Lionel “Piney” Armestead
- Lionel “Piney” Armestead
Published 12:38 am Friday, August 10, 2018
BELLE PLACE — A home going celebration will be held for Mr. Lionel Armstead Sr., 79, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, August 11, 2018, at Belle Church with Pastor Brandon Nora officiating. He will await the resurrection at Belle Church Cemetery.
A gathering of family and friends will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday at the church until the time of service at 11 a.m.
A native and resident of Belle Place, he passed at away 12:19 am Friday, August 3, 2018, at Vermillion Healthcare in Kaplan. He was a 1957 graduate of Jonas Henderson High School and later attended and graduated from Grambling State University in 1961. He was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and the author of “Execution by Choice.” Lionel was employed as an educator and principal in the Iberia Parish School System.
He leaves to cherish his memory, two daughters Yvonne Anderson (Russell) of Breaux Bridge and Phyllis Dalbany (Marcus) of New Iberia; three sons Lionel Armstead Jr. (Shawn) of Montgomery Alabama, Thaylen Armstead (Stacy) of Breaux Bridge and Ryan Francis (Meoshi) of Baton Rouge; one sister Vera A. Bernard and one brother Lloyd Armstead Sr., both of Belle Place; twenty grandchildren; twenty great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry Armstead Sr. and Italy Sparrow Armstead; one sister Joyce Marie Armstead; one brother Henry Armstead Jr.; maternal grandparents, Balcourt and Alberta Sparrow; and paternal grandparents, Patrick and Nellie Armstead
Active pallbearers are Thailen Armstead, Tyson Armstead, Christian Tate, Shayne Anderson, Taj Hill and Delwin Armstead.
Honorary pallbearers are Lloyd Armstead,p Sr., Thaylen Armstead, Marcus Dalbany, Russell Anderson Sr., Ryan Francis, Lionel Armstead Jr. and Kern Bernard.
Condolences may be expressed at www.fletcherfuneralhomes.org.
Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Fletcher Funeral Home, 609 W. Admiral Doyle Dr., New Iberia, LA 70560.