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June 11, 1931 – December 2, 2024

Retired Major Robert Androes Weekly, 93, passed away on December 2, 2024.
Born on June 11, 1931 in Abbeville, Louisiana. He was a longtime resident of Parkland, PA.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 65 years, Patricia M. Kutger Weekly, his parents, Alvin and Cecelia and his brother Kilburn.
Bob is survived by his three children, Mary (Marty) Lisan, Robert (Diane) Weekly, and Penny (Tom) Ebinger. His seven grandchildren, Nicole (Sean), Jason, Stephanie (Chris), Patricia, Michelle, Matthew, and Christopher. Nine Great Grandchildren, Allan, Shayne, Angela, Nathan, Lydia, Brandon, Joshua, Luke and Harry, and One Great Great Grandson, Allan Androes. He is also survived by many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Retired Major Weekly served in the U.S. Army from 1947 to 1991. Having many different assignments, from an M-4 Tractor Driver, Draftsman, to Platoon Sgt., He attended Officer Candidate School as well as Engineer School and Command General & Staff College - spending the majority of his service in the Corp of Engineers. He was very proud and honored to have served his country.
Retired from PennDOT (Pennsylvania Department of Transportation) with over 25 years as an Engineer Manager of Permits and Construction Engineer with District 60.
Mr. Weekly was also a certified freelance graphoanalyst. It is the art of judging a person’s character, disposition and aptitude from handwriting.
In his youth in Louisiana, he DJ’d at a local radio station, ushered at a movie theater, and when he learned to play guitar - he would perform live at different local radio stations.
Robert was a member of the Knights of Columbus, and he was a parishioner of Our Lady of Grace Church since his marriage in 1952 to Patricia. He was a Free and Accepted Mason with Newtown Lodge 427, Sojourner Ben Franklin 16. Bob was also a lifelong member of the Military Officers Association of America, The Retired Officers Association; National Rifle Association, American Legion Post 945 and 148; Reserve Officers Association of the US and the US Army Engineer Association.
Bob gave back to his community by volunteering for many years at St. Mary's Medical Center, Habitat for Humanity Restore, USO (Philadelphia Airport) and Willow Grove Naval Base Thrift Store.
He received the Four Chaplin's Legion of Honor Bronze Medallion for his extraordinary contribution to the well-being of others at the national or world level, to world peace, and to inter-faith and inter-ethnic understanding.
Mr. Weekly and his wife were world travelers. Having visited all 50 states and many countries. This was documented by their world map with 100s of push pins indicated the places they visited.
Bob's hobbies over the years included painting, drawing, playing the guitar, camping (having just camped with his family in August), square dancing, and a ham radio operator. He was an avid reader, bird watcher, played electronic games, and did puzzles. Bob loved nothing more than the thrill of treasure hunting for that special item to add to his collections.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend his visitation on Friday, December 13, 2024 at Lamb Funeral Home, 101 Byberry Road, Huntington Valley, PA 19006, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Followed by the funeral service at 11 a.m. and the burial at Forest Hills Cemetery at 12 p.m.

Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 11:30 a.m. for Mary Alice Mouton Henderson, at St. Mary Magdalen Roman Catholic Church in Abbeville. Services will be officiated by Rev. Buddy Breaux, pastor at Our Lady of the Lake and St. Martin de Pores, Delcambre, LA. She transitioned from her earthly life at 11:18 p.m. on Friday, December 6.
Mary, who was affectionately known as 'Aunt Me-yay' by her family, was born to the union of her parents, Dennis Mouton Sr. and Mabel Cola Mouton, in Kaplan, LA on August 1, 1941.
She was the second oldest of 7 siblings. Her journey began with her early education at James A. Herod High School in Abbeville. She got married at 16 years old to Eddie (Boy) Henderson, Jr. and began her first job at the local laundry. She later began working at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in the dietary department. This would lead to a position she held for 34 years until her retirement in 2003. In retirement, she enjoyed many moments with family and friends, playing bingo locally; watching her favorite game shows, soap operas, and sports; and her favorite pastime of cooking for family and friends. For more than 20 years she would host a spectacular New Year's Eve gathering that brought so much joy to her and her family and friends. She was a devout Catholic throughout her life, attending daily masses at both St. Mary Magdalen and St. Theresa churches. She was a devoted member to the Knights of St. Peter Klaver Ladies Auxiliary Court 77 for 67 years!
She leaves to cherish her memory, her son: Eric Henderson, Richmond TX; two sisters: Elder Roy, Delcambre, and Connie Huntsberry, Abbeville; nieces: Mabel Denise Julien Taylor, Metairie, LA; Melanie Bell, Abbeville; Thomasita Vallery, Bastrop, LA; Charmaine
Roy Campbell, Delcambre; Jennifer Roy, Houston, TX; Pertannica Huntsberry, Abbeville; nephews: Conrad Mouton, Portland, OR; Lawrence Dalton Julien, Kaplan; Cyril Cleo Julien, Kaplan; Dennis Mouton III, Orange TX; Jason Roy, Delcambre; Michael Vallery, Jr., Kaplan; Fabian Vallery, Crowley; Andrew Huntsberry, Abbeville; Joseph Charles Mouton, Jr., Abbeville.
She was preceded in death by her parents: Dennis Mouton, Sr. and Mabel Cola Mouton; her husband: Eddie Henderson, Jr.; her grandparents: paternal - Eraste Mouton, Mary Parson Mouton; maternal - Alphonse Cola, Laura Norman Cola; her siblings: Dennis Mouton, Jr., Pearl Vallery, Joseph Charles Mouton, Sr., and Laura Robinson; her nieces and nephews: Marcus Julien, William Robinson Jr., Anastasia Shaunte Vallery Williams, Mica Zsa Zsa Vallery, Iajohma Vallery; other family, and her life-long friends: Flora Jordan, Mabel Myles, and Adele Nolan.
A short visitation service along with the Rosary will be held at Kinchen Funeral Home located at 218 North St. Valerie Street, Abbeville, LA 70510, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Following the Mass of Christian Burial at St. Mary Magdalen Church, internment will be in St. Paul mausoleum.
Additionally, condolences to the family may be expressed via Kinchen Funeral Home's website: www.kinchenfuneralhome.com.

