A visitation for Victoria will be held Saturday, April 5, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM at New St. Matthews Baptist Church, 3966 LA-311, Houma, LA 70360. A funeral services will occur Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM, 3966 LA-311, Houma, LA 70360. Burial will follow at Crescent Farm Cemetery, 1216 Savanne Rd, Houma, Louisiana 70360.
HER STORY
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted. Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
Sister Victoria Spooner, a native and resident of Houma, Louisiana, passed away peacefully at 75 years old on Saturday, March 29, 2025.
She was baptized at an early age at the New Rising Sun Baptist Church in Houma, LA, where she served as an usher. She later joined New St. Matthews Baptist Church, where she served as an active Deaconess.
A Time to be born: She was born on August 8, 1949, to George Welch Sr. and Lillian Taylor.
A Time to Love: Was her devoted only son, Ron F. Ward Sr., and his wife, Angela; her three granddaughters, Brittany Johnson, Ashlynn, and Janay Ward; grandson, Ron F. Ward Jr.; nieces, nephews; family; and friends.
A Time to Labor: She attended Southdown School in the Terrebonne Parish School System and worked for many years at Terrebonne General Medical Center before moving to California in 1989. She returned to Houma to live in 2008.
A Time to Mourn: She is survived by her son, Ron F. Ward (Angela); her sister, Debra Williams; her brothers, Charles Taylor and George Welch Jr.; four grandchildren, Brittany Ward Johnson (Brandon), Janay Nicole Ward of Houma, Ashlynn Victoria Ward of Dallas, Texas, and Ron F. Ward Jr. of New Orleans, LA; eight great-grandchildren, Kaliah, Karleigh, Johan, Ron III, Jolie, Kynadee, and Moninic; Godson, Timothy Ward; as well as a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, George Welch Sr. and Lillian Taylor; Stepfather, Raymond Taylor; Paternal Grandparents, Charlie and Victoria Welch; sisters, Lottie Mae Taylor, Veronica Brumfield, and Beverly Samson; brother, Tyrone Taylor; and Godmother, Thelma Welch Celestine
“I am home in heaven, dear ones, oh so happy and so bright. There is perfect joy and beauty in the everlasting light. All the pain and grief is over, every restless tossing night. I’m now at peace forever, safely home in heaven at last. And he came himself to meet me in that way so hard to tread, and with Jesus' arm to lean on, I am home at last.”
Victoria Spooner
