Terry Lee Lacombe

Terry Lee Lacombe, 73 of Egan, went to meet the Lord on March 11th, 2025, at Oscher Acadian General Hospital surrounded by family that loved him and that he loved dearly.
Survivors include his mother, Gladys Lejeune Lacombe of Egan; four children Jeffrey (Julie) Lacombe of Baytown, Texas, Jessica Menard of Jennings, Karen (Patrick) Cooper of Highlands, Texas, and Melinda Kaye (Bethany) Crochet of Egan; 10 grandchildren, Austin Lacombe, Audrey Lacombe, Abigail Lacombe, Ayden Lacombe, Ethan Menard, Alura Menard, Aimee Gary, Baylee Cooper, Tamsyn Cooper and Navaeh Cooper; and two great-grandchildren, Kaleb Lacombe and Hazel Lacombe
He was preceeded in death by his father, Horace Lacombe; a granddaughter, Kiara Cooper; paternal grandparents, Cyprien and Julia Cormier Lacombe; and maternal grandparents, Frances “Odes” and Louise Latiolais Lejeune.
Terry was born to Gladys and Horace Lacombe on Nov. 29, 1951. He was an only child but spent many days with his numerous aunts, uncles and cousins enjoying the outdoors.
He was a graduate of the 1969 Class of Iota High School. Terry is a graduate of LSUE and obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics & Finance from McNeese State University in 1974.
In 1973, he became a Notary Public. He was a 4th Degree Knight in the Knights of Columbus and was also involved in the Woodmen of the World.
He was a man of faith and was in the Catholic Religion and was a participant of retreats at Grand Coteau for 30 years.
He served 10 years total on the Acadia Parish Police Jury as secretary-treasurer. He also served as secretary of the Acadia Parish Planning Commission and as secretary-treasurer of the Sixth Ward and Crowley Drainage District.
He served one year as Eunice City Clerk. He had a total of 20 years in local government. He spent five years as an insurance agent.
He was a licensed private investigator since 2006 helping to run the private investigation agency he was a managing member of with his daughter and son-in-law.
He also was in the waste management business for many years and at one time had his own company.
He was a good hearted man who had to make anyone laugh everywhere he went. He enjoyed having conversations with anyone where he could speak Cajun French and was fluent in it.
He had many accomplishments in his life but his greatest joy was his children and grandchildren.
The family would like to thank everyone for their calls, texts, messages and kind words about their dad, grandpa and son. Upon leaving this earth Terry left one final act of generosity and donated his body for the furtherance of medicine and science at LSU.