Jeannetta Aguillard

Jeannetta Marie Williams Auguillard was born April 3, 1937, in White Castle, Louisiana to James Williams and Elizabeth Terrance and was reared in a loving and Christian home by her great aunt and husband Murphy and Gladys Battiste Christophe. She received her heavenly wings on Thursday, June 26, 2025, at approximately 9:30 pm at her daughter's residence. Jeannetta was baptized as an infant and was a devoted member of St. Augustine Catholic Church where she received all of the Sacraments of the Liaty. She attended 4:00 pm Saturday weekly mass until her health began to fail and continue receiving her sacraments by layman and visits from her pastor. She was educated at St. Augustine Catholic Elementary School and New Roads High School and a graduate of the Class of 1956. On December 18, 1955, she married her knight and shinning armor, Joseph Normand Aguillard and remained married until God called him home March 31, 1999, and to this union their three jewels were born: Marie Yolonda, Rhonda Ann and Joseph Normand, Jr.. She loved to cook and her seven steaks and baked spaghetti and cheese was OFF the chain - and was her requested dish for all functions. Her bobbies were watching GSN (Game Show Network), playing pokeno three (3) times a week and crocheting afghans for ity and pride, family, friends and nursing homes. She was the matriarch of her family, the oldest of eight (8) children. She was a domestic worker until she retired in 2013. She was a member of the Knights of Peter Claver Ladies Auxiliary Court #41 and Constance Butler Chapter 9 - 4th Degree Ladies of Grace where she served with dignity and pride, as well as a member of American Legion Auxiliary Post 560.
Those left with treasured memories are her three jewels: Marie Yolanda Johnson, Rhonda Ann Johnson and Joseph Norman Aguillard, Jr.' two grandsons: James "Peewee" Johnson and Norman "Musty" James; two sisters: Jo Ann and Theresa DeVold; two brothers: Charles Nixon and Norman DeVold; a half-sister; Joyce Dukes, unbiological sister, Barbara Carter; three sisters-in-law; Adele and Leona Christophe and Ruth Aguillard; Godchildren; Reginald DeVold, Anthony Holmes, Michael Jackson, Roderick Platt, Donna Wilcox, Mary Frances Matthew, Tenish Lewis and Byron Jones; devoted caregiver, Tierra White; her extended family the Jewels (Kenneth, John Wayne, Kathy and Steve) along with a host of other relatives and friends.
Proceeded in death by her parents; James Williams and Elizabeth T. Devold; her reared parents, Murphy and Gladys B. Christophe; her husband Joseph Normand Aguillard, Sr., stepfather Douglas DeVold, Sr., stepbrother, Earnest Christophe; siblings; Father Cyprian DeVold and Brenda Gail Lewis; grandson, Nicholas Aguillard; mother and father in law; Nelson and Viola Aguillard; two sons-in-law; Willie Johnson, Jr. and James Johnson, Sr.; along with a host of other relatives and friends.