PLAISANCE - ON THE EVENING OF NOVEMBER 11, 2021, OUR BELOVED JOHN - “POP” AS HE WAS SO FAVORABLY KNOWN, TRANSITIONED FROM THIS EARTHLY REALM TO WHAT GOD HAS FOREORDAINED- A LIFE ETERNAL WITH OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2021 AT 10:00 A.M. IN ST. MARK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN THE PLAISANCE COMMUNITY.

REV. JASON RUBIN, PASTOR OF ST. MARK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, WILL BE OFFICIATING THE FUNERAL SERVICE.

FOR NOW, AND UNTIL THEY MEET AGAIN, HE LIVES IN THE HEART OF HIS FOREVER-LOVED AND CARED FOR WIFE OF 39 YEARS, CATHERINE BOUTTE GALLIEN, HIS DAUGHTERS, TRAHNIECEIA JOHNALE AND BRANDIE JOHWAN GALLIEN, AND HIS PRECIOUS GRANDDAUGHTER, EMERY REIGN SAVOY. HIS SISTERS, BARBARA THOMAS (JOSEPH) AND ROSA “LISA” JASON OF OPELOUSAS, LA; AND ELIZABETH “LIZ” RICHARD OF LAFAYETTE, LA; HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW, MARY “VIRGINIA” BOUTTE; SISTER-IN LAWS, MARIE “DORIS” MOORE (PASTOR CALVIN MOORE), CYNTHIA BOUTTE OF OPELOUSAS, LA; MARY “DELORIS” GUILLORY (MOSE) OF MISSOURI CITY, TX; DEBRA GRIMES (PASTOR ALLEN GRIMES) OF LAUREL, MD; CHRISTINA JOUBERT (DR. CORNELL “MARK”) OF LAKE CHARLES, LA; AND GRACIE GALLIEN, OPELOUSAS, LA; BROTHER-IN-LAWS, JOHN F. BOUTTE, SR. (SHAROLYN) AND JEFFERY “LIL JEFF” BOUTTE (ANTOINETTE) OF OPELOUSAS, LA; HIS GOD-DAUGHTER, DESIREE GALLIEN OF BAYTOWN, TX, SIX (6) AUNTS; A NUMBER OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, GREAT-NIECES, GREAT-NEPHEWS, COUSINS AND TOO MANY FRIENDS TO NAME.

LOVED ONES PRECEDING HIS DEPARTURE INCLUDE HIS MOTHER, THERESA JAMES GALLIEN, HIS FATHER LAWRENCE GALLIEN; TWO BROTHERS, JOSEPH “POOSE” GALLIEN AND HERMAN JOSEPH GALLIEN; TWO SISTERS, ROSE “PEANUT” GALLIEN RANDALL AND LEONA MAE GALLIEN; A NIECE, SHAWANDA GALLIEN; NEPHEW, JOHN O’NEIL JASON; A GREAT-NEPHEW, ISAAC EUGENE GILMORE, JR.; TWO BROTHER-IN-LAWS, MARCELL RICHARD AND JOHN “NEIL” JASON.

VISITATION SERVICE WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2021 FROM 8:00 A.M. TO 9:45 A.M. AT ST. MARK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH.

**PLEASE BE ADVISED WE WILL ADHERE TO THE SAFETY MEASURES AND PRECAUTIONS PROVIDED BY THE STATE OF LOUISIANA DUE TO COVID-19. MASKS ARE REQUIRED FOR THOSE WHO WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE.**

WORDS OF CONDOLENCES MAY BE EXPRESSED AT FORDANDJOSEPHFH.COM

FORD AND JOSEPH FUNERAL HOME, 907 N. MARKET ST., OPELOUSAS. LA, 337-942-6750, IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.