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The Life of Elite Meyers

Funeral Services will be held Monday, September 15, 2014 at a 1:00 PM Mass of Christian Burial in La Chapelle de Martin & Castille for Elite Sonnier Meyers, Age 97, who passed away Friday, September 12, 2014 at 10:15 AM at her residence in Scott.

Entombment will be in Lafayette Memorial Park Mausoleum.

Reverend Thomas P. Voorhies, Pastor of Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Scott will be the Celebrant of the Funeral Mass and will conduct the Funeral Services. Giftbearers will be Gwendolyn Bryant, Tammy Robin and Sara Hawayek. Lectors will be Leah Hebert and Jamie James.

Survivors include one son, Joseph Dallas Meyers, Sr. and his wife, Brenda; two daughters, Therese “Tina” Glorian Stoute and her husband, Ralph Stoute and Rosa M. Castille and her husband, Lynn P. Castille; her grandchildren, Tammy, Tony, Troy, Leah Joey, Gwen, Jamie, Jason, Greg, Wade, Corey and Sara; twenty eight great grandchildren; four great great grandchildren; one sister, Joyce Sonnier Romero; and two brothers, Ivy Blaise Sonnier and David Sonnier.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, Wilton Meyers; her parents, Anastasia Boudreaux Sonnier and Clement Sonnier; six infant siblings; two brothers, Stanley Sonnier and Willis Sonnier.

Mrs. Meyers was a resident of Scott for sixty seven years and was a member of Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Scott. She was a remarkable seamstress, housekeeper and loved gardening. Elite was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, great-great grandmother and friend to all who knew her.

A Rosary will be prayed Sunday at 7:00 PM in the Martin & Castille Funeral Home.

The family requests that visiting hours be observed Sunday from 2:00 PM until 9:00 PM and Monday from 8:00 AM until time of service.

Pallbearers will be Troy David Meyers, Joseph Dallas Meyers Jr., Gregory S. Ashley, Corey J. Ashley, Jason D. Stoute and Gavin Ashley.

Honorary pallbearers are Tony Meyers, Joseph Dallas Meyers, Sr., Lynn P. Castille and Ralph David Stoute.

Martin & Castille - DOWNTOWN, 330 St. Landry Street, Lafayette, LA 70506 - 337-234-2311.

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