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ABBEVILLE – A Graveside Service and Interment will be held for Ms. Veronica Brailey, 56, at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, July 25, 2020, at St. Paul Cemetery with Rev. John Allen, officiating.
A resident of Abbeville, LA she passed at 9:39 A.M. Wednesday, July 15, 2020, at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center.
She accepted Christ as her Savior and was a member of Rose Hill Baptist Church in Abbeville, LA.
She leaves to cherish her memory, her mother: Lola Mae Brailey Taylor of Abbeville, LA; an aunt who raised and loved her as her own: Martha Brailey Rideaux of Abbeville, LA; two sisters: Lisa Citizen Narcisse of Abbeville, LA and Alberta Citizen Minix of Church Point,LA; three brothers: Ronald Citizen, Donald Citizen and Nelson Citizen (Tonya) all of Abbeville, LA; special aunt: Penny Brailey Coleman of Abbeville, LA and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Russell Citizen, her sister, Cora Brailey Caffery, and her grandparents, Lawrence and Mable Brailey Sr.
Special thanks to Cornelius Darby and Danielle Sinegal who served as Veronica’s caregivers.
Active Pallbearers: Dante Citizen, Damian Briggs, Jason Briggs, Ryanel Trahan, Joshua Citizen and Donald Brailey.
Condolences may be expressed at www.fletcherfuneralhomes.org
For the safety and well-being of all, attendees are asked to adhere to the CDC/local regulations by practicing 6 feet social distancing and masks are required to be worn.
Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Fletcher Funeral Home (337-893-2440) 1116 Greene Street, Abbeville, LA 70510.

The number of students who want to attend Virtual Vermilion School in the district is growing each day.
As of Tuesday afternoon, 1,000 students have enrolled in Vermilion’s virtual school in the parish. Enrollment will continue through July 27. By that time, there could be more than 1,200 students enrolled.
Assistant superintendent Ellen Arceneaux, who is in charge of curriculum for the school district, informed the school board that 1,000 students have enrolled in the virtual school district as of Monday.
Arceneaux said there is no maximum amount of students who can enroll in the program.
Virtual school is for kindergarten through 12th-grade students.
Virtual school means that learning occurs in an online environment and doesn’t require a student to attend a traditional “brick-and-mortar” institution. Courses, classes, and other services are all offered and completed via the internet and generally completed online from home.
Arceneaux told the board members that there would be a two-week grace period for students every nine weeks.
If students enroll in the virtual school, they have two weeks to decide if they like it. After the second week, a student in the virtual school can decide if he or she wants to go back to regular school or continue with virtue school.
Once the two-week grace period is over, the student is committed to staying for the rest of the nine weeks.
The same for regular school, Arceneaux explained. If a parent is worried about their student attending a regular school because of COVID-19, they also have two weeks to change their minds and enroll the student in the virtual school.
Arceneaux said there are positives that more than 1,000 students want to attend the virtual school.
• It will help with social distancings on campus. Each desk has to be six-feet apart, and the fewer students there are in the classroom, the easier it will be to keep the students six feet apart.
• There will be fewer students riding on school busses if 1,000 students attend virtual school.
Arceneaux explained that while there will be fewer students in the classrooms, the same amount of teachers will be needed. The teachers who are not in the classes will be required to help students in virtual school.

A group of Abbeville citizens hope to save the old James A Herod building built in the late 1950s.
At 6 o'clock tonight at the McKinely Scott Park in Abbeville, Cathy Walker and others will make a plea to save the historical school building located on Martin Luther King Drive.
The building, which is not occupied, has sat empty for the last couple of years. It has not been a public school in more than 20 years.
At the gathering tonight, a group of Abbeville citizens will explain their long-term plans to repair the old Herod school.
The police jury owns the building, but the school board had right of first refusal on what to do with the building before the police jury could do anything to the building.
At Monday night's school board meeting, the school board gave the police jury full authority to do whatever it wants with the Herold building.
If the police jury wants to sell it because it is a public building, bids have to be accepted, and the highest bidder is awarded the building.
"Our elected officials have no problem with Herod's uncertainty. So we as conscious-minded citizens must stand up. These boards don't represent the minority community. They see no intrinsic or redeeming value in Herod," said Walker. "Their decision to get rid of Herod does not consider the community's heritage. This is why we must ensure the legacy of our community by reviving the James A Herod building. Our community will open it up to businesses, community outreach, jobs and education."
Walker is hoping to convince the police jury not to sell the building to the highest bidder.
In 2014, Abbeville Pastor B.K. Stevens had plans to buy it from the police jury for an appraised value of $60,000. However, the Vermilion Parish School Board had to give the OK to the police jury to sell the building. The school board wanted to look into possibly doing something with the old Herod school. After waiting too long on the school board to say what it wanted to do with the former Herod High, Pastor Stephens decided to back off the deal and build a brand new building by his church.
For the last couple of years, the building has been sitting empty and is falling apart.
"We need a chance to nurture our youths, give them guidance, love, teach them respect, and provide jobs. This parish should grant us that much," said Walker. "I say throw us a bone every once in a while, please. Believe me, Herod is a bone, but like my mom of eight children said, we can do a lot with the bone."

January 14, 1940 ~ July 20, 2020

Abbeville — Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville honoring the life of Alice Boudreaux Clement, 80, who died Monday, July 20, 2020. She will be laid to rest at Woodlawn Cemetery with Deacon William “Billy” Vincent officiating the services.
Alice is survived by her three children, Angela Clement Grantham, Ivy J. Clement, Jr., and Shantelle Clement Gilmore; ten grandchildren, Stephanie Grantham McCown, Rusty Greenwalt, Emily Grantham Dowings, Alison Grantham Adams, Ivy J. Clement, III, Daniel Clement, Kenneth Gilmore, Tyler Gilmore, Elizabeth Gilmore and Kelsey Gilmore; four great grandchildren, Conner McCown, Kalvin Dowings, Luke McCown and Kole Dowings; and siblings Marjorie Hebert, Whitney Istre and Harold “Dago” Boudreaux.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ivy J. Clement, Jr.; father, Frederick Boudreaux; and mother, Louise Bourque Boudreaux.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville, 209 S. St. Charles St., on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 from 9:00 AM until time of services.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.vincentfuneralhome.net.
All funeral arrangements are being conducted by Vincent Funeral Home of Abbeville, (337) 893-4661.