Carey Cooter Laffitte

Mansfield, LA - Funeral services honoring the life of Carey "Cooter" Laffitte, 55, will be at 2:00 PM Thursday, September 15, 2016 at Pelican United Methodist Church in Pelican, LA with Brother Jerry Wood officiating. Burial will follow at Pelican Cemetery in Pelican, LA. The family will receive friends at Pelican United Methodist Church on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 from 6:00 until service on Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 2:00 PM. Cooter was born on May 1, 1961 in Shreveport, LA to Marshall and Carrie Richey Laffitte and passed away on September 12, 2016 in Mansfield, LA. Preceding Cooter in death were his father Marshall "Mack" Laffitte and brother James "Jamie" Laffitte. Those left behind to cherish his memory are his mother, Carrie Laffitte; wife, Jacqueline "Jackie" Laffitte; son, Rickey Laffitte, daughters, Amanda Henry, Angel Thompson and husband Steven, step-daughter, Chrissy Henderson and husband Daniel; grandsons, Nathan Henderson, Austin Henderson, Zach Henderson, Lane Thompson; sisters, Ester Ebarb, Dovie Averitt, and numerous aunts, cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends. Those honoring the life of Cooter as pallbearers will be Nathan Henderson, Perry Dease, Henry Touchton, David Brevelle, Donnie Averitt Jr, and Jeremy Phillips. Honorary Pallbearers will be Daniel Henderson Jr. Steven Thompson, Kevin Phillips, Christian Brown, Mikey McCammond, Chester Burns Jr, Thomas Litton, Anthony Blankenship, Buck Rush, and Jerry Marr. Memorials may be made to Pelican United Methodist Church at P.O. Box 103 Pelican, LA 71063. The family would like thank the EMT'S, First Responders, and the DeSoto Regional Staff.