Jewel Ann CARROLL

LAFAYETTE - Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 23, 2005, at a Mass of Christian Burial in La Chapelle de Martin & Castille for Jewel C. Richard, 93, the former Jewel Ann Carroll who passed away peacefully after a brief illness at 8:35 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2005, at Lafayette General Medical Center.Interment will be in Roselawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Baton Rouge.The Rev. Monsignor Harry E. Benefiel will be the celebrant of the funeral Mass and will conduct the funeral services.Sharee Hunter, organist, will sing for the funeral services, "On Eagles' Wings" "My Shepherd Is The Lord", "Ave Maria", "Prayer of St. Francis" and "Amazing Grace".Jewel was a native of Oak Grove, La., a former resident of Baton Rouge and a resident of Lafayette for 15 years. She received her teaching degree from the University of Arkansas and taught in Louisiana schools for 25 years with 20 of those years at St. Joseph Academy in Baton Rouge.Jewel was a devout Catholic who reveled in her faith and shephered her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in the teachings of the Church. She was proficient in gardening, sewing and crocheting and always a learner, she was a prolific and avid reader.But, in her later years, she relished every minute she could spend with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.Survivors include three daughters, Beverly and her husband, Terry Gaudet, of Lafayette, Carolyn and her husband, Stuart Voorhies, of Edenton, N.C., and Faye and her husband, Gary Crawford, of Houston, Texas; nine grandchildren, Brian Gaudet, Ashley Gaudet, Karen V. Soileau, Kurt Voorhies, Allyson Voorhies, Susanne V. Esch, Michelle C. Kocurek, Paige C. Guillory and Jennifer C. Hermann; and 21 great-grandchildren.She was preceded in death by her husband, Antoine Dewey Richard; her parents, Clarence Eugene and Annie Laura Armfield Carroll; and her 15 siblings.Visitation will be observed from 9 a.m. today until service time.Memorial contributions in Mrs. Richard's name may be made to the charity of your choice.Pallbearers will be Brian Gaudet, Kurt Voorhies, Scott Kocurek, Michael Guillory, James Herrmann, Todd Soileau and Eric Esch.View the obituary and guestbook online at www.mourning.comArrangements have been entrusted to Martin & Castille Funeral Home Inc. of Lafayette, (337) 234-2311.