"So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit --
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit."

Church Point, La. A Memorial Service will be held at 3:00 P.M. Friday, February 27, 2015 at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Church Point, La. for Mrs. Chris Latiolais, 43, the former Erica Higginbotham. Mrs. Latiolais, a native and life-long resident of Church Point and OLSH Parish, died Friday afternoon, February 20 at her parents' residence in Church Point. Reverend Mitchell Guidry will conduct the service with interment to be determined by family.

Survivors include her husband of twenty years, Christopher Latiolais; her parents, CW4 Rufus Higginbotham, AUS (Ret.) and her mother, Belinda Joubert Higginbotham; her paternal grandmother, Yvonne Guidry Higginbotham and her beloved aunts and uncles, in-laws, cousins, nieces, nephews, friends and her extended family at the former University Medical Center in Lafayette, La.
She was preceded in death by her paternal grandfather, Roosevelt Higginbotham; her maternal grandparents, Curley Joubert and Alma Tweedel Joubert Bourgeois and her step-grandfather, Warren Bourgeois.
The family requested that visiting hours be observed at the Church from 1:30 P.M. Friday until the time of the services . A recitation of the Rosary will be held there at 2:30 P.M. by Reverend Guidry.
A valued employee of University Medical Center for twenty-one years, Erica was a loving wife and daughter and a friend to all. She was a great cook and she loved gardening and Nature and all its "critters". Her smile lit up a room.

Arrangements are being handled by Guidry Funeral Home, Inc.; 219 N. Broadway, Church Point, La. (337) 684-5488. View the obituary and guest book on-line at guidryfuneralhome.com.