Kermit Couvillion

Kermit Coach J. Couvillion

Grand Coteau Memorial services for Kermit J. Couvillion, age 90, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 20, 2010, in the St. Charles Catholic Church in Grand Coteau.
Fr. Ferd Derrera, S.J. will officiate the at the Memorial service.
Kermit was a residence of Sunset. He died on Monday, February 15, 2010, at his residence.
Kermit was born January 15, 1920 in Redfish, Louisiana he is the son of, John Couvillion and Alberta Sutton Couvillon.
He is survived by his beloved wife of sixty years, Rose Miller Couvillion, one brother, Raymond Couvillon and his wife Delores.
Preceded in death by his parents: John Couvillion and Alberta Sutton, three brothers Albert, Stanley and Hansel Couvillion, and one sister, Ollie Couvillion Ferina.
At the age of eighteen, Kermit joined the US Marine Corps and served for four years in the Pacific during WWII. Upon his discharge, he returned to Melville. While working in Sunset, he met the love of his life, Rose Marie Miller and they married in July of 1949.
He then attended South West Louisiana Institution and received a BA and BS in Physical Education. Kermit and Rose then moved to Baton Rouge where he received his Masters degree in Education at LSU.
After graduation, Kermit began a long career in education, and coaching at Opelousas High School, Sunset High and Opelousas Catholic. In his first year of coaching at Opelousas High School, his team won the State Boxing Title. In 1962, he coached the Sunset High baseball team to a State Championship. He ended his long career of educating young people as the principal at Cherry Street Academy in Opelousas.
Kermit was a member of many Civic Clubs and professional organizations, including the YM BC of Sunset, the Sertoma Club, which acknowledged Kermits kindness with the Mankind Award in 1988, the LHSAA and was a lifetime member of the DurioLavergne American Legion Post 237 in Sunset.
After retiring, Kermit continued to give of his time and expertise to many schools and organizations, including South West Louisiana Institution, which is now University Louisiana of Lafayette, Academy of the Sacred Heart, Beau Chene High School, Opelousas Catholic, and Lafayette Little League, also American Legion Baseball of Lafayette, Beau Chene High School is where he was named an ambassador for the school, in 1995, the South St. Landry Youth Baseball Park was renamed in honor of Kermit, as a way of showing the love and respect to the man who spent his life working with the youth of South Louisiana as a teacher and coach.
Mrs. Rosie would like to thank our family and friends who gave their care and showed compassion to us. I also wish to thank Dr. Scott Sibille and staff of the Sunset Medical Clinic, Complete Home Health, Hospice of Acadiana and St. Charles Catholic Church.
Kermit Coach will surely be missed by all.

Words of comfort to the family may be expressed at www.sibillefuneralhomes.com.
Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Sibille Funeral Home of Grand Coteau.

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