Church Point, LA:     Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, April 1, 2019 at St. Edmund Catholic Chapel in Branch, LA for Leiza Belle Fusilier, 93. The former Leiza Belle Richard. Mrs. Fusilier, a native and long-time resident of rural Acadia Parish near Branch, died Friday afternoon, March 29 at her residence. Father Paul Broussard will conduct the services with interment following in the St. Edmund Cemetery adjacent to the church.

Survivors include her sons, John E. Fusilier and companion Diane of Rayne, LA and Mark S. Fusilier of Terry, MS; her daughters, Veronica Thevis and husband Paul of Branch and Candy Jones and husband Ron of Cedar Creek, TX; thirteen grandchildren and twenty-six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Elvis Fusilier; her parents, Damond and Josephine Guidry Richard; a son, Thomas "Tommy" Fusilier and two grandchildren, Kathy Fusilier and Elizabeth Russell. The family requested that visiting hours be observed at Guidry Funeral Home from 3:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M. on Sunday, March 31 and continue from 8:00 A.M. Monday until the time of the services. A recitation of the Rosary will be held there at 7:00 P.M. Sunday by Debra Fusilier. Possessed of a "green thumb" and skilled at quilt making, Mrs. Fusilier loved her family and her gardening. Truly loved, she will be sadly missed by her extended family and friends. 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.