Earlene Duplantis Garber

New Iberia - Funeral Service will be held at 3:00 PM, Friday, January 16, 2015, at Pellerin Funeral Home in New Iberia, for Earlene Duplantis Garber, 86, who passed away on Wednesday, January 14, 2015, in New Iberia. A gathering of family and friends will be Friday from 1:00 PM until 3:00 PM at Pellerin Funeral Home in New Iberia. Rev. Scott Bullock will officiate. Interment will follow at Rosehill Cemetery. A native of New Iberia, Mrs. Garber was born on June 22, 1928 and was a lifelong are resident. She was a graduate of New Iberia Senior High School, SLI, now the University of Louisiana Lafayette, and Tulane University, and was a teacher and a Supervisor of Social Studies for the Iberia Parish School Board for many years. Mrs. Garber was the National President of the American Hemerocallis Society, and a member of the American Camellia Society, and numerous Horticultural Clubs. She was also a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, Kappa Kappa Iota, the Lydia Homemakers Club, and was a Past Louisiana Teacher of the Year. She is survived by her daughter, Anne Garber Stevens and husband Dennis of New Iberia; grandchildren, Thomas Stevens and wife Heather of Arnaudville, Christopher Stevens of Baton Rouge, Lynn Musumeche and husband Matthew of Broussard, great grandson, Blake Thomas Stevens; sister, Melrose D. Cole of Houma. She is preceded in death by her husband, Antoine Gene Garber; parents, Cenua and Sidonia Boutte Duplantis. sisters, Mae Duplantis, Hazel Duplantis, Florence D. Skeide and an infant sister; brother, Wilbert Duplantis. Pallbearers will be Tommy Stevens, Chris Stevens, Matt Musumeche, Steve Skeide, James Cole, and Walter Scott. Memorial contributions may be made to Lydia United Methodist Church, P.O. 312, Lydia, LA 70569. Pellerin Funeral Home of New Iberia, 502 Jefferson Terrace Blvd., New Iberia, LA 70560, 337-365-3331, is in charge of arrangements