Her funeral service will be held 10 a.m., Monday, July 9, 2018 at Hixson -Sulphur Memorial Funeral Home. Rev. Andrews Kollannoor, MS will officiate. Burial will follow in Farquhar Cemetery. Visitation will be held in the funeral home Sunday, July 8, 2018, 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. with a recitation of the Rosary at 6 p.m. and visitation will resume at 8 a.m. Monday until time of service.
Thelma was a lifelong resident of Sulphur after moving here from Gueydan, LA with her parents. Mrs. Suarez dearly loved family and enjoyed spending time with them and playing Bingo with her friends.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Willie Suarez; daughter, Diana Whittington; parents, Dumell and Mary Broussard Vincent; brother, Louis Vincent; sisters, Irene Abshire, Lillian Vincent, Laura Ancelet, Beulah Richard and Betty Vincent.
Left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Patty Fontenot and husband Dale; three sons, Wilford "Boo" Suarez and wife Christine, Robert Suarez, and Kenneth Suarez and wife Yvonne; 13 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great grandchildren; and sister, Sarah Brunson and husband "Sonny".