Funeral Services for Mrs. Annie Alma LaCour Gongre will be Sunday, June 15, 2008 at 2:00 pm in the chapel of Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home. The service will be officiated by Rev David Matlock. Interment will follow at Memory Lawn Cemetery in Natchitoches, LA. Friends may visit the Gongre family on Saturday, June 14, 2008 between 5:00 pm and 9:00 pm at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be her grandsons.
Annie Alma (La Cour) Gongre, age 96, of Natchitoches, La., died Thursday, June 12, 2008. She is the daughter of the late Joseph LaCour and Rosalie Vercher. She will be sadly missed by her family and friends.
She is survived by her Daughter, Ruby Duraso of Natchitoches; Son, Donald Ray Gongre and his wife Reba of Natchitoches, La.; Eight Grandchildren, David Randell Gongre and wife Annette of Goose Creek, SC, Emelda Odom and husband Cecil of Natchitoches, Daniel Gongre and wife Sherri of Provencal, Darrell Gongre of Provencal, Delbert Gongre of Provencal, Denis Ray Gongre and wife Rachel of Middleburg, FL, Kevin Duraso and wife Patricia of Flora, and Vickie Wellbrock and husband Gary of New Iberia; Brother, Joseph "Buck" La Cour and wife Audrey of Natchitoches; Two Sister-in-laws, Ola Mae Lacour and Inez Lacour both of Natchitoches. She was blessed with thirteen great-grandchildren and ten great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband Roy Gongre; brothers, Emmanuel LaCour, Henry LaCour, N.L. LaCour, Leon LaCour and Wilford Hernandez; Sisters, Mattie Gallien, Ella Washer and Vee Dement.