Francis N. "T-Ben" Carrier Jr.

A resident and native of Napoleonville, he died Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007. He was 92, born Nov. 1, 1915. Visiting at St. Anne Catholic Church in Napoleonville on Saturday, Dec. 29, from 8 a.m. until Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Interment in St. Anne Cemetery in Napoleonville. He is survived by a son, Francis N. "Nicky" Carrier III and wife Loretta Y. Carrier; a daughter, Marie C. "Teetsie" Simoneaux and husband Kenneth Simoneaux; a sister, Shirley C. Gilbert; five grandchildren, Colette "Co-Co" Arceneaux and husband Brian, Yvette "Honey" Caballero and husband Mark, Alisa S. Settoon, Susan S. Haydel and husband Jeffrey, and Cherie Simoneaux and Tory; great-grandchildren, Kati Beth Burns, Grant Burns, Bekka Arceneaux, Austin Settoon, Hannah Settoon, Parker Settoon, Molly G. Simoneaux, Lila Haydel, Hunner Caballero, Alaina Caballero and Camille Haydel; and a great-great-grandchild, Beau Burns. He was preceded in death by his wife, Charlotte Talbot Carrier; parents, Francis N. "Nick" Carrier Sr. and Amelie B. Carrier. He served on the Napoleonville Board of Aldermen in the 1950s and was a charter member of the Napoleonville Fire Department, a member of the board of directors for Assumption Bank & Trust, a third degree member of Council 1099 in Napoleonville, and served as grand knight for a two-year term. He served in World War II from 1941 to 1945 with the rank of warrant officer in the 289th Port Battalion Headquarters for three years. He was co-owner of Bayouside Golf Course and retired owner of Assumption Motors Ford dealership for 40 years. He was an avid sports enthusiast for all sports, especially Assumption High School Mustangs, LSU Tigers and New Orleans Saints. Arrangements by Landry's Funeral Home of Napoleonville.