Barbara Hoover Sonnier

Graveside services for Mrs. Sonnier will be conducted at Beau’ Pre Memorial Park on Friday, March 26, 2021 at 3:00 pm. Fr. Alexander Albert will officiate. She will be laid to rest alongside her loving husband.

A native of Oakdale, Barbara was born November 3, 1934 to Irene Hughes Hoover and Earl Hoover. She was a kind and gentle soul that cherished her family above all else. Barbara was a dedicated housewife that helped to raise seven wonderful children. She loved being around family, especially if it meant cooking for them. Barbara was a wonderful cook and was famous in the household for her delicious fried chicken. Family and loved ones would visit Barbara every Sunday they could to share a meal with her. A loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and friend, Barbara will be truly and deeply missed by all those who knew and loved her.

She is survived by her children, John C. Sonnier, Jr., Nancy Sonnier, Rodney Sonnier (Linda), Timothy Sonnier, Kandi Durocher, Connie Gauthreaux (Dwayne), and Eric Hoover (Tracey); brother, Robert Hoover; sisters Ida Young and Rosemary Spence; twenty-one grandchildren; and numerous great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her loving husband, John Coston Sonnier, Sr.; son-in-law, Adrian Durocher; daughter-in-law, Susan Sonnier; father, Earl Hoover; mother, Irene Hughes Hoover; brothers, Michael Hoover, Louis Hoover, and Roland Hoover; and great-grandchild, Bentley James Smith.

Pallbearers will be members and friends of the family.

To view the on-line obituary and sign the guest register, please visit www.evangelinefuneralhome.com.

Evangeline Funeral Home of New Iberia is in charge of arrangements.