Jessie P. Sonnier

Published 12:00 am Wednesday, May 1, 2019

COTEAU — A private Memorial service and Inurnment will be held at a later date for Jessie P. “Jeanie” Sonnier who passed a way on Sunday, April 28, 2019, at 2:45 a.m. at her residence in Coteau.

Jessie “Jeanie” Sonnier, age 77, was born on September 10, 1941, to Franklin and Zella Rhodes Pierce in Portland, Oregon.

“Jeanie” was loved by everyone she met and knew. She was a devoted wife to her husband Ronald Sr and was devoted to her children and grandchildren.

She loved hosting family gatherings, cooking, sharing a wonderful bottle of wine and assorted cheeses.

She was the number 1 fan of her son Ronald Jr. and was the president of his Fan Club.

Friday nights were very special to her because that was the night that she and Hollie, (one of her daughters) would spend time together watching movies, which was one of her favorite pastimes.

She is survived by her children Ronald J. Sonnier Jr. and his wife, Debra, of New Iberia, Steven J. Sonnier and his wife, Gwen, of Leroy, William Sonnier and fiancé, Billie Jo, Cheri S. Braquet and husband, Jason, of Loreauville, Hollie S. Duhon and her husband, David, of New Iberia and Cari S. Latiolais and her husband, Eugene, of Arkansas; seventeen grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her husband of fifty-eight years, Ronald James Sonnier Sr.; her parents, Franklin and Zella Rhodes Pierce; grandson Ronald J. Sonnier III; brothers Johnny Pierce and Frankie Pierce; sister Nancy Pierce; and step-brother Bill Pierce.

The Sonnier family would like to share a very special thank you to Renee Wilson Sonnier for caring for Jessie during the last couple of months of her life and a thank you to Heart of Hospice for the love and care they showed to their mother during the time of her illness.

You may sign the guest register book and/or send condolences at www.davidfuneralhhome.org.

David Funeral Home of New Iberia, 1101 Trotter Street, 369-6336, is handling arrangements.