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OPELOUSAS ~ It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved, Seola Hebert Pitre, age 83. She passed peacefully on the early morning of November 20th at her home.

Seola was born in Arnaudville, LA on February 6, 1940, the youngest daughter of Pierre and Anaise Schexnaider Hebert. The family soon moved to Whiteville, LA where she was raised and attended Washington High School, where she graduated in 1958. It was here that she met her sweetheart, Carol Pitre, with whom she was married until his death in 2008. While he went into the Army, she went to work for South Central Bell telephone company in Lafayette, LA as a telephone operator. They married in April of 1962 and moved to Opelousas where she would continue to work as a telephone operator for the next 15 years, where she made lifelong friends. She became a mother in 1970 and would stay home to raise her daughter. Later in life, she went back to school, and soon after, back into the workforce. She went on to retire from the LHC group at the age of 70.

She will be remembered for her kindness to others and was a wonderful Mother. She adored her siblings and nieces and nephews, who lovingly called her Aunt CeeCee.

She leaves to mourn one daughter, Candice Pitre Elkins and husband David Elkins, one granddaughter, Madeline Moreau Amiot and husband Daniel. Four grandsons, Derrick Elkins and wife Raschelle, Blake Elkins and wife Makayla, Corey Elkins and wife Erin, and Kevin Elkins and wife Courtney, seventeen great-grandchildren, and one on the way.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Carol Pitre, parents Pierre and Anaise Hebert, brothers, Clarence Hebert, Easton Hebert, Felix Hebert, Floyd Hebert, sisters, Mary Jane Hebert Landry and Margaret Hebert Patin and one great-grandchild Maverick Elkins.

Services will be held Wednesday, November 22, 2023 at Melancon Funeral Home in Opelousas. Visitation will be held beginning at 8 am. A rosary will be prayed by Michael Gerace at 12:30 pm and a liturgy of the word service in the funeral home by Deacon Jerome Collins at 2 pm. Burial will be held after at Bellevue Memorial Cemetery where she will be laid to rest with her husband.

Pallbearers will be Kenneth Pitre, Kelly Patin, Derrick Elkins, Blake Elkins, Corey Elkins, and Kevin Elkins.

The family wishes to thank Seola’s caregivers Ms. Jeanella Jerry, Mrs. Betty Miller, and Mrs. Linda Zerangue Toten who took wonderful care of Seola for five years after an illness in 2018 and became part of our extended family. The grace in their caregiving will never be forgotten.

Melancon Funeral Home of Opelousas, 4708 I-49 North Service Road, (337) 407-1907, is in charge of arrangements.