Alva Joseph Barrilleaux

LAKE ARTHUR Funeral services for Mr. Alva Joseph “Sonny” Barrilleaux, 82, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, January 4, 2015 in the Miguez Funeral Home of Lake Arthur with Rev. Charles McMilin officiating. Burial with military graveside honors will be in the St. Anthony Cemetery. Funeral home visitation will be from 1:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m., Saturday; and 8:00 a.m. Sunday until time of services. A rosary will be recited at 6:00 p.m. Saturday in the funeral home chapel. Mr. Barrilleaux died at 4:05 p.m., Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at his residence in Lake Arthur. Mr. Barrilleaux was a lifelong resident of Lake Arthur and a graduate of Lake Arthur High School class of 1952. He served in the U.S. Navy and worked in the oilfield for over 40 years, working for Transworld Drilling Co. and Noble Drilling Co. as a rig maintenance supervisor. Survivors include his wife, Gwendolyn Broussard Barrilleaux; two daughters, Ann Barrilleaux of Woodside, CA, Joy (Travis) Kershaw of Hathaway; one son, Christopher Barrilleaux of Palm Bay, FL; two grandchildren, Lindsay and Lauryn Clement of Hathaway; a niece, “Tiny” Knox of Wewoka, OK; great niece, Toni Lejeune of Seminole, OK; great great niece, Krystal Benoit of Lafayette, LA; and 5 step-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents Emile Lawrence and Beulah Aucoin Barrilleaux; his first wife, Alma Vaughan Barrilleaux; two sisters, Edora Johnson and Eldora Trahan; and great great nephew Robbie Benoit.