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October 14, 1969 ~ January 4, 2020

KAPLAN — Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, January 9, 2020 at Vincent Funeral Home - Kaplan honoring the life of Ray “Chuck” Stelly Jr., 50, who died Saturday, January 4, 2020.
He is survived by his wife of 19 years, Catina Vaughan Stelly of Franklin; his two sons, Landen Stelly and his wife, Whitney of Carencro and Austin Orthman and his fianceé, Danielle Grimes of Gainsville, TX; his two stepsons, Khory Vaughan of Kaplan and Dylan Vaughan and his wife, Beth of Sicily Island; his daughter, Lindsey Brown of Kaplan; his mother, Dianna Touchet of Maurice; his first wife, Debra Compton of Carencro; his sister, Tonia Querrard and her husband, Jonathan of Franklin; his two brothers, Branden Stelly and his wife, Shannon of Kaplan and Carlin "Bo" Stelly of Franklin; and his eight grandchildren, Reese Stelly, Kaelyn Brown, Carson Brown, Nathan Lankford, Aiden Grimes, Layla Vaughan, Jaleigh Vaughan, and Braxon Vaughan.
He was preceded in death by his father, Ray C. Stelly, Sr.; his stepfather, Dallas Fabre; his paternal grandparents, Joe Stelly and Gladys Markle; and his maternal grandparents, Joe Touchet and Maydora Simon.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Kaplan, 300 N. Eleazar Ave., on Wednesday, January 8, 2020 from 11:00 AM until 8:00 PM with a rosary being prayed at 7:00 PM; Thursday, January 9, 2020 from 8:00 AM until the time of the services at 11:00 AM.
All funeral arrangements are being conducted by Vincent Funeral Home of Kaplan, (337) 643-7276 [Service Information 225-5276]. Condolences may be sent to the Stelly family at www.vincentfuneralhome.net.

September 17, 1936 ~ December 27, 2019

ABBEVILLE — Funeral services were held at 11:00 AM on Monday, December 30, 2019 at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville honoring the life of Jody Joseph Lege, 83, who died Friday, December 27, 2019 at Kaplan Healthcare Center.
He was laid to rest at St. Paul Cemetery with Reverend Robert Wells officiating the services.
Jody is survived by his sons, Gregory Lege and his wife Karen and Clint Lege and his wife Loretta; daughters; Marion Landry and her husband Jerry “JJ” and Windy Lege; brother, Dalton Lege and his wife Shirley; sister; Mary Cormier and her husband Lennis; grandchildren, Rene Uriegas Mitchell, Danielle Rung, Amanda Landry, Lacee Plaisance, Meagan Lege and Andrew Lege; and great grandchildren, Ame’lie Rung, Isaac Plaisance and Levi Plaisance.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Elie Lege and the former Azemie Bourque; brothers, Irvin Lege, Horace “Boss” Lege and Chester Lege and sisters, Carrie Cuvillier, Rena Leger, Clara Bertrand, Betty Lou Bertrand and Anita Lege.
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.

During last night’s special meeting, the Vermilion Parish School Board voted Brad Prudhomme as the interim Superintendent of schools in the parish after Jerome Puyau stepped down once reaching a settlement with the school board in December 2019. Puyau will still be a consultant for the school board until September of this year.
Prudhomme is also the school district’s Supervisor of Child Welfare and Attendance and will now be Superintendent from now until September, unless he decides to apply again in September and is chosen to be the permanent Superintendent.
Paul Hebert was another choice for the position but did not have enough board votes. Though it may not have sat well with the other board members who voted for Hebert (Chris Gautreaux, Jason Roy and Kristy Hebert), President Kibbie Pillette stated that this is just for roughly seven months until the position is open for a permanent and until then, Prudhomme will be interim.
Charlotte Detraz, who called to vote for Prudhomme, was backed by Dr. David Dupuis, Laura LeBeouf, Dale Stelly and Pillette, who assured everyone he would never vote to tie.
In a 5-3 vote, Prudhomme looks forward to the responsibility and said his goal will be to focus on the positive things on bringing the school unity together. “Working for this school board for over 30 years, I am excited to begin with the most important thing on the list, bringing everyone together,” he said. “Hope will be the main focus as well as rebuilding our infrastructure of schools, finances and technology.”
Prudhomme said he looks forward to helping everyone unite so that the school system could thrive.