Elvena LaCoste Holt

June 11, 1924 — January 21, 2013

Mrs. Elvena LaCoste Holt, 88, a native of Bayou Chene, a longtime resident of Bayou Vista, and a Patterson Health Care resident for the last 13 years, passed away Monday, Jan. 21, 2013, at Teche Regional Medical Center.

Elvena loved watching her soap operas and especially the game show The Price is Right. She loved plants; her favorite was the Christmas cactus. She also enjoyed vacationing. Elvena was the manager at the Kool King (now known as Sonic) in Patterson and was Baptist by faith.

Mrs. Elvena was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister.

She leaves to cherish her memory three sons, Ronald Holt and his wife, Ozie, of Patterson, Clarence “Bubba” Holt and his wife, Deborah, of Berwick, and Lefus “Lefty” Holt and his wife, June, of Bayou Vista; one sister, Ellen Falls; four brothers, Burlin LaCoste, Alfred LaCoste, David LaCoste, and Donnie LaCoste; 10 grandchildren, Tana Guidry, Angie Granger, Peggy Clark, Robert Holt, Sabrina Domingue, Jessie Vice, Shawn Glorioso, Howard Smith Jr., Denny Paul Smith and Christine Nerger; 16 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Alexander “Alex” Holt; one son, Timothy Holt; her parents, Clarence and Cecilia Aucoin LaCoste; and six brothers.

The family requests that visitation be observed Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, from 9 a.m. until time of services at Hargrave Funeral Home in Morgan City. Funeral services will take place Thursday, Jan. 24, at 11 a.m. at Hargrave Funeral Home with graveside services following in the Morgan City Mausoleum.