Oberlin-Funeral Services for Wilhena "Billie" Hoppe, 86, will be held at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at Ardoin/Allen Parish Funeral Home of Oberlin. Deacon James Grundy will officiate. Burial will follow at LeBleu Cemetery in Fenton under the direction of Ardoin/Allen Parish Funeral Homes.

The family will receive visitors at Ardoin/Allen Parish Funeral Home on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 from 5-8 p.m. with the Holy Rosary being prayed at 6 p.m. Visitation will resume on Wednesday morning from 10 a.m. until time of service.

Wilhena Lane Landry Hoppe, also known as "Billie" was often called "Memaw" by her grandkids. Billie was born September 15, 1934 to Henry Walter Lane of Minden, LA and Annie Ruth Biggs Lane Hatsfield of Beckville, TX. She was raised in Marshall, TX. In 1953 she married her high school sweetheart, Alfred Landry and together they had three sons, Alfred, Jr., Tim and Mike. Billie was raised Baptist and after she got married she became Catholic. Her three boys were her world. She had two siblings, a brother-Henry Walter Lane "Bubba", a sister-Jane Ruth and a half-sister, Dean. She was the youngest of three kids. Billie's best friends in life were her niece, Glenda and her sister-in-law, Vera Landry.

In 1981 she married her second husband, Carl Hoppe. She then became a step-mom to three kids, Jimmy, Marie and Patti. Their life together consisted of hunting. They would dove hunt in Ruston, LA and deer and turkey hunt in Junction, TX. They used to love to eat out at Piccadilly. Billie loved to read her Bible and romance novels. She never had anything bad to say about anyone and she always found good in everyone. Her famous crush was, Kenny Rogers.

"Goodbye mom, thanks for giving me a life fulfilled with your love and kindness. She taught us all what really is important in life-to love, support and care for friends and family in our lives."

Those left to cherish Billie's memory include her six children, Alfed J. Landry and wife, Kay, of Lake Charles, Timothy L. Landry and wife, Lauren, of Ragley, Michael S. Landry and wife, Jamie, of Oberlin, Jimmy Hoppe and wife, Brenda, of Fenton, Patti Theriot of Fenton and Marie Dorion of Lafayette; seven grandchildren, Angela Payne, Jonathan Landry, Benjamin Landry, Tina Nugent Vincent, Heidi Nugent, Brooke Nugent and Codi Nugent; and six great grandchildren, Mila, Kinsley, Kameron, Eric, McKinlee and Abigail.

Billie is preceded in death by her parents, Henry Walter Lane Sr., and Annie Ruth Biggs Lane Hatfield; late husbands, Carl E. Hoppe and Alfred J. Landry, Sr.; two siblings, Henry Walter Lane, Jr. "Bubba" and Jane Ruth Woods; and one half-sister, Dean.