Tashanna Ambrose


Published/Last Modified on Thursday, July 17, 2008 2:23 PM CDT

Funeral services for Tahsanna Shantal Ambrose, 24, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, July 18, 2008, at St. Edward Catholic Church in New Iberia.

A native and resident of New Iberia, Tashanna passed away on Saturday, July 12, 2008, at Ochsner Foundation Hospital in New Orleans.

Visitation will be held from 7 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. at Fletcher Funeral Home with a rosary to be recited at 11 a.m. in the funeral home chapel. Interment will be in the St. Edward Catholic Church Cemetery.

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Tashanna was a member of St. Edward Catholic Church, a 2002 graduate of Acadia Christian Academy and attended Louisiana State University at Eunice as a respiratory therapist.

She is survived by her mother, Melvina Ambrose of New Iberia; father, Michael Williams of Jeanerette; three sisters Tamika Jones (Francis Jr.) of Lafayette, Tenesha Ambrose (fiancé LaSana) of Baton Rouge and Kimya Babers of Hammond; paternal grandfather, Roger Williams of Jeanerette; special friend Dane Sam of Lafayette; stepbrothers Malcolm Lively and Michael Williams Jr., both of Jeanerette; stepsisters Marissa Lively and Megan Lively, both of Jeanerette; two nephews Sebastian Jones and Simeon Jones; one godchild Sophie Jones; maternal grandmother Willie Mae Ambrose of New Iberia; special grandmother Anita Harris of New Iberia; godparents Edith Orphe and Michael Thomas; two nieces Sydney Ambrose and Sophie Jones; a pet who was like a child Mr. Jinx; and a host of other relatives and dear friends.

She was preceded in death by a sister Tazbane Norman; paternal grandmother, Nancy Williams; and maternal great-grandparents Amos and Melvina Ambrose.

Pallbearers will be Clarence McCoy, Jeremy Jenkins, Jeramie Bonnie, Dwayne Ambrose, Albert Placide and Kevin Johnson.

Honorary pallbearers will be Patrick Norman, Francis Jones Jr., Dane Sam, LaSana Cambrice, Leonard Ambrose and Alfred Raymond.

The public is invited to view the obituary online and sign the guestbook at www.fletcherfunerahomes.org.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Fletcher Funeral Home of New Iberia.

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