Joseph Keith Savoie (1957 - 2022)

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Obituary for Joseph "Keith" Savoie

Funeral Services will be held for Joseph “Keith” Savoie at 12:00 PM on Tuesday, July 26th, in La Chapelle de Martin & Castille. Keith was 64 when he peacefully passed away on Saturday, July 23, 2022 at Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center surrounded by his family. He succumbed to heart failure after fighting a battle with cardiac disease for most of his adult life.

The family requests visitation be observed in Martin & Castille’s DOWNTOWN location on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 from 9:00 AM until time of service at 12:00 PM.

Reverend Kyle White, Pastor of St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in Lafayette will conduct the funeral services. Inurnment will be at a later date.

Keith was born on Thursday, September 12, 1957. Apart from his time serving in the military, he resided in Carencro all of his life. He graduated from Carencro High School in 1975. He married the love of his life, Jackie in 1977 and recently celebrated their 45th anniversary. Keith began his law enforcement career in the Air Force 23rd Security Police Squadron in 1976. While in the Air Force, he attended Louisiana College in Pineville. He began working for the Louisiana State Police as a trooper at Troop K from 1979 until 1981 and a detective in their detective division from 1981 until 1987. In March of 1987, Keith began his 20 year career as a Deputy U.S. Marshal. He was promoted to Supervisor Deputy in June of 1993 and remained in that capacity until his retirement in October of 2007. After retiring from the Marshal Service, Keith worked in various jobs at Hub Enterprises in their investigation section. His last employment through Hub was in security at Occidental Petroleum/Anadarko.

Keith was a dedicated Saints fan through wins and losses. Every year he would count the months until their season would begin. He was dedicated to working on his family genealogy and found enjoyment playing games on his computer. Keith also enjoyed meeting up to drink coffee with his friends in the morning, rocking on his porch with his dog “Chip” (who he said was his 4th son) and cooking Sunday dinner for his family. To his grandchildren, he was “Paw Paw” and they loved when he cooked beef roast with rice and gravy and pork jambalaya. His sense of humor, jokes and quick wit always got a lot of laughs. He liked his coffee black, his beer cold and his whiskey on the rocks.

Survivors include his wife and high school sweetheart, Jackie Hernandez Savoie. Three sons, Jeremy Keith Savoie and wife, Scarlett of New Iberia and their children, Breckin, Elliott, Elli, Jonah, Jack Henry, Jack Lee, Lillian and Blaise; Jacob Patrick Savoie and his wife, Sarah of Katy, Texas and their children, Ashby and Julia; and Jonathan James Savoie of Baton Rouge. Two daughters, Emily Claire Guilbeaux and her husband Waylon of Scott and their children, Tucker, Mason, Cameron and Colton; Elizabeth Renee Sonnier and her husband, Mark of Lafayette and their children, Matthew, Anna, Clement and Leo. One sister, Jerri Duncan and her husband, Bob of Hot Springs, Arkansas and one brother, James “Jim” Viel Savoie, Jr. and his wife, Cynthia of Lafayette. One godchild, Michelle Marie Savoie Trahan, along with numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, James “Viel” Savoie, Sr., native of Sunset and Evia Mallet Savoie, native of Carencro; one brother, Mike Savoie, whose birthday was the same day as Keith’s death. His family feels this is no coincidence. What a wonderful birthday celebration they had together this year! He was also preceded in death by one grandson, Cullen John Guilbeaux, who was very, very special to his heart.

Pallbearers will be Jeremy Savoie, Jacob Savoie, Jonathan Savoie, Rudy Roy, Terry Regan, and Cody Fuselier.

A heartfelt appreciation is extended to his doctors, who did their best to keep him alive and he considered to be his heroes: Dr. Joseph Kolwaski, Dr. Kian Ehsan, Dr. John Leleux, Dr. Ziad Ashkar, Dr. David Reed, Dr. Eric Trawick, Dr. Virginia Kellner, and his favorite cardiac nurse of many years, Christy Simon.

Thanks for finding two more children of Elizabeth Abshire. I very much appreciate the many excellent contributions you've made to profiles of the Louisiana Project, and to my own managed profiles!

Stay safe in this perilous time!

I'm hoping you'll get closer than 27 degrees from Peter Mayhew tomorrow, as I made a connection to Marie Leontine (Stout) Guidry. Happy holidays!

Thank you for the merges! I try my best to find a profile before entering a new one but sometimes miss the boat!

Joseph, every contribution to WikiTree improves the quality of our Shared Tree. The Appreciation Team thanks you for all your efforts by making more than 1,000 contributions during the month of September.

Pippin Sheppard

WikiTree’s Appreciation Team

Joseph, the Appreciation Team thanks for you for efforts toward making our Shared Tree the best it can be with your 1000 contributions during August 2019. You are an important part of what we are all about!

Pippin Sheppard

WikiTree’s Appreciation Team

Hi Joseph, I'm working on https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Breaux-743. Please follow up in a few days to be sure I haven't made mistakes...oh yes, I do make mistakes! lol He's a duplicate of Breau-481--a merge is proposed.

Hi , are you related to Anna Savoie Richard from Church Point , Louisiana ? she was married to Frank Richard -some of their children were Wallace , Colbert , Rodney , Lela , Richard -

Martha Beaugh-15 Leger

my grandmother was Anna Savoie married to Frank Richard from Church Point , La / do you have any information or are you related to any of them - fr. martha

if the information you changed on Helen Beaugh McMillan is correct ,then why would the family have put the name Helen on her headstone instead of Helene ??

Thank you for completing the merges on Kambel-1 and Dorsey-1735. I will continue to do the research on them. Your help is greatly appreciated.

I have initiated merges on Kambel-1 and Dorsey-1735 but they haven't been completed yet. I have looked at the descendant register for Jemima Kimball on rootsweb.com but not sure yet if this is the ancestor I have been searching for because no evidence provided. Also, the Dorsey component is missing. I will keep looking. Thank You for your assistance.