Lakeside Funeral Home

340 East Prien Lake Road

LAKE CHARLES, LA 70601

Phone: 337-656-2628

Fax:

Email: kyle@lakesidefh.com

Immediate Need

If you have immediate need of our services, we're available for you 24 hours a day.

Pre-Arrangement

A gift to your family, sparing them hard decisions at an emotional time.

Remembrance Provider

Your One Stop Source To Help You Move From Grieving To Remembrance

Obituaries & Tributes

It is not always possible to pay respects in person, so we hope that this small token will help.

Louisiana Cremation Regulations

Per Louisiana Revised Statues 37:876 the following persons, in the priority listed, have the right to serve as an authorizing agent for cremation:

(1) Any person arranging the cremation, if the decedent has given specific directions in the form of a notarial testament or a written and notarized declaration providing for disposition of his remains by cremation.

(2) The person designated to control disposition by the decedent in the form of a notarial testament or a written and notarized declaration.

(3) The surviving spouse, if there is no pending petition for divorce filed by either spouse prior to the death of the decedent spouse.

(4) A majority of the surviving adult children of the decedent.

(5) A majority of the surviving adult grandchildren of the decedent.

(6) The surviving parents of the decedent.

(7) A majority of the surviving adult siblings of the decedent.

(8) A majority of the surviving adult persons respectively in the next degree of kindred as provided in Civil Code Articles 880 et seq.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, if the coroner releases the remains of a decedent to an interested person pursuant to R.S. 9:1551(A)(l), such person may serve as the authorizing agent for cremation.

C. If the required authorization cannot be obtained, a final judgment of a district court shall be required.