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A memorial service for E.L. “Lonnie” Hearn will be held at First Baptist Church in Crowley at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16.
Visitation will begin at 1:30 p.m. at the church.
Rev. Cullen Clark, pastor of First Baptist Church, will officiate for the service.
Lonnie was born March 27, 1940, and died Dec. 28, 2019.
He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Kathryn Hayes Hearn; one daughter, Ruth Ann Hearn; three grandchildren, Skylar Hearn, Nikki and Bethany Burleigh; great-grandchildren Annaleigh Hearn, Berkley K. “Trae” and Eldredge L. “Eli” Desselle; and two brothers, Larry Hearn and Clarence and wife Laurie Hearn.
He was preceded in death by his parents, E.H. Hearn and Judy Peot Hearn.
Lonnie proudly served in the United States Air Force. He was a rice farmer and an Acadia Parish School Board bus driver.
Honorary pallbearers will be Bob Nash, Jimmy Meche, Ron Lawson, Robert Kahn, Kenneth Richard and Curt Beuscher.

Family and friends are mourning the death of Irene Guidry Simon, who died at the age of 97.
Irene was born in Kaplan to the late Ozone and Louise Hebert Guidry on Dec. 31, 1922. She was an active member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Lyons Point.
She was a homemaker, farmer’s wife and a hard-working mother of three. Her favorite pastimes were reading, sewing, and gardening.
She taught herself to play the organ and together with her husband, O’Neil Simon, they played and sang for many Masses and funerals in the area for more than 52 years. She also served on St. John the Baptist Ladies Altar Society.
Irene will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.
Irene is survived by her two daughters, Kathy Simon (Will) Guidry and Gloria Simon (Melvin John) Petry of New Iberia; and her one son, Joey Neil Simon of Lyons Point. She has two sisters, Dorothy Sztroin and Effie Broussard of Gueydan; two sisters-in-law, Ida Guidry, and Martha Guidry both of Crowley; eight grandchildren, Brett Petry, Scott Petry, Michelle Davidson, Simone Irwin, Emily Miller, Neal Simon, April Pastor and Justin Simon; and seven great-grandchildren, Hannah Davidson, Ethan Petry, Cooper Petry, Anna Petry, Jackson Pastor, Kristin Petry and Kevin Petry.
She is preceded in death by her husband, O’Neil J. Simon; and two brothers, Chester and Murphy Guidry.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Lyons Point.
Visitation began Monday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. A rosary was recited at 6 p.m. Monday.
Burial was in St. John the Baptist Mausoleum.
The family would like to thank Ms. Terrly Leleux, her devoted roommate, the staff Southwind Nursing Home, and Grace Hospice.
Condolences may be sent to the family by www.geesey-ferguson.com.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home of Crowley. 301 N. Avenue F Crowley, 337-783-3313