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Dawn Diaz Fontenot

Baton Rouge, LA, USA

December 17, 1961 - September 8, 2019

Dec 17, 1961 - Sep 8, 2019

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Dawn Diaz Fontenot passed away in a quiet and beautiful way on the 8th of September, 2019 at The Carpenter House in Baton Rouge, LA. In lieu of formal funeral arrangements, Dawn can be celebrated and cherished on all days or hours when beauty touches life, such as when rain hits a tin roof, a pot of gumbo is shared, flowers bloom or when the Saints go marching in. Dawn was born on the 17th of December, 1961 in Raceland, LA. She graduated from Sam Houston High School in Moss Bluff, LA. Her happiest of days was when she married the love of her life, Joel Fontenot. The next best day was when I was born. My name is Emily, and I’m her daughter.

My mom loved her family deeply. My husband and I, our precious children, her brothers and sisters, brothers and sisters-in-law and all her nieces and nephews both near and far. She was the most happy when she, my dad and I were all together, anywhere…and when she could snatch up someone’s plate to wash just as they were chewing their last bite. She loved acting the fool and making everyone laugh. She had fierce dance moves that were performed best in a car with inappropriate music blaring. She was forever a Merle Norman girl and she shared with me that her secret to beauty was slathering on Oil of Olay every day of her life (don’t tell anyone). I have absolute faith that she gave me her sense of humor and her ability to love people with a whole and compassionate heart. Many people would say that I look like my dad, but I act like my mom (my hard head and fiery attitude have nothing to do with this). I got the best of both of their souls and I have nothing but gratitude for the years they gave to me on this earth. Mom went to heaven to meet her mom and dad, her big sister, grandparents, my dad, her pets and all the other loved ones who passed on before her that will welcome her so warmly into the newest chapter of her book.

As I write this through trembling hands and salty, damp cheeks, I can’t think of a better way to honor my mom than to think about her often and with fondness. She left me as I slept by giving me a soft kiss on the cheek as she went into the most wondrous light she ever saw. She is survived by all of us who now think of her loud, goofy laugh and have a bittersweet tinge in our hearts. I won’t ever watch the BRAVO channel without smiling in her light. Remember her when a breeze rustles the leaves on the trees, when the Christmas lights glow in the night, when you see a chubby little baby, when you pet a sweet, slobbery dog, or just when you feel the warmth of the sun hit your face. Remember her on the good days, because that’s what she loved the most..the good days.

Warmly,
Emily Cupit

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