[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 21, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1093]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING MR. ARMAND CHARBONNET

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                        HON. CEDRIC L. RICHMOND

                              of louisiana

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 21, 2015

  Mr. RICHMOND. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Armand Louis 
Charbonnet, the Vice President of Charbonnet-Labat-Glapion Funeral 
Homes, who passed away on July 9, 2015, at the age 84.
  Mr. Charbonnet was a United States Army veteran, a lifelong Catholic, 
member of the Vikings Krewe, patriarch of his family, and a leader in 
the New Orleans community. He directed numerous funerals in New Orleans 
and surrounding parishes in one of the oldest continuously operating 
African-American funeral homes in the country. Known for its 
traditional jazz funerals, horse drawn glass hearses, and the famous 
saying ``My Soul Goes to Heaven but take my body to Charbonnet,'' 
Charbonnet-Labat-Glapion Funeral Homes has served Louisiana for more 
than 132 years.
  To honor Mr. Charbonnet, who was affectionately known by family and 
friends as ``Big Daddy,'' today we recognize the fulfillment of his 
mission. In commemoration of his life and achievements we strive to put 
the needs of others first as he did for countless families through the 
painful process of laying a loved one to rest.

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