Donella Claire Labry Hargrave

Kaplan—Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM on Wednesday, March  8, 2023 at Vincent Funeral Home - Kaplan honoring the life of Donella Hargrave, 68, who died Saturday, March 4, 2023 at her residence.  She will be laid to rest at Cossinade Cemetery with Deacon William "Billy" Vincent officiating the services.  Serving as pallbearers will be Wayne “CoCo” Hargrave, Jr., Adian Hargrave, Nicholas Arceneaux, Marcus Arceneaux, Erik Fawvor, and Calvin Hargrave. Honorary pallbearers will be Randall LaBry and Robert Mire.

Donella was born in Kaplan and lived the majority of her adult life in Nunez. A graduate of Kaplan High School, she was known for her artistic talent, her avid love of family history and genealogy, and her near obsession with all things Mardi Gras, which she attributed to the cosmic event of her birth, on the day before Mardi Gras in 1955, and led to her grandchildren referring to her as Mardi Gras Grandma. She joined the Krewe of Chic-A-La-Pie in 1982, reigning as Queen Jambalaya in 2004. After helping her father to research and publish his book, History of Cossinade, Donella followed in his footsteps with the publication of her own well researched book, History of Kaplan, and was in the process of writing a new book about pirates and their hidden treasure in SW Louisiana. If anyone had a question about a person or event—especially if associated with Kaplan—they knew to ask Donella.

She is survived by her husband, Wayne "TeBlack" Hargrave, Sr.; two children and four step-children, Keisa Sagrera and her husband Nicholas Arceneaux, Wayne "CoCo" Hargrave, Jr. and his partner Kylie Fawvor, Joseph Hargrave, Kristy Hargrave, Adian Hargrave and his partner Destiney Brown, and Wilson Hargrave; two brothers, Randall LaBry, and Steven LaBry and his wife Ellen; three sisters, Adrianne LaBry and her husband, Gilbert Smith, Nadine LaBry, and Gayla LaBry and her husband Mike Young; two grandchildren, Marcus Arceneaux, Genevieve Arceneaux and one on the way  Eveleen Hargrave; and nine step-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; and her dear friend, Donna Zaunbrecher.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Ewell Labry and the former Ella Mae LeLeux; one sister, Angela Marie LaBry; and one step-grandchild, Destiny Hargrave.

The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Kaplan, 300 N. Eleazar Ave., on Tuesday, March  7, 2023 from 4:00 PM until 10:00 PM with a rosary being prayed at 7:00 PM; Wednesday, March  8, 2023 from 8:00 AM until 3:00 PM.