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A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Evangeline for Marilyn Morgan Latiolais, 78, who died Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, at her home in Evangeline surrounded by her loving family.
Fr. Paul LeFleur will officiate for the services.
The family requested visiting hours be held from 4 p.m. Thursday until 9:30 a.m. Saturday. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Friday.
Interment will be in Sensat Cemetery in Egan.
Mrs. Latiolais was a loyal and dedicated employee of the postal service for 32 years. She retired as Post Mistress, serving her tenure at the Evangeline Post Office.
She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Shelton John Latiolais of Evangeline; two daughters, Krista Christina Treat and husband David, and Bethamy Faith Ardoin and husband Justin, both of Egan; two sons, Robby James Latiolais and wife Deanna of Egan, and Sheldon Chad Latiolais and wife Angela of Evangeline; four sisters, Verna Anthon of Atlanta, Georgia, Donna Morgan of Crowley, Darlene Morgan of Crowley and Carla Jan Morgan of Crowley; one brother, Murray Morgan of Crowley; eight grand chidren, Colby Latiolais, Laurin Latiolais, Brennon Miller, Bray Latiolais, Beau Miller, Jeron Latiolais, Calyssa Latiolais and Kendall Miller; and six great-grandchildren, Annie Semar, Analice Semar, Maverick Semar, Alivia Semar, Talen Semar and Ella Semar.
She is preceded in death by one son, Shanny Jason Latiolais; her parents, Harold Leo and Nellie Pryor Morgan; two brothers, Ladd and Randy Morgan; and two sisters, Wilda Green and Wanda Hayes.
Acting pallbearers will be Colby Latiolais, Brennon Miller, Bray Latiolais, Beau Miller, Jeron Latiolais and Kendall Miller.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.geesey-ferguson.com
Arrangements have been entrusted to Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home, Inc., of Crowley.

Both the Wolves and Lady Wolves basketball teams collected wins on Friday, Jan. 25, during home contest against Westgate High.
The Wolves outscored the Tigers 87-72 for the district win, bringing Rayne’s district slate at 3-2 mid-way through the district season.
Rayne High’s offense was lead by four players hitting double figures.
Dylan Gibson led the Wolves with 19 points, followed by Antonio Cormier with 17, a dirty dozen for Lance Smith and a dozen by Dylan Menard.
In girls’ action, the Lady Wolves collected a 56-28 win over the Lady Tigers on the backside of their district schedule.
The Lady Wolves stand at 2-4 in district.
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During Monday night action, the Wolves and Lady Wolves hosted St. Thomas More.
In boys’ action, four Wolves hit double digits on the night, but it wasn’t enough as the Cougars pulled out a 64-51 district win.
Hitting double digits for the Wolves were Dylan Menard and Jamarcus each with 11 points, while Leon Smith and Dylan Gibson tipped in 10 each.
STM outpaced the Wolves in the final quarter of action with 16 points for the win.
In girls’ district action Monday evening, the Lady Wolves were outscored 74-40 by the state-ranked Lady Cougars.
Top scorers for the Lady Wolves were Torionna Charlot with 12 points and Braille Washington adding 11.
Completing the Rayne scoring were Paige Figaro, Anastasia Dixon and Tyanne Moseley each with four points.
Alidia Cormier and Kelsey Kelly each added a trey to complete the limited Rayne scoring during the contest.
Both squads will host Teurlings Catholic on Friday, Feb. 1, at the RHS north gym.
Boys and girls action will begin at 5 p.m. with boys’ junior varsity, girls’ varsity and boys’ varsity in play.