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Submitted: 5/4/23 • Approved: 5/25/23 • Last Updated: 5/28/23 • R424461-G424460-S3
April 27, 1932 - August 30, 2017
LAFAYETTE - Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 2, 2017, at 1:00 PM Mass of Christian Burial in St Jules Catholic Church in Lafayette, for Marie Downs, age 85, who died Wednesday evening, August 30, 2017 at Lafayette Regional Medical Center with her family at her side.Interment will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens.
Reverend Daniel Edwards, Pastor of St Jules Catholic Church in Lafayette, will Celebrate the Mass and conduct the funeral services.
Survivors include son Robert Gautreaux; daughters Laurie Gautreaux and Janice Morgan; grandchildren Holly Maples and husband, David and Catherine Morgan; great grandchildren Hunter Maples, Cheyenne Maples and Melina Morgan.
She was preceded in death by husband Stewart "Stu" Downs; parents Benedict and Helen Gaspard Guillory; sister Grace Carpenter; brothers Cournist Guillory and Bueford Guillory and father of her children, Bennett Gautreaux.
Born in Cottonport, Louisiana April 27, 1932 and a resident of Lafayette, Louisiana for most of her life, Marie Downs was a very kind and gracious Southern Lady. She truly loved spending time with her family and was a loving wife, daughter, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend to all who knew and loved her.
Serving as Pallbearers will be Robert O'Neal, John Carpenter, David Maples, Kevin Carpenter, Lloyd Smith and Don Derenbecker.
The family requests that visitation be observed in Martin & Castille's DOWNTOWN location Friday, September 1, 2017 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM and will continue Saturday, September 2, 2017 from 8:00 AM until time of service.
A Rosary will be prayed for the soul of Marie Downs by Brady LeBlanc at 6:30 PM in Martin & Castille Funeral Home.
Contributed on 5/4/23 by debbraszymanski
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