Abbeville - Funeral Services will be conducted for Ann Zenon, 62, on Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 11:00AM at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church with Fr. Louis Richard officiating. Burial will follow at St. Paul Mausoleum. Visitation will be on Thursday, October 29, 2015 from 8:00AM until time of service with a rosary to be recited at 9:30AM. Ms. Zenon passed away on Sunday, October 25, 2015 at 10:25AM at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Lafayette, LA. Ann was born on July 7, 1953 and was a lifelong resident of Abbeville. She was a loving mother, grandmother, sister and Nanny to all her nieces and nephews. For more than twenty years, Ann cared for and lived with her mother until her passing in July, 2011. She enjoyed cooking, canning vegetables, crabbing, sewing, playing cards with her family, watching her grandsons, Kyle & Jude, play football and shopping with her granddaughter, Haley. An occasional trip to the casino was always on her agenda. She especially enjoyed spending time talking with her son, Chad, after a long day's work in the sugarcane fields. Ann was a 1971 graduate of Vermilion Catholic High School and attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana, formerly USL. Survivors include her only son, Chad J. Zenon and daughter-in-law, Penny of Abbeville; a companion and special friend, Delbert Deville of Lake Charles; two brothers, Eldridge Zenon Jr. (Jackie) of Abbeville; Joseph Billy Zenon Sr. (Herly) of Abbeville; two sisters, Linda Z. Provost (Willis) of New Iberia and Cathy Z. Nelson (Benjamin) of Abbeville; three grandchildren, Kyle Mikal Zenon, Haley Elizabeth Zenon and Chad Jude Zenon Jr.; three godchildren, Crystal P. Sonnier, Lena M. Nelson and Cyra J. Sonnier; 4 nieces, 5 nephews, 10 great nieces and 7 great nephews, godmother, Edna Z. Boutte, godfather, Horace Jeanminette and a host of cousins, family and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Eldridge & Gracie J. Zenon; her paternal grandparents, Golden Sr. and Edna V. Zenon; her maternal grandparents, Uramis & Clarise B. Jeanminette, a nephew, Wallace J. Zenon and a niece, Joli A. Nelson. Serving as pallbearers will be Paul Willis Provost Jr., Eldridge Elie Zenon III, Kyle M. Zenon, Chad J. Zenon Jr., Joseph Billy Zenon Jr., Ben Nelson Jr., Troy Boutte and Gerald Sonnier. Honorary pallbearers are Delbert Deville, Felix Jeanminette, Eldridge Zenon Jr., Joseph Billy Zenon Sr., Benjamin Nelson Sr., Willis Provost Sr., Gerald Sonnier Jr., Paul W. Provost III, Golden Zenon III, Terry Zenon, Nathan Zenon Sr., Darrell Pillette, Ricardo Vallot, and Alfred Hebert. The family would like to extend their sincere thanks to the Intensive Care Nurses of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Diana Whitt and Paula Gary for the care and compassion shown to our sister, Ann, during her brief illness. David Funeral Home of Abbeville, 2600 Charity Street, (337) 893-3777 will be handling the arrangements. .
