Rufus Leon LaVergne

1940 - 1998  (57 years)

• Name	Rufus Leon LaVergne
  Born	5 Dec 1940	Crowley, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	8 Aug 1998	Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Buried	10 Aug 1998	Greenwood Cemetery - Jennings, Louisiana, USA
  Person ID	I6293	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	Rufus LaVergne,   b. 28 May 1919, Mermentau, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 20 May 1979, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Mary Dulcey Clement,   b. 18 Dec 1922, Crowley, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 31 Aug 1981, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 58 years)
  Married	7 Feb 1940	Crowley, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Family ID	F2685	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	C.F. Johnson
  Children	1. H.S. Lavergne   2. B.C. Lavergne   3. B.W. Lavergne
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2019
  Family ID	F3314	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 5 Dec 1940 - Crowley, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA Died - 8 Aug 1998 - Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, USA Buried - 10 Aug 1998 - Greenwood Cemetery - Jennings, Louisiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Rufus Leon LaVergne 1960 Southwestern Louisiana Institute Yearbook Photo Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
  		Rufus Leon LaVergne 1959 Jennings High School Yearbook Photo Jennings, Louisiana, USA Senior Thespians; Verse Choir; Golf Team; Football; Basketball; Tumbling Team; Track; Tennis Team; Stage Crew, Fall Production "The Eyes of Tlaloc"; Festival Play, "Heat Lightning"; McNeese Speech Festival.
  		Rufus Leon LaVergne 1959 Jennings High School Yearbook Photo Jennings, Louisiana, USA Football - Guard
  		Rufus Leon LaVergne 1958 Jennings High School Yearbook Photo Jennings, Louisiana, USA Junior
  		Rufus Leon LaVergne 1957 Jennings High School Yearbook Photo Jennings, Louisiana, USA Sophomore
  		Rufus Leon LaVergne 1956 Jennings High School Yearbook Photo Jennings, Louisiana, USA Freshman

  
  

  Documents

  Obituary of Rufus Leon LaVergne Published in The Lake Charles American Press on August 10, 1998

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstone of Rufus Leon LaVergne Greenwood Cemetery - Jennings, Louisiana, USA

  
  

• Notes

  Death Notice: Rufus Leon Lavergne JENNINGS - Funeral arrangements for Rufus Leon Lavergne, 57, will be announced by Matthews and Son Funeral Home. He died Saturday in the Jennings hospital. (Published in The Lake Charles American-Press on 10 Aug 1998) Obituary: Rufus Leon Lavergne JENNINGS - Funeral services for Rufus Leon Lavergne, 57, will be at 2 p.m. today, Aug. 10, in Matthews and Son Funeral Home. The Rev. Lindsey Burns will officiate. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation is from 8 a.m. Mr. Lavergne died at 2:55 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, 1998, in the Jennings hospital. A native of Crowley, he lived in Jennings and graduated from Jennings High School in 1959. He attended USL and McNeese State University. He was employed with Gulf States Utilities and Entergy as an operational coordinator. He was a past member of the BPOE Elks Lodge. Survivors include his wife, Carol Lavergne; three sons, Howard Scott Lavergne of Lake Charles, and Brad William Lavergne and Brian Cason Lavergne, both of Jennings; three brothers, Alan Lavergne of Grand Lake, Gary Lavergne of Sugarland, Texas and Dean Lavergne of Newark, N.J.; one sister, Mrs. Richard (Carolyn) Smith of Moss Bluff; and four grandchildren. (Published in The Lake Charles American Press on August 10, 1998)