Abbeville—Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses honoring the life of Rita Mae Williams Boutte, 75, who died Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at her residence.
She will be laid to rest at St. Paul Cemetery with Brother Clarence Celestine officiating the services.
She is survived by her husband, Everette Boutte, Sr.; three sons, Roland John Boutte, Sr. and his wife Laura of Abbeville, Everette Joseph Boutte, Jr. of Abbeville, and Timothy Boutte and his wife Mercede of Abbeville; four daughters, Patricia Celestine and her husband Lawrence, Jr. of Abbeville, Gail Celestine and her husband Paul of Abbeville, Mary Guillory and her husband Kenneth of Boston, MA, and Emily Young and her husband Nathaniel, Sr. of Boston, MA; brother, Oris Williams; two sisters, Mercedes Harris and Faye Helen Alexander; seventeen grandchildren; and four great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest Williams, Sr. and the former Celestine Meaux; son, Kenneth Boutte; two brothers, Ernest Williams, Jr., and Joseph Morris; and sister, Zella Francis.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville, 209 S. St. Charles Street, on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 from 8:30 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. when the procession will depart for the church.