Services for Lee Joseph Thevenot of Cottonport will be
at 1 p.m. on September 24, 2008 at St. Marys Assumption
Catholic Church, Cottonport with Father Russel Lemoine
officiating. Burial will be in St. Marys Assumption
Mausoleum in Cottonport under the direction of Escude
Funeral Home of Cottonport.
Lee Joseph Thevenot, 74, died in Cottonport on September
22, 2008.
He was the Assesor of Avoyelles Parish for 16 years. He
was a farmer, cattleman, businessman, an avid hunter and
fisherman, a member of St. Marys Assumption Catholic
Church, and former owner of Lees Night Club in
Cottonport.
He was preceded in death by father, Henry J. Thevenot,
mother, Carrie Moreau Thevenot, and brother, Bert
Thevenot.
Survivors include three sons, Kemp D. Thevenot and Nicky
J. Thevenot both of Cottonport and Skip S. Thevenot of
Houston, Texas; four daughters, Carla T. Lemoine of Red
Lodge, Montana, Brenda T. Juneau of Bunkie, Tamara T.
Riche and Coralie T. Robert both of Cottonport; former
wife, Joan Rozas Thevenot of Cottonport; aunt, Lily T.
Couvillion of Cottonport; twenty two grandchildren; one
great-grandchild.
Visitation will be at Escude Funeral Home from 6 p.m. to
10 p.m. and re-open the following day Wednesday from 8
a.m. to 1 p.m. A Wake service will be September 23, 2008
at 1 p.m.