Eva Johnson Fontenot

Breaux Bridge Funeral services will be held at 12 noon, on Sunday, November 23, 2014, at Pellerin Funeral Home Chapel in Breaux Bridge, for Eva Johnson Fontenot, 86, who passed away on Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center. The family requests that visiting hours be observed from 2:30 pm until 9 pm on Saturday, and continue on Sunday at 9:30 am until 11:45 am, at Pellerin Funeral Home in Breaux Bridge. A rosary will be prayed at 7 pm on Saturday. Deacon Marcel Butch Hebert will officiate at the funeral service. Interment will follow at St. Bernard Cemetery No. 2 in Breaux Bridge. Mrs. Fontenot was a native of Breaux Bridge and a graduate of Eunice High School. She worked as a hair stylist for five years, a bookkeeper for 11 years, and was a store associate/owner for six years. Eva loved to sewing, cooking, baking, and going camping. She enjoyed visiting with people and treasured the many times she spent with her family. She is survived by two daughters, Geraldine F. Begnaud and husband, Pat, of Abbeville and Virginia F. Wolf and husband, Ron, of Maurice; two sons, Jimmie P. Fontenot and wife, Sue, of Lafayette and Robert A. Fontenot and wife, Dru, of Breaux Bridge; ten grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild. She is preceded in death by her loving husband, Nelson J. Fontenot; her parents, Angelous and Virginia Courville Johnson; three brothers and three sisters. Pallbearers will be Jimmie Fontenot, Ronald Wolf, Patrick Begnaud, Blaine Johnson, Chad Johnson, and Sammi Parbhoo. Pellerin Funeral Home, 211 Berard St., Breaux Bridge, LA 70517 (337.332.2199), in charge of arrangements. To view on-line obituary and sign guestbook, go to www.pellerinfuneralhome.com