Robert HOLLIER

OPELOUSAS - Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2005, at a Mass of Christian Burial in Melancon Funeral Home Chapel of Opelousas for Robert Hollier Sr., 79, who passed away at 8:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005, at Opelousas General Hospital in Opelousas.Interment will be in Bellevue Memorial Park in Opelousas. The Rev. Jefferson Deblanc, pastor of Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church in Opelousas, will officiate at the services.Mr. Hollier was a native and lifelong resident of Opelousas. He was employed by Schlumberger Well Services as a shop foreman for over 35 years. He was a parishioner of Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church in Opelousas. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, having served on the USS San Jacinto aircraft carrier.Survivors include one son, Robert "Bob" Hollier Jr., of Opelousas; one daughter, Linda Faye Campbell and husband, Don, of Opelousas; two grandchildren, Donnie Campbell and wife, Dona, of Opelousas, Christie Lea Campbell Veazey and husband, Corey, of Opelousas; four great-grandchildren, Jake Ryan Veazey, Lindsey Campbell, Colby Campbell and Laurie Campbell; and several nieces and nephewsHe was preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, Mary Faul Hollier, who passed away July 28, 2005; his parents, Frederick Hollier and the former Rita Soileau; one half-brother, Ernest Bourgeois; four sisters, Lucille Hollier, Agnes Hollier Burleigh, Isabel Hollier Thibodeaux and Winnie Hollier Fontenot.A rosary will be prayed at 7 p.m. today in the funeral home.The family requests visiting hours be observed from 3 p.m. until 10 p.m. today and will continue from 8 a.m. until service time on Tuesday.Pallbearers will be Don Campbell, Donnie Campbell, Corey Veazey, Joe Mistrot, Carlton Faul and Carl Lanclos.Honorary pallbearers will be Robert "Bob" Hollier Jr. and Rufus Bourgeois.Melancon Funeral Home of Opelousas, 4708 I-49 North Service Road, (337) 407-1907, is in charge of arrangements.