Leona Marie Weeks

Leona Marie Weeks, 86, of Orange, died Saturday, November 29, 2025. She was born on October 30, 1939, in Huntington Beach, California, to Mildred Greer and George Richard Pemberton.

She is survived by her children, Ricky Weeks and his wife, Patricia, of Broussard, Louisiana; Deanna Kay Moore and her husband, David, of Vidor; Suzan Billeaud of Beaumont; Gina Sliva and her husband, Gary, of Edna; Shermilyn Rolen of Cypress; Reverend Benjamin Weeks and his wife, Valerie, of Valdosta, Georgia; and Vohnna Velasquez and her husband, Neris, of Vidor; grandchildren, Jonah Weeks of Youngsville, Louisiana; Ricki Leigh Maynard and her husband, Cory, of Kaplan, Louisiana; D.J. Moore and his wife, Jennifer, of Vidor;  Trisha Rubero of Vidor; Joseph Hodges and his wife, Rebeccah, of Willow Springs, North Carolina; Joanie Black of Vidor; Jennifer Rothenbach and her husband, Andrew, of Beeville; Emily Kate Rolen of New York, New York; Taylor Lane Rolen and his wife, Jennifer, of Cypress; Abbey Blanchard and her husband, Adam, of Lake Park, Georgia; Joel Velasquez and his wife, Yajaira, of Vidor; and Madeline Velasquez of Orange; twenty-four great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; siblings, James Pemberton and his wife, Carol, of Hearn; Carolyn Boneski of Erath, Louisiana; and Linda Butaud of Delcambre, Louisiana; and aunt, Sue Greer of Fairbanks, Alaska.

She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Sherman Preston Weeks, Jr.; and sister, Frances Falgout.

A gathering of Mrs. Weeks’ family and friends will be 12:00 p.m., with her funeral service at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, December 6, 2025, at Faith Tabernacle Pentecostal Church, 1735 TX-12, Vidor. Her interment will follow at 3:00 p.m., at Greenlawn Memorial Park, 3900 Twin City Highway, Groves, under the direction of Broussard’s, 490 Cemetery Road, Silsbee.