Funeral services for Johnny Tagliarino will be at 10:00 am, Friday, May 4, 2012 at the First Baptist Church in Bunkie with Rev. LaMon Brown officiating. Burial with full Military Honors will be in the Pythian Cemetery under the direction of Melancon Funeral Home, Bunkie.
Mr. Tagliarino, age 77, of Bunkie, passed away on Tuesday, at the Bayou Vista Manor Nursing Center. Mr. Tagliarino retired from the US Army after serving two terms in the Korean War and one term in the Vietnam War. He retired, with twenty years of service, as a Chief Warrant Officer in Army Intelligence. He then worked with the LA Dept. of Revenue for twenty-six years, retiring as a Regional Supervisor. He was a long-time member and past president of the Bunkie Rotary Club, long-time Little League Coach, an active member of the First Baptist Church, an Ordained Baptist Minister and a Sunday School teacher at First Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife of forty-seven years, Ruth Cottano Tagliarino of Bunkie; one son, Phillip Tagliarino of Mansura, LA; one daughter, JoElla Tagliarino Bott and husband, Mike, of Houston, TX; one sister, Mary Dorothy Coon of Opelousas, LA; one brother, Sam Tagliarino and wife, Melodie, of Magnolia, TX; seven grandchildren, Allie Tagliarino, Rachel Tagliarino, Isabella Tagliarino, Jessica Bott, Leah Faith Doucet, Glenn Bott and Mika Foreman and eight great grandchildren.
Visitation
will be
at
Melancon
Funeral
Home,
Bunkie
on
Thursday,
May 3,
2012
from 5
pm - 9
pm and
at First
Baptist
Church
in
Bunkie
on
Friday,
May 4,
2012
from 9
am -
9:45 am.
In lieu
of
flowers,
memorials
may be
made to
the
First
Baptist
Church -
P.O. Box
508 -
Bunkie,
LA
71322.
Please
share
sympathies,
memories
and
condolences
at
www.melanconfunerals.com.
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A
funeral mass will be held on Wednesday, March 28,
2012 at 1:00 p.m. at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic
Church with the Rev. Jack Michalchuk officiating.
Burial will follow in the Pythian Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction of Hixson-Ducote
Funeral Home in Bunkie.
DON
PATRICK DESCANT Funeral mass for Don Pat Descant
will be at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 24, 2012 at
St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church with the Revs.
Scott Chemino, Jack Michalchuk, and Bartholomew Ibe
officiating. Burial will follow in the Bayou Rouge
Baptist Cemetery in Evergreen. Arrangements are
under the direction of Hixson-Ducote Funeral Home of
Bunkie. Mr. Descant, age 63 of Bunkie, passed away
on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at Our Lady of the Lake
Hospital in Baton Rouge. He is preceded in death by
his parents; Metreades Dwight and Anna McDonald
Descant. Survivors include his wife of 42 years;
Becky Newton Descant of Bunkie; his three children,
Annie Catherine Descant Schmitt and her husband
Jeffrey of Ponchatoula, Patrick Newton Descant of
Mandeville, and Megan Rebecca Descant of Bunkie;
three brothers, Dwight Descant and his wife Brenda
of Bunkie, Trent Descant and his wife Gwen of
Sunset, and Chuck Descant and his wife Melinda of
Bunkie; his sister, Kay Descant Lee and her husband
Jim of Bunkie; his grandchildren, Dane Descant
Schmitt, Jonah Newton Schmitt, Sebastian Peter
Lemoine, and Nora Ophelia Lemoine; his step-mother,
Vivian Laprairie Descant of Bunkie; his father and
mother-in-law, Fred Peter and Doris Nell Blakewood
Newton of Bunkie; and many additional loving family
and friends. Mr. Descant was a native of Bunkie
where he graduated from St. Anthony of Padua
Catholic School and Bunkie High School. He then went
on to attend Northeast Louisiana University in
Monroe and McNeese State University in Lake Charles.
He served in the United States Army Reserves; he was
a member of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church
where he served as a lector and Eucharistic Minister
and he was also a 4th Degree Knights of Columbus in
the Bunkie chapter. Mr. Descant was chairman of the
board of M.D. Descant, Inc. which was established 48
years ago by his father. Earning the rank of Eagle
Scout was a personal goal in his formative years,
followed by service as an elected member of the
Bunkie City Council. Mr. Descant served on the
Bunkie General Hospital Board of Commissioners for
24 years. He was past president of Louisiana
Associated General Contractors and served on the
organization’s legislative council. He was also a
former member of the Louisiana Licensing Board of
Contractors, and was chairman of the Avoyelles
Parish Planning Commission. Mr. Descant was a member
of the Hancock Holding Company and served on the
compensation committee. He was recently named to the
Board of Directors of Whitney Bank. Friends may call
from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Friday and 11:00 a.m.
until 12:45 p.m. on Saturday at Hixson-Ducote
Funeral Home of Bunkie. A wake service will be held
at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. In lieu of flowers;
memorials may be sent St. Anthony of Padua Catholic
School, 116 S. Knoll, Bunkie, LA 71322; St. Joseph
Catholic School, 175 North 8th St., Ponchatoula, LA
70454; Miles Perret Cancer Services, 2130 Kaliste
Saloom Rd., Suite 200, Lafayette, LA 70508; and St.
Jude Children’s Reserarch Hospital, P.O. Box 1000,
Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38148. Online condolences may
be sent to 
