Rose Marie Lauhon Bannon DeLaune

Rose Marie Lauhon Bannon DeLaune went home to be with her Lord on Friday, January 27, 2023, at The Gables at Spring Lake, after a brief illness. She died at the age of 93, after a long life well lived. Visitation for Rose Marie will be held on Friday, February 3, 2023 at 9:30 a.m. at Providence Road Baptist Church, followed by her service at 11:00 a.m. Officiating the services will be Dr. Darrell Dean of Providence Road Baptist Church, and she will be buried at the Veterans Cemetery in Keithville, Louisiana with her second husband, Arthur J. DeLaune.

Rose Marie was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on October 28, 1929. She lived her early years in Shreveport and Bossier City where she graduated from Bossier High School in 1946. After marriage she spent 31 years in Sulphur, Louisiana, where she and Joe Bannon raised their family. Then she moved to Houston, Texas with Art, her second husband, and began traveling this country for 13 years in a fifth wheeler. They loved seeing this country and made it a point to visit all 50 states. In her later years, she moved back to Shreveport. She was a member of Providence Road Baptist Church and an avid Skip Bo player with her sweet lady friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Pearl and Earl Lauhon; brothers, Carl Lauhon and Jim Lawhon; first husband, Joseph Davis Bannon, Jr.; and second husband, Arthur Joseph DeLaune, Jr. Left to cherish her memory is her son, Paul Davis Bannon and wife, Janell; daughter, Bonnie B. Byrd and husband, Sherman Donnell; grandchildren, Jason Byrd and wife, Tina, Jennifer Hicks and husband, Randy, Cashel Rodriguez and husband, Adolfo, and Brian Bannon and wife, Jessica; great-grandchildren, Abby Hicks Brown, Jillian Rodriguez, Austin Hicks, Logan Byrd, Max Rodriguez, Madison Hicks, Daphne Byrd, Evie Rodriguez, Lia Rodriguez, Conner Byrd, Gwennie Rodriguez and Miriel Bannon, also her stepchildren, Tom DeLaune and wife, Elba, Don DeLaune and wife, Karen, step-grandchildren, Ashley DeLaune and Geoff DeLaune, and step-great-grandchild, Dominic Pedrotti.

Honoring Rose Marie as pallbearers will be Jason Byrd, Randy Hicks, Brian Bannon, Adolfo Rodriguez, Austin Hicks and Logan Byrd.

The family wishes to express special thanks to The Gables for their loving care over her last years and Lifepath Hospice.

In lieu of flowers (since they are not allowed at Veterans Cemetery), the family suggest memorials be made to Providence Road Baptist Church or St. Jude.