Elton-Funeral service for Vern Ella "Nell" B. Fontenot, age 72, will be held on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 11am at Ardoin Funeral Home Chapel of Elton. Brother Bobby Robertson will officiate and burial will follow in Liberty Cemetery under the direction of Ardoin Funeral Home.
Visitation will begin at Ardoin Funeral Home of Elton on Monday, November 21, 2011 from 11am-9pm and will continue on Tuesday from 8am until time of service.
Nell attended First Baptist Church of Elton. She enjoyed playing cards, cooking, and visiting. She was a hard worker and will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her-especially her children, grandchildren and friends.
Survivors include her four sons, Clayton Fontenot, Jr. and wife, Joan of Elton, Robert Fontenot and wife, Regina of Elton, Steve Fontenot and wife, Theresa of Elton, and William Molnar of Shamokin, PA; three daughters, Sheila Jones of Shamokin, PA, Katherine Johnson and husband, Allen of Elton, and Famie Manuel and husband, Randy of Eunice; one sister, Jimmaree Robertson and husband, Bobby of Luling, TX; 13 grandchildren; 26 great grandchildren; and 3 great-great grandchildren.
Nell is preceded in death by her parents, Annie and Joseph Bertrand and her husband of 53 years, Clayton Joseph Fontenot, Sr.