V.J. worked a few jobs before landing one at a service station before moving to Shreveport. He loved playing French songs on the harmonica and he loved to dance, which is where he met his wife on Christmas Eve in 1950 at the local dance hall. They were married on June 12, 1954 and while living in Abbeville, were blessed with two children. After 10 years they moved to Shreveport where they had their third child. V.J. went to work for Beard Pollan Chain Saw as a machinist and held a part-time job at a service station. He was such a trusting individual, the boss let him run the station by himself.
When they shut Beard Pollan down 18 years later, he went to work for Caddo Parish, spraying mosquitos. He worked there for another eleven years until he retired at 65. After retiring he learned to wood carve and became so good at it, he won several awards. V.J. was very proud of his hobbies.
V.J. loved to work in the garden and he loved to tend to his red roses. He loved his grandchildren. To him, having grandchildren meant hours of letting the girls fix his hair by placing rollers in his hair.
V.J. is preceded in death by his parents, his daughter; Sharon Raye, his son; David Bryan, and his brother Golden Conner. Left to cherish his memory are his wife of 69 years, Betty, son Kelly Brent Conner (Daphne), granddaughters Raechelle Halloran (Kayne), Madalyn Dufour (Levi) and grandson Zachary Conner, his brother Dalton Conner (Elnora) of Shreveport and his sisters Delores Harrington and Pearl Brousard and his sister-in-law, Pat Conner of New Zealand, and three great grandchildren.