VC quarterback Jonathan “Jon Jon” Dartez received two football scholarship offers within 12 hours after previously having none.
After VC blanked Kentwood 33-0 in the semifinal game on Friday, Dartez said no college or university offered him anything to play football.  The 5-foot-9 senior quarterback  said that motivated him all season.
He will finish high school as the state’s overall touchdown leader in all classifications with 173 touchdowns. That big record-breaking performance may have caught the eye of at least two football programs, as two NAIA football programs reached out to Dartez on Saturday morning.
According to Dartez’s Twitter Account, he received the first offer from Graceland University in Iowa. The school has 900 students.
Graceland posted a 7-4 record in 2024.
"Blessed to receive my first offer from Graceland," Dartez posted on Twitter.
Not long after Dartez announced his first football offer on Twitter, another offer came his way. 
Louisiana Christian University in Pineville, Louisiana, also offered Dartez a football scholarship.
LCU has an enrollment of 1,100 students, and in the last 10 years, a handful of Vermilion Parish athletes have played sports at LCU.
Two Vermilion Parish young men played football for LCU within the last eight years.
Gueydan High’s Spencer Broussard played from 2018 to 2021. Also, Kaplan’s Julius Johnson had a stellar career at LCU.
Today, Abbeville High graduate Brian Gordon is a freshman wide receiver on the LCU roster.
Graceland University is 894 miles (14 hour drive) from Abbeville, while LCU is 111 miles or two hours away from Abbeville.

This week in Abbeville, a man from Gueydan is likely facing a life sentence after being convicted of sexually assaulting two juveniles for more than six years.
Scott Keith Broussard from Gueydan had a one-day trial on Wednesday at the Vermilion Parish Courthouse in Abbeville.
The jury, consisting of eight men and four women, returned a guilty verdict in 90 minutes.
Broussard was convicted of two counts of first-degree rape, one count of attempted second-degree rape, plus molestation of a juvenile, three counts of attempted indecent behavior with a juvenile, sexual battery, intimidating a witness, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. 
He will be sentenced on March 13, 2025.
In Louisiana, if someone is convicted of first-degree rape, they face a life sentence.
In this case, the victims were under 10 when the assaults started to take place.
Assistant District Attorney  Calvin “Woody” Woodruff prosecuted the case for the state, and  Lynden Burton was Broussard’s attorney.
The assaults and the attempted assaults of the two juveniles occurred from January 2016 to December 2022 in Gueydan.
The assault charges only surfaced after one of the juveniles had some dark thoughts about taking their own life a few years after the molestation.  The individual mentioned suicidal thoughts to a friend, who then informed authorities. 
An investigation began by state authorities to understand why this individual was having suicidal thoughts, and during the questioning, they discovered that Broussard had been abusing two juveniles. 
The now adult had never told anyone about the abuse, including its mother. 
“I did not have the heart to tell her. It would have killed her,” the victim said in court on Wednesday.
The mother informed the jurors that she first learned about her child’s abuse when the police began investigating the allegations.
Broussard voluntarily took the stand and denied all charges of sexual abuse.
Woodruff’s closing remarks asked the jury why would the two victims lie about the abuse.
“Why would they make this up?” said Woodruff.  “What would be the possible reason? There is none. There is no financial gain. Why would they tell their stories in front of 14 strangers? Who would want to do that? Nobody.”