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ERATH — Funeral Services for Mr. Wilbert John Romero, 74, will be held at David Funeral Home in Erath on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 2:00PM with Pastor Todd Menard officiating, musical selection will be done by Troy and Chad Romero, nephews. Interment will follow at LeBlanc Cemetery of Erath.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 from 9:00AM until time of services.
A resident of Abbeville, Mr. Wilbert Romero died at 12:26PM on Friday, April 19, 2019 at Abbeville General Medical Center. He was a produce clerk at National Food Store for twenty-nine years and worked as a custodian at Erath Middle School, Vermilion Parish School Board for fourteen years. He enjoyed gardening, bird watching, working in the orchard with fruit and pecan trees, farmers markets, swap meets with his son, and games of chess with his grandsons.
He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Marie LeBlanc Romero of Abbeville; his son, Randall Romero of Abbeville; his daughters, Laura Renard and her husband Chad of Erath, Christine Denais and her husband Tony of Delcambre, Becky Trim and her husband Lance of Abbeville; his grandsons, Aaron Romero, Seth Renard, Jared Denais, Tristen Trim, and Colby Trim; his granddaughter, Emily Denais; his step-granddaughter Nicole Menard; his great-granddaughter, Abigail Romero; his brothers, Dennis Romero and his wife Thelma of Abbeville, Bradley Romero and his wife Ann of Maurice; his sisters, Linda Plowden of Kaplan, Audrey Cormier and her husband Kevin of Kaplan, and Maudry Istre and her husband Otis of Kaplan.
He is preceded in death by his parents Sidney Romero and Edith Baudoin Romero; his son, Carl Romero; and his brothers, Leewood Romero Sr., and Joseph Romero.
Serving as pallbearers will be Aaron Romero, Seth Renard, Jared Denais, Tristen Trim, Colby Trim, Emily Denais, Chad Renard, Tony Denias, and Lance Trim.
You may sign the guest register book and express condolences online at www.davidfuneralhome.org
David Funeral Home of Erath 209 East Putnam St. (337-937-0405) will be handling the arrangements.

The Louisiana High School Association announced the baseball playoff pairings and six teams from the parish are in.
Three will be playing home while the other three are on the road.
It is a single game elimination in the first round.
Two Vermilion Parish teams will play Monday, while the other four are playing this week.
North Vermilion, the No. 13 seed, will play No. 20 Pine Praire (19-14) Monday at 4 p.m. at NVHS.
No. 14 Kaplan is at home against No. 19 Westlake. The two teams play Monday at 6 p.m.
Kaplan head coach Tyler Domingue likes his chances against Westlake ( 17-13).
“I think it is a very winnable game for us,” said Domingue.
The Erath Bobcats jumped up from No. 3 to No. 2 when the brackets were announced.
The Bobcats (26-5) entertain Lake Charles College Prep (the old Lake Charles Boston) school on Tuesday. Game time is at 6 p.m. at QSA in Erath.
Lake Charles Prep is the No 31 seed and sports a 11-18 record. Out of its 11 wins, one team has a winning record. They beat Class C Pleasant Hill, who has an 11-5 winning record.
The Vermilion Catholic Eagles will be on the road at the end of the week to battle No. 4 St. John (21-9) in the regional round.
All teams in Division IV, skip the first round and advance to the regional round and will play Friday and then Saturday.
No. 13 VC and St. John will play Friday at 6 p.m. and then Saturday at 2 p.m. If a third game is needed, it will follow on Saturday.
St. John has a record of 21-9 and has been scoring a lot of runs its last six games. They have scored 79 runs in its final six games. In one game, St. John beat Class 4A Plaquemine 23-8 to end the regular season.
The Gueydan Bears made the Class 1A playoffs as the No. 17 seed. The Bears travel to play No. 16 Haynesville.
The Delcambre Panthers (12-10) landed in the Class 2A playoffs. They will be on the road in the first round as the No. 17 seed. The Panthers play No. 16 Fisher (17-13) on the road on Tuesday.

October 24, 1989 ~ April 15, 2019

ABBEVILLE — Derek Paul Williams, 29, passed away Monday, April 15, 2019.
He is survived by his wife, Brittni Williams; step-mother, Patricia Williams Rivas; son, Ollie Williams; daughter, Nicole Williams; another baby on the way; step-daughter, Rainah Speer; sister, Samantha Williams; maternal grandmother, Velta Trahan; maternal grandfather, Shelton Fusilier; and paternal grandfather, June Williams.
He was preceded in death by his father, Robert Williams; mother, Cynthia Fusilier; brother, Colt Touchet; and paternal grandmother, Mary Williams.
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.

According to Sheriff Mike Couvillon, the Vermilion Municipal and Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force made the following arrests for narcotics related offenses within the parish.
• Dion Green (Date of birth12-27-81) of Abbeville, arrested for two counts of possession of a legend drug, possession of Cloazepam, two counts of possession of Alprazolam, possession of Dextroamphetimine, possession of Amphetamine, removal of labeling, possession with the intent to distribute synthetic marijuana.
• Chase Callahan (Date of birth 3-21-85) of Abbeville, arrested for possession of heroin, possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, firearm in the presence of a controlled dangerous substance, and drug paraphernalia.
• On 4-10-19 agents conducted a search warrant at 1632 Daniel Street in Abbeville.
While conducting the search over four pounds of synthetic marijuana “legal weed” was seized.
• Carleen Grogan (Date of birth 8-22-91) who resides at said residence was arrested and charged with manufacturing of Synthetic Marijuana, possession with the intent to distribute synthetic marijuana, two counts of possession of a controlled dangerous substance in the presence of a juvenile, and two counts of possession of a controlled dangerous substance in a drug free zone.
Sheriff Couvillon would like to thank the Mayors, and their council, of Abbeville, Gueydan, and Erath, along with their Chiefs of Police, for their support of the Vermilion Municipal and Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force. Sheriff Couvillon also applauds the concerned citizens of Vermilion Parish for their awareness and assistance in helping the Task Force in fighting the war on illegal drugs.
He encourages all citizens with information in regards to illegal drug activities to contact the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office or the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit at 337-740-4501 or E-mail the Task Force anonymously at taskforce@vpso.net and your e-mail will be held in the “strictest of confidence” and replied to in a very timely manner.
More information on reporting drug activities can be seen on our Web Site at www.vpso.net. Click on Narcotics and fill out the TURN IN A PUSHER information.