother-in-law, John Murrell.

Pallbearers were John Woods, Mark Woods, John Woods, Jordan Gary, Lazarus Gary and Owen Woods. The family wishes to thank Louisiana Hospice and Palliative Care of Jennings along with her sitters; Kim Bourgeois, Sierra Bourgeois, Olivia LeJeune, Edith LeJeune, and Holly Rankin for their compassionate care of Mrs. Woods. Condolences and memories may be sent to the family by www.geesey-ferguson.com PHOTO Willa Mae Nunez Potier GUEYDAN Funeral services was held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at Vincent Funeral Home honoring the life of Willa Mae Nunez Potier, 95, who died Saturday, April 10, 2021 at her residence.

She was laid to rest at Gueydan Cemetery with Reverend Mark Miley officiating the services. Gueydan recently participated in a community Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday, April 5, which was organized by local couple, am as and Shannon Mullin. The event was made possible by gracious donors from several businesses of Gueydan to help with the cost for door prizes, as well as other activities. C'est Vrai Romance and piracy on the Mermentau Jim Bradshaw 4f) tm She is survived by her four daughters, Donna Mae Potier of Gueydan, Helen Potier Gaspard and her husband, Larry of Gueydan, Gloria Mary Potier Taber and her companion Timmy Vincent of Gueydan and Cecile Potier LeJeune and her husband, Tommy of Gueydan; her 17 grandchildren, Ryan A. Hungerford, Aaron D.

Hungerford, Jared C. "JC" Hungerford, Aimee Spell, Andree Gaspard, Michael O'Neil Gaspard, Ashley R. Taber, Monique Hu-lin, Ginger F. Polston, Gunilla Stevens, Lester Alan Potier, Nathan Potier, Shawn Potier, Erik Potier, Tyler Potier, Courtney Wall and Lindsey Christian; her 36 great grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; and her brother, Douglas "Mickey" Hoffpauir of Lake Arthur. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Potier, her two sons, Robert Potier, Jr.

and Lester Alan Potier, an infant daughter, Arlene Potier, her sister, Irene Nunez; her two brothers, Cleveland Hoffpauir and J.C. Hoffpauir, her parents, O'Neil Nunez and the former Oza Marceaux; and her two sons-in-law, area in 1818 and wrote in his journal that "these places, particularly the Mermentau and Calcasieu are the harbours and Dens of the most abandoned wretches of the human race smugglers and Pirates who go about the coast of the Gulph (sic) in vessels of a small draught of water and rob and plunder without distinction every vessel of every nation they meet and are able to conquer and put to death every soul they find on board without respect of persons age or sex and then their unlawful plunder they carry all through the country and sell at a very low rate and find plenty of purchasers." There is also a persistent tale that Captain James Campbell, purportedly one of Lafitte 's most trusted lieutenants, is supposed to have stashed a horde of gold coins somewhere near the Mermentau. That legend has been kept alive by discovery from time to time of old gold coins in the area. But I can find nothing other than this account about the hero and heroine, Leon and Nina. Did such a pair of lovers really exist? Is the story based at least partly on a real and tragic romance? It could have been, but to paraphrase the story told in the old newspaper, it is a mystery that will likely remain forever unraveled.

A collection of Jim Bradshaw 's columns, Cajuns and Other Characters, is now available from Pelican Publishing. You can contact him at jimbradshaw4321gmail. com or P.O. Box 1121, Washington LA 70589. I was looking for something else when I ran across a romantic "tale of the Mermentau" in an old edition of the New Orleans Crescent.

It is the story of young, aristocratic Leon de Solis, one of a group of young men who after an attack on a passenger ship, sailed from New Orleans in the early 1800s "with the avowed determination of extirpating the horde of villains who had made the Calcasieu and Mermentau the scene of their exploits." The villains, a band of pirates, are never found, but Leon does find and is smitten with the lovely peasant girl, Nina l'Estrange. The story is one of the romantic pieces of serialized fiction that newspapers once used to fill their columns, and is reminiscent of the tale of Evangeline. They marry, he goes to sea again and is reportedly killed, she refuses to believe it and waits for his return, sitting each day at the base of an oak gazing out to sea, until "one bright spring morning" she is found, "one hand grasping a bunch of wild flowers which grew near, and her head turned toward the Gulf." There is just enough fact to give the tale a ring of authenticity, or at least believability, and make it hard to figure what parts are romance and what parts are real, or nearly real. Especially the part about the pirates. The story is set at just about the time that the notorious Lafitte gang was scattered from its stronghold at Barataria, and some of them may have come to l'lsle VINCENT Funeral Home.

Inc. des Pecaniers where the story is set. This was not the Pecan Island we know today. It was somewhere in the marsh near the Mermentau, but, according to the story, its exact location was no longer known. "Through this marsh the numerous pirates who infested the Mermentau and Calcasieu constructed a canal by opening a communication with the various little bayous which intersect the low marsh land," according to the tale.

"They so skillfully concealed the outlet which opened on the Gulf, by thick clumps of muskeet bushes, as to render it impossible for even those most familiar with every brake and briar on that unfrequented coast to detect their lurking places." The anonymous writer admits that "the legendary lore which ascribes to the pirates a rendezvous at every marked spot on the Gulf shore has probably been exaggerated far beyond the bounds of truth," but claims that "the ghastly relics of their crimes are sufficiently numerous to prove that tradition has added little to the actual horrors which have been enacted on the peaceful and lovely coast of the Mermentau." It is fact that the Mermentau area was once known as a refuge for smugglers. John Landreth, a government surveyor, visited the "Thank You For Placing Your Trust In Us' 311 4th St Gueydan 536-6124.