Joy Deshotel Fontenot

Joy loved her family and spent a great deal of time with them. She worked for American Bank for over 20 Years. She was a seamstress, and loved to work in her yard especially with her flowers. She loved reading and taught Sunday School for many years. Joy also loved her dogs, Beau and Benji.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Atson Gary Deshotel, husband, Calvin Fontenot, son, Robert

Wayne Deshotel, Sr., parents, Julian and Eva Broussard, sisters, Eula Mae Williams, Helen Guillotte, and Jerilyn Broussard, and a brother, Amos Broussard.

Those left to cherish her memory are her three sons, Pat Deshotel and wife, Cynthia, Gilbert Deshotel and wife, Kimberly, and Steven Deshotel and wife, Nanette; step-son, Harry Fontenot; grandchildren, Patrick, Mark, Micah, Amanda, Robert Jr., John, Jeremy, Jeffrey Deshotel, Shelby Hodges, and Stacie Blevins; 19 great-grandchildren, Evan, Landon, Brenna, Maia, Caitlyn, Khorie, Ella Grace, Wyat, Evelyn Rose, Beau Ryan, Asher Atson, Gabriel, and Tytan Deshotel, Lakelyn Vincent, Arie Bella Lindley, Micah Kae Goss, Grace Hodges, Dacota Blevins, and Cam Hodges; a great-great-grandson, Kullen Deshotel; brother, Aldes Broussard and wife, Evelyn; sister, Delta Giles and husband, Red; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be held from 6-9 P.M. Monday and will resume at 9 A.M. until time of service on Tuesday at the church.

Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at First Baptist Church in Welsh, Louisiana. Pallbearers will be Patrick, Robert Jr., John, Mark, Micah, Amanda Joy, Jeremy, Jeffrey, and Landon Deshotel. Burial will follow in Oak Lawn Cemetery in Welsh. Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.hixsonwelsh.com for the Fontenot family.