FRANKLIN — A Mass of Christian burial will be held for Mr. Tarlton Peter Nico Sr. 83, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 20, 2019, at Saint Peter the Apostle Catholic Church, 1325 Big Four Corners Road, Franklin, LA 70538 (Four Corners Community). Fr. Francis Damoah, SVD will be the celebrant. 

He will await the resurrection in Sorrel Community Cemetery in Jeanerette (Sorrel Community).

A gathering of family and friends will begin on Saturday at the church 8 a.m. until the time of the service with a Rosary to be recited at 10 a.m.

A resident of the Four Corners community, he passed at 9:52 a.m. on Tuesday, July 2, 2019, at his residence surrounded by his family. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. Above all, he was a lover of animals especially horses.

He leaves to cherish his memory, his loving wife, Celestine Lockett Nico of Four Corners; four sons Tarlton Peter Nico Jr. and Gregory Paul Lockett of Four Corners, Clifford Nico (Rose) of Patoutville and Bobby Nico (Avis) of Baldwin; five daughters Delilah Nico Sorrell (Jerry) and Angelia Nico (Bernard Johnson) of Four Corners, Tracey Nico Bonito (Michael) and Sonia Nico Williams (Benny) of Atlanta, Georgia and Christine Nico Barard (Lawrence) of Baldwin; a grandson he reared as his own, Kevin Michael Williams Sr. of Four Corners; fifteen grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren; one brother James “ShooDee” Nico of Port Arthur, Texas; one sister Bernice Nico Potier of Port Arthur, Texas; a host of nieces, nephews, relatives, friends and his pet horse named Trigger, whom he raised from a foul.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Lawrence Nico Sr. and Elaine Chanette Nico; two daughters Sadie Nico and Charlene Nico Williams; two great-grandchildren Corrine Martin and Prada Chanel Nico; two sisters Inez Nico Boutte and Bulleah Nico Brown; and four brothers Lawrence “Coon” Nico Jr., Buster Nico, Johnny Nico and Edgar Nico.

Active Pallbearers are Nicholas A. Barard, Atticus Blue Williams, Lawrence A. Barard, Benny Williams, Antonio Nico and Randy Jackson.

Honorary Pallbearers are Tarlton P. Nico Jr., Gregory P. Lockett, Clifford Nico, Bobby Nico, Gus Thomas Jr., Cristian Barard, Julian L. Williams, Bernard Johnson, Sebastian Bonito, Michael Bonito and Kevin M. Williams Sr.

Condolences may be expressed at www.fletcherfuneralhomes.org.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Fletcher Funeral Home, 369-3341, 609 West Admiral Doyle Drive, New Iberia, LA 70560.