Prayers and condolences to the family of Ruby G. Romero

Our prayers and condolences go out to Monsignor J. Robert Romero and his family. His mother, Mrs. Ruby G. Romero, passed away Saturday evening.

Ruby G. Romero
November 30, 1929-July 18, 2009

ABBEVILLE - Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 22, 2009, at a 10 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial, at St. Therese of the Child Jesus Church, honoring the life of Ruby Romero, 79, who died Saturday, July 18, 2009, at Abbeville General Hospital.

She will be laid to rest at St. Paul Cemetery with Msgr. Joseph Robert Romero officiating the services. Pallbearers include; Kenneth Romero, Brent Romero, Mason Romero, Scott Romero, Darvey Dupuis and Randy Gaspard.

She is survived by her husband, Joseph Robert Romero, Sr., of Abbeville; sons, Msgr. Joseph Robert Romero, Jr., of Opelousas, Kenneth Wayne Romero, of Lafayette, Michael Romero, of Pensacola, Fla., Brent Timothy Romero and wife, Dena, of Kaplan, and Mason Romero and wife, Liz, of Abbeville; a daughter, Bonnie Susan Romero, of Abbeville; a brother, Kallen Gaspard, of Lake Arthur; two sisters, Dorothy Snoddy, of Lafayette, and Gladys Dupuis, of Mouton Cove; seven grandchildren, Chrystal Desormeaux, Scott Romero, Abbi Cameron, Michelle Romero, Matthew Romero, Olivia Romero, and William Romero; two step grandchildren, Tiffany Luquette and Elena Pecoraro; five great grandchildren, Anthony Desormeaux, Renae Desormeaux, Elizabeth Romero, Isabella Pecoraro and Reese Cameron.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Gedeon and Anna Lege Gaspard; three brothers, Paul Leroy Gaspard, Clifton Gaspard and Weston Gaspard; and a sister Wilda Vaughn.

The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home -Abbeville, 209 S. St. Charles Street, on Tuesday, July 21, 2009, from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. with a rosary to be prayed at 7 p.m. They will reopen Wednesday from 8 a.m. until time of services.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.vincent-abbeville.com.

All funeral arrangements are being conducted by Vincent Funeral Home of Abbeville (337) 893-4661.