EUNICE – Effie Elizabeth “Liz” Fontenot and her young three sons died in a four vehicle interstate accident on Sunday, March 13, 2011 in Baton Rouge. Effie “Liz” Fontenot was 29; her children, Keagan Higginbotham, just turned 11; Hunter Johnson, 7; and Austin Fontenot, 3, died when Fontenot’s car caught fire after the collision.

A Celebration of Life for the family will be Celebrated on Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 10:00 am at Ardoin’s Funeral Home in Eunice. Interment will follow in the Mt. Calvary Cemetery with Pastor Russell Cobb officiating.

She was a native of Eunice and resident of Prairieville, employed as a waitress at Frank's Smokehouse.

Survivors include her parents, Gary and Sue Fontenot of Dry Prong; her brother, Jacob Paul Fontenot and wife, Crystal of Carthage, Texas; fiancé, Bobby Vidrine of Prairieville; paternal grandparents, Bruce and Kathy Fontenot of Breaux Bridge; maternal grandparents, Milburn and Jane Vidrine of Reddell; and paternal great grandmother, Irene Darbonne of Swords.

Her three sons, Keagan Trent Fontenot, Hunter Gauge Johnson, and Austin Brock Fontenot;

They were preceded in death by her brother, Gary Neil Fontenot Jr.; her grandmother, Effie Fontenot.

Visitation at Ardoin’s Funeral Home in Eunice on Wednesday, March 15th from 9:30 am until 10:00 pm and again on Thursday, March 17th from 7:00 am until time of services.