Martin Van Vincent, 91, of Lake Charles, passed away peacefully in his home on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, surrounded by his loving family.
Martin was born on Dec. 22, 1931, in Lake Charles, to Amos Joseph Vincent and Rose Felicia Grove Vincent. He attended Landry Memorial High School where he was a four-year letterman in football, basketball, and track. Martin Van spent much of his childhood in Hackberry, at his grandfather, Dupre’ Vincent’s home. There he learned to work cattle with the family, where he developed his rodeo skills. Martin Van was a steer wrestler, rode bulls and saddle bronc, and fought bulls as a rodeo clown. He participated in the Louisiana High School Rodeo Association’s very first rodeo in 1950.