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A Home-going Celebration will be held for Ms. Patricia Lee Brailey, 62, at 12:00 Noon Thursday, October 31, 2019, at Greater Rose Hill Baptist Church, Rev. John Allen, Pastor and Pastor Walter August, Jr., Eulogist.
Visitation will be held on Thursday at the church 8:00 A.M. until the time of the service.
She will await the resurrection in St. Paul Cemetery in Abbeville, LA.
Patricia Lee Brailey was born to the late Mable Plowden Brailey and Ernest Lee, Sr. on June 2, 1957, and raised by the late, Lawrence Brailey, Sr.
She departed her earthly journey at her residence at 7:50 P.M. on Tuesday, October 22, 2019.
She leaves to cherish her memories 5 children: Curtis Brailey, Terrance Brailey, Pammara Darby (John), Nolan Brailey and Jermaine Brailey all of Abbeville, LA; 4 grandchildren: Demetrius Readom, John Darby, Naomi Brailey and Zell Brailey; 9 sisters: Lola Taylor, Martha Rideaux (Raymond), Penny Coleman, Barbara LeBlanc (Michael), Veronica Williams (Allen), Dorothy Simon (Lester Sr.), Deloris Mitchell (Robert), Mary Sneed (Raymond) and Doris Cartwright (John); 9 brothers: Roland Brailey, Sr. (Mary), Nolan Brailey, Sr. (Sandra), Dalton Brailey, Sr., Floyd Brailey (Gloria), Argis Brailey, Sr. (Leona), Darson Brailey, Sr., Ryneal Brailey, Sr., Pastor Walter August, Jr. (Ruby) and Gregory Mitchell (Crystal); 2 godchildren: Natalie Rice and Kimber Toussaint; and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
Ms. Brailey was preceded in death by her parents: Lawrence and Mable Brailey and Ernest Lee, Sr.; daughter: Shantanna Brailey; sisters: Orgene Polk, Lizzie Como and Rose Jones; brothers: Alton Brailey, Sr., Alfred Lee, Sr., Ernest Lee, Jr., Alvin Lee and Joseph Lee.
Active Pallbearers are:  John Darby, Nelson Citizen, Trevor Eaton, Christopher Lee, Charles Lee and Raymond Perry.
Condolences may be expressed at www.fletcherfuneralhomes.org
Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Fletcher Funeral Home (337-893-2440) 1116 Greene Street, Abbeville, LA 70510.

Al Berard Memorial Fund, a fund of Community Foundation of Acadiana (CFA), launched its annual fundraising campaign for 2019.
There are a variety of sponsorship levels that range from $2500 to $250. All donations to the Al Berard Memorial Fund are tax deductible and should be made before December 31. You can view the sponsorship levels and descriptions online at www.cfacadiana.org/alberard.
The Al Berard Memorial Fund helped pay for fiddle lessons takince place at LeBlanc Elementary this school year. It helped pay for the fiddles and music teacher Jason Harrington. Harrington goes after school twice a week to teach the students how to play the fiddle.
Donations will support Acadiana’s unique musical culture by providing instruments, master teachers, and music scholarships to students of all ages. The fund also supports community projects that promote the cultural heritage of Acadiana.
Al Berard Memorial Fund has granted approximately $70,000 to music organizations throughout Acadiana. Some of the organizations that have benefited from the fund are St. Martin Parish, Lafayette, and Vermilion Parish Gifted/Talented Music Program, Action Cadienne, Cecilia High School Band, Louisiana Folk Roots Summer Kids Camp, NUNU Arts & Culture Collective, Cite des Arts, TRAIL, The Buddy Holly Educational Foundation, Le Reveil du Francais, Teche Center for the Arts, and many more organizations.
Al Berard Memorial Fund honors the late Grammy nominated, Al Berard, who was a mentor for music lovers everywhere. “His passion was to teach everyone about his love for music and the Cajun/Creole culture in which he lived,” said Laura Huval, Berard’s daughter. “Through this fund his passion lives on today”.
You can make a donation online at www.cfacadiana.org/alberard, or mail your donation to CFA, Memo: Al Berard, 1035 Camellia Boulevard, Suite 100, Lafayette, LA 70508. Also, donations can be made through your Donor Advised Fund with CFA or elsewhere. For more information, you can email donorservices@cfacadiana.org or call 337.769.4843.

