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Our Volunteers

The following people have devoted their time to making sure the Acadian Museum continues to thrive in our community. We offer them our most heartfelt thanks and appreciation. If you would like to join our crew, send an email to [email protected].

  • Angela Baudoin
  • Betty Bernard
  • Ryan Bernard
  • Shelby Bernard
  • Ron Bodin
  • Kermit Bouillion
  • Bonnie Broussard
  • Gail Broussard
  • John Ray Broussard
  • Nellie Broussard
  • Sandra Broussard
  • Debbie Broussard Brusheber
  • Pat Campbell
  • Bill Comeaux
  • Becky Cormier
  • Natial d’Augereau
  • Ann Breaux Decuire
  • Shane Decuire
  • Gloria Faulk
  • Carol White Fleniken
  • Ashley Frederick
  • Annie Friou
  • Maxine Hebert
  • Michael Hebert
  • Anna Broussard Langlinais
  • Phyllis Dronet LeBlanc
  • Steve LeBlanc
  • Renee Dubois McDermott
  • Layla Melancon
  • Marlene Menard
  • Leslie Mencacci
  • Gwen Mergist
  • Diana Monteleone
  • Andy Perrin
  • Mary Perrin
  • Gloria Sonnier
  • Wendy Stout
  • Boni Suire
  • Richard Suire
  • Frank “Beau” Summers
  • Randy & Deena Touchet
  • Janet Touchet
  • Theresa Touchet
  • Mitzi & Floyd Turner
  • Liz & Kirk Vice
  • Douglas Vincent
  • Jackie Vincent

Our Cultural Representatives

The following are local members of our community who represent the best of what our Cajun culture has to offer. We are proud to list them as friends of the museum and our highly esteemed cultural representatives.

  • Ramona Babineaux
    Erath, Louisiana
    History/culture

  • Allen Bares
    Abbeville, Louisiana
    Farmer/engineer/history
    of Vermilion Parish

  • Mike Baudoin
    Lafayette, Louisiana
    Oil and gas exploration

  • Mosey Baudoin
    Erath, Louisiana
    Accordion maker/craftsman

  • Paul Bergeron
    Abbeville, Louisiana
    History of Jefferson Island

  • Shane & Kara Bernard
    New Iberia, Louisiana
    Historian/blogger

  • Paul Bodin
    Abbeville, Louisiana
    Archeology/ fossils

  • Kermit Bouillion
    Lafayette, Louisiana
    Photography/video

  • Alan Broussard
    Lafayette, Louisiana
    Cattle/Acadian history

  • Carl “Coco” Broussard
    Erath, Louisiana
    Cajun culture/local
    government

  • Carol Broussard
    Delcambre, Louisiana
    Local government/fishing

  • Faye Broussard
    Abbeville, Louisiana
    French stories/culture

  • Norman & Shirley
    Broussard
    Erath, Louisiana
    History/culture

  • Pat Campbell
    Maurice, Louisiana
    Cajun music/accordion

  • Ted Campbell
    Arkansas
    Crop dusting/aviation

  • Sharon Champagne
    Erath, Louisiana
    Cajun music/horse racing

  • Mitch Conover
    Lafayette, Louisiana
    Acadian genealogy

  • Coby Cox
    Henry, Louisiana
    Photography/Vermilion River

  • Daniel d’Augereau
    Abbeville, Louisiana
    Fisherman/hunter/wetlands

  • Natial d’Augereau
    Abbeville, Louisiana
    Cajun dance/songs/religion

  • Valery Delino
    Abbeville, Louisiana
    Parish history/schools

  • Robert “T-Bob” Domingues
    Erath, Louisiana
    Athletics/local government

  • Gloria Faulk
    Erath, Louisiana
    History/culture

  • Ron Gaspard
    Abbeville, Louisiana
    Cajun “microwave” cooking music / Masonic history

  • Maurice Hebert
    Erath, Louisiana
    Cajun folklore and traditions/fishing/hunting

  • Ross Hebert
    Henry, Louisiana
    Rice farmer/crawfish

  • Julian Hinckley
    Henry, Louisiana
    Animal husbandry

  • Elwood & Claudette Lacour
    Erath, Louisiana
    Government/civic organizations/culture

  • Ellery Landry
    Erath, Louisiana
    Cajun culture/carpenter/ trapper/wetland

  • Gerald Landry
    Abbeville, Louisiana
    Musician/songwriter/ bon vivant

  • Benjamin Langlinais
    Youngsville, Louisiana
    Nursery/plants/hunting

  • Shannon LaSalle
    Erath, Louisiana
    Musician/historian

  • Carroll “Bubba” LeBlanc
    Erath, Louisiana
    Crawfisherman/educator/
    local government

  • Chris LeBlanc
    Abbeville, Louisiana
    Education/Perry House

  • Dean LeBlanc
    Lafayette, Louisiana
    Alligator jewelry/Louisiana native crafts

  • John Earl LeBlanc
    Erath, Louisiana
    Local government/ civic organizations

  • Janet LeBlanc
    Erath, Louisiana
    Genealogy/cooking

  • Pete LeBlanc
    Abbeville, Louisiana
    LA veteran history

  • Russel and Mona LeBlanc
    Henry, Louisiana
    History of Prairie Greig/school

