Johnnye Rae Fontenot

JENNINGS

Funeral services for Mrs. Johnnye Rae Fontenot, 87, of Jennings will be held Saturday, March 17, 2018 at 10:00a.m. in the Miguez Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Todd Schumacher officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery under the direction of Miguez Funeral Home.

Visitation for Mrs. Fontenot will begin Friday, March 16 at 4:00p.m. and will continue until 8:00p.m. It will resume Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m. until time of service.

Mrs. Fontenot was born in Jennings to Carmen and Myrtle Fern Hart. She remained a resident of Jennings all her life. She passed away March 15, 2018 in Jennings American Hospital.

She was known to most as Memaw, a title she cherished. She enjoyed baking for her family and watching the HSN and QVC shopping networks. She also loved garage sales.

Mrs. Fontenot leaves to cherish her memory, two daughters, Karen (Mike) Worthington of Ville Platte and Mindy (Glen)Hetzel of Hathaway; a son, Kevin (Angie)Fontenot of Jennings; two sisters, Lorraine (Roland)McCown of Welsh and Pat Granger of Jennings; eleven grandchildren, Lake Martin, Matt Martin, Misti Klay, Ashli Wilkinson, Benjamin Hetzel, Lacey Hetzel Austin, Will Hetzel, Heidi Fontenot Duplantis, Clay Fontenot, Conner Fontenot, Kane Fontenot and thirteen great grandchildren.

Preceding her in death were her husband, Elmer James Fontenot; her parents Carmen and Myrtle Fern Hart; her daughter, Sharon Faye Martin and her brother, Jimmy Hart.