Jeanne Blake

Services for Norma Jeanne Rogers Blake, 83, of Moss Bluff were held on Monday, July 26, 2021 at 12 noon in the First United Methodist Church in Lake Charles with Rev. Weldon Bares’ officiating. Visitation at the church was held at 9 a.m. Monday, with an OES service at 11:30 a.m. Burial in Wakefield Memorial Cemetery will be held at a later date under the direction of Miguez Funeral Home of Jennings.

She was born on Nov. 11, 1937 in Cameron to parents, Charles A. “Buster” and Alma Roberta Eagleson Rogers. She was a 1955 graduate of Creole High School. She also attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and McNeese State University in Lake Charles.

Norma Jeanne retired from the Cameron Parish Sheriff’s office after 25 years of service as Deputy Chief Tax Collector. She served the Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival for many years as the coordinator of the Miss Cameron Parish Contest and as co-editor of the Louisiana Fur Festival cookbook. She was a 60+ year member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Thelma Hackett Chapter #225 and held dual membership in Moss Bluff #242. In 2015 she was appointed as Grand Adah for the Order of the Eastern Star, State of Louisiana. She also was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, United Methodist Women, Home Demonstration, Cowbelles, National Longhorn Association, Cameron Parish Library Board, Cameron Parish Crime Stoppers and many others.

She is survived by two daughters, Roberta “Bertie” and her husband Billy Pinch of Welsh and Charla Jo Blake of Moss Bluff; beloved granddaughter, Whitnie Victoria Pinch of Welsh; step grandchildren, Christie and David McCullough of Roswell, Georgia, David Pinch (Bronwen LaLande Theriot) of Kinder, and Fallon and Marcus Broussard of Maurice; step great-grandchildren, Haydon (Hayley) Sturlese, Emma Grace Pinch, Riley Theriot, Adrian McCullough, Easton and Grant Broussard; and step-great-great-grandchild, Amelia Gail Sturlese; very special niece, BJ Blake of Bonneau, South Carolina; sisters-in-law, Ella Blake Stroud of Florida and Jeannette Blake of South Carolina; brother-in-law, Larry Pittman of North Carolina; numerous cousins, nieces and nephews and hundreds of wonderful friends across the country.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her beloved husband of 51 years, Joseph Braxton Blake, Jr.; her in-laws, Joe and Neta Carol Blake; sister-in-law, Frances Blake Pittman; brothers-in-law George Allen Blake and Bobby Douglas Stroud.

(Paid Memorial)