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Funeral services will be held on Saturday,
November 11, 2006 at a 10:00 AM Mass of Christian
Burial in the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist
for Vincent X. Sonnier, 89, who passed away
peacefully at 1:59 PM on Wednesday, November
8, 2006, at his residence in Lafayette.
Entombment will be in Fountain Memorial
Gardens
Cemetery Mausoleum.
Reverend Monsignor Glen John Provost,
Pastor
of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church,
will
be the Celebrant of the funeral Mass
and
will conduct the funeral services.
Karen
Melancon, soloist, accompanied by David
Domingue,
soloist and Tom Neil, organist, will
perform
for the services, "Offertory",
"The Lord Is My Shepherd",
and
"Precious Lord, Take My Hand".
Vincent X. Sonnier was born in Crowley,
Louisiana
to C.C. and Aimee Haines Sonnier. He
was
preceded in death by his son, V. Farley
Sonnier
and his six brothers, Alden, Bruce,
Vernon,
Edward, Paul and Earl.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy
Duhon
Sonnier and his daughter Anne Sonnier,
his
three grand children, Stephanie Sonnier
Grand,
Christy Sonnier Roemer and Aimee Paige
Sonnier,
five great-grand daughters and one
great-grandson.
Vincent was a reservist during WWII
at the
New Orleans Navy Airfield where he
instructed
flight. After the war, he worked as
a petroleum
landman for over 50 years. He was the
first
member of the Lafayette Petroleum Club.
Fascinated
by the history of Louisiana, Vincent
became
well-versed on the Battle of New Orleans
and lectured about this battle for
various
groups locally. He pursued his genealogy
for several years and found the majority
of his ancestors dating back to the
15th
century. He was an avid member of the
local
genealogy club.
He enjoyed deep-sea fishing in the
Gulf of
Mexico and hunting in the rice fields
of
Vermillion Parish. He rarely missed
a day
of hunting during the season and was
asked
to judge many duck and goose calling
contests
in the area.
Fluent in French and English, he pursued
learning the Spanish language through
self-study
and his association with the Lafayette
Spanish
Club. He regularly volunteered at the
Lafayette
Visitor and Tourism Center in Lafayette
and
truly enjoyed meeting travelers with
whom
he could speak French or Spanish.
Vincent was an ardent and active member
of
the Republican Party and never missed
an
opportunity to vote. He especially
loved
the comraderie he had with his friends
of
the "round table" for weekly
lunch
at the Petroleum Club.
He will be missed tremendously by his
family
and friends.
Pallbearers will be David Eason, Trent
Grand,
Franklin Roemer, Charles Schoeffler,
Edward
Weeks, III, and Charles Chatelain.
A Rosary will be prayed on Friday,
November
10, 2006 at 6:30 PM in Martin &
Castille
Funeral Home in Lafayette.
The family requests that visitation
be observed
on Friday from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM and
on
Saturday from 8:00 AM until time of
services.
View the obituary and guestbook online
at
www.mourning.com
Martin & Castille Funeral Home,
Inc.
of Lafayette has been chosen to help
with
the arrangements. 337-234-2311
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