  • Stanley LeBlanc
    Houston, Texas
    Genealogy/culture

  • Sheriff Ray Lemaire
    Abbeville, Louisiana
    Local government/Cajun culture

  • Hank Moss
    Henry, Louisiana
    Horse trainer

  • Wade Mouton
    Kaplan, Louisiana
    French stories/Cajun music

  • Boyd Oliva
    Erath, Louisiana
    Cajun culture/oil industry

  • Randal Perrin
    Henry, Louisiana
    Cattle

  • Dave Pierce
    Abbeville, Louisiana
    Theater/history

  • Johnny & Kathy Richard
    Abbeville, Louisiana
    Jewelry maker using alligator bones/ cattleman/craftsman

  • Larry Richard
    Lafayette, Louisiana
    Native-American history

  • Mike Richard
    Jefferson Island, Louisiana
    Nursery/Lake Peigneur

  • Joyce Romero
    Erath, Louisiana
    Horse racing/trainer of horses/cooking

  • Chris Segura
    Abbeville, Louisiana
    Storyteller/writer

  • Allen Simon
    Maurice, Louisiana
    Humorist/storyteller/traiteur/
    history

  • Gloria Sonnier
    Erath, Louisiana
    History/culture

  • Ronnie Stelly
    Abbeville, Louisiana
    Local government/Cajun culture

  • Boni Suire
    Erath, Louisiana
    Military/veterans

  • Garland Suire
    Erath, Louisiana
    Cajun cuisine/crawfisherman

  • Herman Suire
    Abbeville, Louisiana
    Educator/historian

  • Florine Suire
    Erath, Louisiana
    Education/Cajun culture/
    World War II

  • Richard Suire
    Delcambre, Louisiana
    Artist/history/culture

  • Shannon & Krislyn Suire
    Erath, Louisiana
    Musician/Cajun culture

  • Dr. Sammy Thibodeaux
    Abbeville, Louisiana
    Veterinarian

  • Lovelace Touchet
    Erath, Louisiana
    Welding/taxidermy/hunting

  • Eric Toups
    Henry,Louisiana
    Justice of the Peace

In Memoriam

The Acadian Museum honors the following dearly departed members of our community. Each of them served for years as our cultural representatives and volunteers. They continue to live on in our fondest memories.

  • Clifton Allemand, Jr. Erath, LA History/culture
  • Keith Arceneaux Delcambre, LA Former Erath mayor
  • Lynn Bares Abbeville, LA Wife of Allen Bares
  • Lee Bernard Erath, LA Community/culture/veteran
  • Ray & Jeanne Bernard Erath, LA Cooking/culture/veteran
  • Reuben & Alice Bernard Erath, LA Cajun traditions/stories/ farming
  • Dale Broussard Abbeville, LA French stories/jokes/strong volunteer
  • Daniel J. Broussard Abbeville, LA Historian/harvester of wild mushrooms/ folklorist
  • Hazel Broussard Erath, LA Cajun culture/cuisine
  • Earl & Rose Broussard Erath, LA Musician/craftsman/historian on Cajun culture
  • Lidie Butler (Mrs. Richard Butler) Erath, LA History/culture
  • Elie Champagne, Sr. Erath, LA Cajun music/horse racing
  • Earl Comeaux Kaplan, LA French educator/writer/humorist
  • Vergie & Bernard Delahoussaye Erath, LA Cajun cuisine/culture/religion
  • Brigadier General Curney & Irene Dronet Erath, LA Historian/writer/veteran/ Cajun culture/cooking
  • Joe Gayneaux Abbeville, LA Cattle/horses/musician
  • Russell Gary Abbeville, LA Cajun storyteller/musician/ local government/sports
  • Lester “Pee Wee” & Dorothy Gayneaux Abbeville, LA Sportsman /cooking
  • Willis and Edith Granger Erath, LA Cajun culture/cooking
  • Joyce Landry Lafayette, LA Cajun culture/cooking
  • Juliet Langlinais Erath, LA History/culture
  • Elwood LeBlanc Erath, LA History/culture
  • Louise (Mrs. Paul) Libersat Erath, LA Church volunteer/fieldworker/ storyteller
  • D. L. Menard Erath, LA Musician/songwriter/chair maker
  • Ronnie Miguez Abbeville, LA Museum volunteer
  • Rebecca Menard Moreland Abbeville, LA Traiteur/faith healer/singer
  • O.V. “Sonny” Moss Erath, LA Cattle/farming/Cajun cuisine
  • Roland Peltier Abbeville, LA Local government/Cajun culture
  • Jonas & Hazel Perrin Erath, LA Cattle/farming/petroleum industry
  • Lloyd Romero Erath, LA Horse racing/horse trainer/ cooking
  • Deanna Soirez Erath, LA Museum volunteer
  • Voris Stoute Erath, LA Tourism/culture
  • Loway Suire Erath, LA Traditional Cajun fisherman/hunter/trapper
  • Rodney Touchet Erath, LA Longtime museum volunteer
  • Carlin Trahan Erath, LA Longest museum volunteer
  • Richard Vincent Broussard, LA Gardening / French language / Acadian Museum volunteer
  • Robert Vincent Erath, LA History/athletics/local government