Old Vautrot Family Photos

Here is a collection of some photos that I uncovered of some of my relatives:

Here, this is my grandmother Hermence Vidrine (maiden name) on horseback, next to my biological grandfather, Joe Johnson. He was a rancher (sheep and cattle) and farmer (cotton). He was what the women called "a man's man." He was rough, tough, and of few words. He actually killed a few men in his lifetime, in self-defense. One man, for example, had his guts spilled out by a knife after he jumped by grandfather outside a dance.

















This is my step-grand father, Luther Fontenot, of Pine Prairie, LA. He loved hunting quail and playing with his pet dogs. He died in the mid 1990's of natural causes.

















This is a photo of my great-grandmother, Ma-Ma (maternal side). She lived in Reddel, LA.
Her son, wearing the light blue shirt, standing to the far right of this photo, is Howard Vidrine: a Purple Heart recepient from World War II. He was also a renowned local Baptist minister in South Louisiana, and a church building is named for him. He died in the mid-1990s of natural causes.

This is with my older brothers Gabe and Philippe Vautrot when I was a baby. Gabe was killed in a drunk driving accident in November 1984. He was at LSU at the time of the tragedy.












Family photograph taken inside our home in Lafayette, LA. Gabe is wearing the grey suit and hat; Philippe is sitting in the middle; I am the baby on my mother's lap.