Extracted from The Morning Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
Tuesday, May 8, 1979

DOUCET, LASTIE W.

Died at 8 a.m. Monday, May 7, 1979, at his residence in Grand Prairie. He was 79. Body at Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home, Opelousas, with visiting from noon to 10 p.m. Tuesday and after 7 a.m. Wednesday. Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Religious services at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Landry Catholic Church, Opelousas. Burial in Belleview [sic Bellevue] Memorial Park, Opelousas.

Survived by a son, John Robert “Bobby” Doucet, Baton Rouge; a brother, J.B. Doucet, Grand Prairie; three sisters, Mrs. Edna Launey, Ville Platte, Mrs. Edith Fontenot and Mrs. Verna Bourque, both of Grand Prairie; and two granddaughters, Nancy and Susan Doucet, both of Baton Rouge.