Jackie Hicks Courville

Published 12:00 am Thursday, August 2, 2018

LOREAUVILLE — Funeral services will be conducted for Mrs. Rogers Courville, the former Jackie Lynn Hicks, 64, on Saturday, August 4, 2018, at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church with Father Godwin Nzeh officiating. Burial will follow in St. Joseph Cemetery.

Visitation will be on Friday, August 3, 2018, from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. and resume on Saturday, August 4, 2018, at 8 a.m. until 9:45 a.m.

A native and resident of Loreauville, Mrs. Courville passed away on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, at 12:50 a.m. at her residence.

She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, godmother and friend. She was a 1972 graduate of New Iberia Senior High School. She worked in the fields for Walet Brothers Sugarcane Farm, she was a cafeteria cook and manager for the Iberia Parish School Board and also worked for Stuller Settings.

She loved the outdoors, baking and decorating cakes, sewing, completing crafts, feeding red birds and squirrels, playing cards and family Easter gatherings. She spent years living with early onset of Alzheimers.

She is survived by her son Scott B. Courville and his wife, Crystal, of Loreauville; her daughter Alita L. Courville and her fiancé David T. LeBlanc of Loreauville; her grandchildren Matthew J. Albert, Christina L. Albert, Cassidy L. Courville, Adrian M. Albert and Cameron J. Courville; her brothers Robert Hicks and his wife, Mary, of New Iberia and Steven Hicks and his wife, Bobby, of San Antonio, Texas; her sisters Esther Hicks Walczak and her husband, Christopher, of Spring, Texas and Shelia Romero of New Iberia; her brothers-in-law LeRoy Courville and his wife, Gloria, of Loreauville, Donald Courville and Roy Courville and his wife, Louise, all of New Iberia; her sister-in-law Theresa Louviere and her husband, Senac, of Loreauville; her stepsisters Kelly Hicks McNeil of Coldwater, Ohio and Jennifer Hicks Brewer of Virginia Beach, Virginia; her stepbrother Jonathan Hicks of Coldwater, Ohio; her godchildren Kristian Brewer, Donny Paul LeBlanc, Jimmy Courville and Donald “T-Don” Courville Jr.; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Rogers Courville; her parents, Harry Hicks Jr. and Margie Ruggles Hicks; her father-in-law Oscar Courville; her mother-in-law Anne P. Courville; her grandchild baby Albert; her sisters-in-law Debbie B. Courville and Mae Courville; her brothers-in-law Dudley Courville and Chad Romero; her stepmother Barbara Hicks; and her stepbrother Joseph Hicks.

Pallbearers will be her son Scott Courville, her grandson Matthew Albert, her son-in-law David LeBlanc and her godchildren Jimmy Courville, Donald Courville Jr. and Donny Paul Courville.

Honorary pallbearers will be Cameron Courville, Jason Boudreaux, Robert Hicks, Steven Hicks, Roy Courville, LeRoy Courville, Donald Courville Sr., David Tilley and Senac Louviere.

The family would like to extend a special thanks to her compassionate caregivers Debbie Fremin, Reneé Arabie and Terry Mallet. The family is forever grateful for Heart of Hospice staff and like no other nurse Alyson Champagne.

You can sign the guest register book and/or send condolences at www.davidfuneralhome.org. 

David Funeral Home of Loreauville, 116 S. Main St., 229-8338, is in charge of arrangements.