Allen Joseph LaBry

Published 11:32 am Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Allen Joseph LaBry; loving husband, father, grand-father, and brother passed away on Friday, March 7^th, 2025.  He was born in Kaplan, Louisiana and raised in Loreauville. He married Viola Theresa Peltier of New Iberia in 1970.

He graduated from Loreauville High School, subsequently attended USL where he achieved a degree in Accounting. He was later drafted into the Army and served in Korea.  He worked for a number of years as a corporate accountant before eventually opening his own CPA practice in Abbeville.

He was a former member of Ducks Unlimited, Kiwanis Club of Abbeville, Rotary Club of Abbeville, Toastmaster’s International, and served on the Abbeville Chamber of Commerce.  He was an accomplished duck hunter and dog trainer. He enjoyed playing guitar, travelling, reading, long distance cycling, and was an avid woodworker.

Like many of his siblings, he was a bit canaille. He was quick to share a joke, and often engaged in harmless yet quirky pranks.  He frequently sent humorous anonymous notes to his friends and family.  Laughter and joy followed him wherever he went.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Angele Meaux and Gabriel LaBry, sisters Winona Sonnier and Janet Schaefer, and brothers Logan LaBry, Robert LaBry, and Maxie LaBry.  He is survived by his wife Viola, children Kent LaBry and Lisa Byer neé LaBry, two grandchildren, and siblings Mary Ann Guidry and John LaBry.  He was fiercely loved and will be deeply missed.

It was Allen’s wish that in lieu of cards and flowers that donations be made to St Jude Children’s Research Hospital or the Davis Phinney Foundation for Parkinson’s.