A Funeral Service will be held on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 2:00 pm at Evangeline Funeral Home for Lou Henegar Deslatte, 72, with Pastor Jeremy Babb officiating. Lou will be laid to rest with her husband at Holy Family Cemetery.
The family requests that visitation be observed on Wednesday from 11:00 am until time of service.
Lou was born on January 28, 1951 in South Pittsburg, TN to the late William and Viola Brown Hengar and was one of six children. She passed away on April 26, 2023 at Ascension St. Thomas Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN.
Survivors include her children, Wyndi Mathews and husband Kevin; Johnny Perdue; Jimmy Perdue; Edmond Deslatte and wife Sharon and Shawna Conner and husband Adam; sixteen grandchildren, fifteen great grandchildren and numerous loving nieces and nephews.
Along with her parents she is also preceded in death by her loving husband, Gerald David Deslatte; two brothers, William Edward Henegar and Freddie Joe Henegar and three sisters, Martha Evelyn Henegar, Jackie Milton Henegar and Mary Magaline Henegar.
Lou was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt who was loved by all who knew her. She was devoted and dedicated to her family, caring for them anytime she had the opportunity. Lou’s greatest joys were spending time with her family, cooking and gardening. Her love for her plants, her family’s plants and her neighbor’s plants will long be remembered by all.
Family and friends are encouraged to share their condolences and memories with the family by visiting Lou’s memorial page at www.evangelinenewiberia.com
Evangeline Funeral Home of New Iberia is in charge of arrangements.
