Deserette Jo-El Vielma's Obituary
A Private Celebration of Life for Deserette Jo-El Vielma, 56, of Rosepine, LA, will be held at a later date, to be announced by her family. Her cremains will be buried at the Southwest LA Veterans Cemetery. Arrangements were handled by Labby Memorial Funeral Home of DeRidder, LA.
Deserette was born on December 25, 1956, to Patricia Walters Hopkins and Robert Hopkins in Stafford, Virginia. She lived most of her life in Virginia until 2009, when she moved to Rosepine, LA. She was employed by AT&T as a telephone operator. Deserette passed from this life on Sunday, April 28, 2013, at her residence in Rosepine.
Survivors include her husband, married 39 years; L. M. Vielma of Rosepine, LA; 1 daughter, Dominique Prather and husband Richard of Rosepine, LA; 1 brother, Robert L.J. Hopkins of Stafford, VA; 1 sister, Patricia Barnette-Cooper of North Carolina and 2 grandchildren, Serena and Laila.
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