Verna Portie, 91, died Sunday, April 10, 2011, in a local hospital.
She was a native of Rayne and had been a resident of Sulphur for over 50 years. She was a member Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church and a member of the Catholic Daughters.
Survivors her two sons, Ronnie Portie and wife, Kathy of Katy, Texas and Carlyss Portie and wife, Shirley of Slidell; one sister, Polly Moss of Sulphur; three grandchildren, Alecia Ellis of Cypress, Texas, Tiffany Portie Trascher of Baton Rouge, and Kenny Portie of Little Rock, Arkansas; three great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband, James C. Portie.
Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 12, in Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church. The Rev. Jerry Boulanger will officiate. Burial will be in Mimosa Pines Cemetery South in Carlyss under the direction of Hixson-Sulphur Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation is from 3-9 p.m. today with a rosary service at 6 p.m. and from 8:30 a.m. Tuesday in the funeral home.