Edward F. "Mr. Ed" LeBlanc Sr.

Mr. LeBlanc was born on July 21, 1933 in Morse, LA to Andrew D. and Alphonsine LeBlanc, the seventh of eight children. He graduated from Morse High School in 1952, he then joined the United States Navy and served during the Korean War as BM 3. Upon honorable discharge, he attended the Modern Barbers College of Houston. He was a barber in Welsh, LA for 47 years years and owner of Ed’s Barber Shop. “Mr. Ed” as he was known, was a resident of Lacassine, LA for 41 years. He was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. He was a founding member of both the Lacassine Optimist Club and the Lacassine Volunteer Fire Department. He also served as president of the Optimist Club.

He will be remembered as a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. He lived his life with honesty and integrity. He believed in working hard and doing your best in life. He was a man of values, which he instilled in all of his children. He was greatly loved by family and friends. He will forever be “Daddy Boy”, “PawPaw Blanc” and “Pop”.

He was an excellent cook and enjoyed doing it. You could find him most Sunday mornings at the stove cooking his jambalaya or roast. He enjoyed having his family over on Sundays that usually included children, grandchildren, brothers, sisters and in-laws. He could bar-b-que like no one else. He bar-b-qued for many years for St Johns’ bizarre in Lacassine until his health no longer allowed but he could still be found at the pits helping. His passions were his family, working, cooking, camping and cutting grass.

He is survived by his loving wife of 43 years, Naomi Mott LeBlanc, three sons Edward F. LeBlanc, Jr. of Nacogdoches, TX, G. Scott LeBlanc and wife Jannalyn of Welsh, LA and Andrew D. “Drew” LeBlanc, II of San Antonio, TX; three daughters Annette LeBlanc Hayes of Lafayette, Dana S. LeBlanc of San Antonio, TX and M. Vanessa LeBlanc Landry of Denham Springs, LA; 12 grandchildren, Edward F. LeBlanc III, Hannah E. LeBlanc, Hobie Landry, Kylie C. LeBlanc, Ethan E. LeBlanc, Koen S. LeBlanc, Matthew W. Hayes, Joseph F. Hayes, Heidi B. Hayes, Tiffany S. Shaw, Lindsay S. Kopycinski, Logan P. Landry and three great grandchildren Jasper Shaw, Jaxon Shaw and McKenzie LeBlanc.

He was proceeded in death by his parents, Andrew D. LeBlanc and Alphonsine Benoit LeBlanc, three brothers, Andrew L. LeBlanc, Kenneth J. LeBlanc and Charles N. LeBlanc; four sisters Helen Nugier, Leola Broussard, Dorothy Pickett and Miriam Bouillion; stepson Gerald Wayne Bardwell, granddaughter Sealley Donn Stokes; father in law Claude Mott; mother in law Ethel M. Mott and brothers in law Raymond Mott and Truman Prudhomme.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 2:00 pm, Thursday, October 14, 2010 from St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church under direction of Hixson Funeral Home of Welsh. The celebrants for the Mass will be Father Roland Vaughn and Father Bert Meade. Burial with military honors will be in Lacassine Cemetery. Visitation will be in the funeral home from 9 am until 9 pm with the reciting of the rosary at 7 pm led by the Knights of Columbus. Pallbearers will be godchild Richard Pickett and his grandsons. Honorary pallbearers will be his granddaughters, grandsons and great grandchildren.

The family would like to extend their sincerest thanks to the CCU/ICU, unit 41 cardiac care and Unit 42 – rehabilitation unit staff of Christus St. Patrick Hospital of Lake Charles for the care and compassion given to our husband and father.