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Submitted: 5/7/22 • Approved: 5/19/22 • Last Updated: 2/17/23 • R364649-G364649-S3
August 19, 1908 - January 18, 2013
Section - St. Joseph
Block 19 Lot 19
LAFAYETTE - A celebration will be held on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Syrie Funeral Home for Mildred Sylvester, 86, who passed away on January 18, 2013 at Amelia Manor Nursing Home in Lafayette.
Elder Joseph R. Harris will officiate the service.
She will be buried in Calvary Cemetery.
Left to cherish her wonderful memories are her caring sister, Oradell Thomas of Lafayette, LA; one granddaughter, Renee Lumpkin Smith of Atlanta, GA; one granddaughter-in-law, Belinda T. Lumpkin of Lafayette, LA; two great-grandchildren LaShayla Shontez Lumpkin of Lafayette, LA and Jabari Khalil McHenry of Atlanta, GA; and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Burley Sylvester; her daughter, Lillian Louise Lumpkin; her grandson, Freddie Lumpkin; her parents, Paul Sonnier, Sr. and Lillian Cooper Sonnier; four brothers, Paul Sonnier, Wilfred Sonnier, Alfred Sonnier, and LeRoy Sonnier; four sisters, Rosella Morton, Annie Hawkins, Ida Catherine Ned, and Nicey Sonnier.
Contributed on 5/7/22 by debbraszymanski
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