Maenora Thibodeaux Dugas

VIEW VIDEO TRIBUTE Parks - Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Saturday, March 14, 2009, at St. Louis Chapel in Parks, for Maenora Thibodeaux Dugas, 88, who passed away on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at Lafayette General Medical Center. Interment will follow at St. Michael Cemetery in St. Martinville. Fr. Stephen Ugwu will officiate at the funeral Mass. Readers will be Jasmine Narcisse and Chalice Ebow. Gift bearers will be Tamara Dugas, Dashella Taylor, Rolanda Jackson, and Paul Dugas, Jr. Mrs. Dugas was a parishioner of St. Louis Chapel in Parks, where she was a member of the Altar Society, Rosary Group, and the St. Paul Benevolent Society. She was a wonderful seamstress and always enjoyed having coffee with family and friends. She loved to cook and bake and always offered her visitors a chance to taste and praise her good cooking. A devout Catholic, Maenora prayed daily, offering her prayers for anyone in need, often telling family and friends to "Always have God in your life." Survivors include three sons, Paul G. Dugas, of Houston, TX, Daniel J. Dugas (Clara), of Shreveport, and Gerard L. Dugas, of San Pedro, CA; two daughters, Stella M. Jackson, of Baton Rouge, and Virginia Dugas, of Parks; two sisters, Hazel Solari and Agnes Wiltz (Faulton), all of Houston, TX; 8 grandchildren, Dashella, Rolanda, Tamara, Danielle, Damien, Paul, Jr., Ashley, and James; and 8 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Dugas; parents, Simeon and Laura Potier Thibodeaux; an infant son; one brother, Rogers Thibodeaux; and three sisters, Margaret Ebow, Josephine Roberts, and Harriet Harris. The family requests that visiting hours be observed at the funeral home from 7:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. A rosary will be recited at 9 a.m. on Saturday. Pallbearers will be Damien Jackson, James Dugas, Paul Dugas, Jr., Rogers Wiltz, Carl Roberts, Alonzo Narcisse, and Phillip Harris. Honorary pallbearers will be Paul Dugas, Daniel Dugas, Gerard Dugas, Charles Ray Solari, Philip Solari, Jr., Nathan Thibodeaux, Mark Roberts, Waldo Dugas, Rudolph Dugas, Allen Roberts, Zachary Narcisse, and Chad Shelton. Pellerin Funeral Home, 211 Berard St., Breaux Bridge, LA 70517 (337.332.2111) is in charge of arrangements.