Wayne Lucius

Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 am on Monday, October 6, 2014 at Community Baptist Church, 800 Rue De Belier Lafayette, LA 70506 for Wayne Lucius, 82, who passed away on Thursday, October 2, 2014 at 10:56 pm at his residence. Reverend Tom Lambert, Pastor of Community Baptist Church, Reverend Gary Funderburk, Congregational Care Pastor of The Bayou Church and Reverend Rick Bailey, Assistant Pastor of Community Baptist Church will conduct the funeral services. The Keller Brothers will sing, Sweet Sweet Spirit, Amazing Grace, Peace in the Valley, and The Lord's Prayer. Burial will take place in Crossroads Cemetery, in Calhoun City, Mississippi on Tuesday October 7, 2014 at 3:00 pm . Wayne, a resident of Lafayette, La was the son of the late Wesley Lucius and the former Myrtie Therell. Wayne, lived the last thirty years of his life in Lafayette, LA where he was employed with Shell Oil Company, in Exploration & Offshore departments. He retired in August 1994 with forty years of Service. Wayne was a Charter Member of Community Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon. He and two more guys from the Church worked diligently helping building the Church in 1994. He was a outdoors person, who loved gardening, his animals, and fishing, a very devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. He is survived by his loving wife of sixty years, Doris Henry Lucius; his daughter, Shelia A. Ramsey; his grandchildren, Jason D. Ramsey and wife Melissa and Jerrica D. Lucius; his great grandchildren, Casey Ramsey, Brooke Ramsey, Courtland Ramsey, Cicily Ramsey, Briana Lucius and his brothers, Willam Frank "Snap" Lucius, Jim Allen Lucius and wife Patricia. He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Geneva Shackelford. The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Community Baptist Church, 800 Rue De Belier Lafayette, LA 70506 on Sunday, October 5, 2014 from 2:00 pm until 7:00 pm Visiting hours will continue on Monday, October 6, 2014 from 8:00 am until the time of service. Pallbearers will be Danny Lucius, Jeff Lucius, Ricky Sanderford, Mike Sheffield, Chet Endres and David Trent. Honorary Pallbearers will be Jessie Stafford, Jim Turner, Larry Maxwell, Ben Clark and Fred Saucier. In lieu of flowers, the family wishes to have donations sent to Hospice of Acadiana, 2600 Johnston Street, Suite 200, Lafayette, LA 70503 or Community Baptist Church, 800 Rue De Belier Lafayette, LA 70506. Personal condolences may be sent to the Lucius family at www.delhommefuneralhome.com. Delhomme Funeral Home, 1011 Bertrand Drive, Lafayette, LA is in charge of funeral arrangements.

Wayne Lucius

February 20, 1932 - October 2, 2014