Extracted from The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
Sunday, December 28, 1947

Rites Held Friday for Marcisse [sic Narcisse] M. Perroux

Opelousas, Dec. 27 -- Final rites for Marcisse [sic Narcisse] Mathew Perroux, 49, of Krotz Springs, were helf Friday afternoon at the family home. Burial was in the Melville cemetery. Members of the Melville Masonic lodge conducted graveside rituals.

Perroux died Wednesday night in New Orleans after an illness of several months.

Surviving are his wife, the former Lola R. Austin of Krotz Springs; two sons and two daughters, Louis Perroux of Baton Rouge; Jules Perroux of Krotz Springs; Mrs. A. I. Shaw of Eola; Miss Annie Ruth Perroux of Krotz Springs; his mother, Mrs. Clementine Perroux of Krotz Springs; two brothers, Joseph Perroux of Long Beach, Calif.; and one sister, Mrs. M. E. Austin of Krotz Springs.