Bailey Sellers and Brendon LeMaire were united in the sacrament of Holy Matrimony on Saturday, October 12, 2019, at Woodlawn Chapel in Maurice, Louisiana. Pastor Steve Delino officiated the 5:30 p.m. ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Malinda and Keith Sellers. She is the granddaughter of the late John, Sr. and Juanita Gaspard, Dudley, Jr. and Glenda Sellers of Abbeville.
The bride is a 2012 graduate of Kaplan High, a 2014 graduate of SLCC for LPN, and a 2019 graduate of LSUE with an associates’ degree in nursing, RN. She is employed as a Registered Nurse at Abbeville General Emergency Room.
The groom is the son of Melanie LeMaire and the late Clayton Courville. He is the grandson of the late Alede and Maria Courville, Gerald LeMaire, of Kaplan and Dorna Suire of Kaplan.
The groom is a 2011 graduate of Kaplan High and currently owns his own lawn service business, LeMaire’s Lawn Specialist.
Escorted by her father, the bride wore an ivory-colored gown with a beaded lace top and a keyhole back. The dress featured a satin bottom with rhinestone buttons that flowed down onto the train. She wore a short ivory English tulle veil with elegant lace at the ends.
She carried a bouquet of dahlia burgundy flowers with white roses and hints of blue and green wildflowers.
Serving as Maid of Honor was Tabitha Litwiler. Bridesmaids included Shayna LaSalle, Malorie Stoute, Taylor Wise, Shaylee Gaspard and Ceci Harper. They all wore long mesh wine-colored dresses with lace cap sleeves.
Ainsley Litwiler, daughter of Tabitha and Brad Litwiler, and Alexis Stoute, daughter of Malorie and Brandon Stoute, attended as flower girls. Ainsley wore an ivory-colored ballgown flower girl dress with a heart cutout on the back with a wine-colored belt. Alexis wore an ivory-colored sleeveless knee length flower girl dress.
Jacob Guidry attended as Best Man. Groomsmen included Coco Hargrave, Chance Hargrave, Clay Sellers, Ryan Mire and Brad Litwiler. Bryson Courville, son of Derek Courville and Randi Menard as well as John Clay Sellers, son of Clay Sellers and Lillie Broussard, served as ring bearers.
Ushers for the ceremony included Derek Courville and Gavin LeMaire.
Following the ceremony, a formal reception was held at Blacks, which featured rustic decor. The bride’s cake was a three-tiered half-naked french vanilla cake with pecan praline and cream cheese filling. The groom’s cake was a french vanilla sheet cake with chocolate truffle filling, with the groom’s lawn service business as its’ theme. The couple will reside in Abbeville, LA, after a wedding trip to St. Lucia.

The National Weather Service has declared the system over the west central Gulf as Tropical Depression 17 this morning.
An aircraft will investigate this system early this afternoon. While there is a chance of this depression becoming a tropical storm (next name: Olga), it would likely only remain a tropical storm for just a few hours. It is forecasted to merge with a cold front and move into south central Louisiana by this evening. No tropical storms warnings are expected across our area.
Locally, we can expect the following impacts from this system and approaching front:
Rainfall: 1-4 inches with locally 8 inches through Saturday afternoon. Highest amounts will be over southwest and central Louisiana and Acadiana Region. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for much of southwest, south central and central Louisiana.
Coastal Flooding: Tides will be 1-2 feet above normal with minor coastal flooding expected at high tide. A Coastal flood Advisory is in effect for coastal counties/parishes including Calcasieu parish.
Rain and the coastal flood potential should end by Saturday morning.