Donaldsonville funeral home founded in 1944 as Brazier Funeral Service. The founder passed it to his longtime manager, whose daughter, a licensed funeral director and embalmer, runs it today in the same location.

Donaldsonville funeral home started in 1958 by a father and his son, now owned and directed by the founding son's widow.

Donaldsonville funeral home the Ourso family has run since 1939, the first of its four homes with Gonzales, Pierre Part and White Castle. Its recently renovated building is the only one in the area that can hold a reception or event inside, and it offers catering for gatherings.

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Donaldsonville funeral home with two on-site chapels and a reception area, one of three Williams & Southall homes. A Black family business formed in 1961 when two funeral-home families merged their firms, carried forward by one of them for four generations; also handles life insurance.

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Gonzales funeral home with a heritage of funerals going back to the early 1960s, serving families of Gonzales and Ascension Parish. Its services are streamed live and recorded, and its staff includes a pre-arrangement counselor.

Gonzales funeral home founded in 1975 and led by the founder's youngest son, serving families across Ascension Parish and the river parishes. It has a 150-seat chapel and plans jazz funerals.

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