“I have fought a good fight. I have finished my course. I have kept the faith” (2 Timothy 4:7).

Joseph LeBlanc Jr., 68, of Bogalusa, was born Aug. 21, 1948, to Mr. Joseph Alton LeBlanc Sr. and Mrs. Mary Irene Castille LeBlanc in Lafayette, and departed this life on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, at Our Lady of the Angels Hospital in Bogalusa.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, Jan. 12, at 9 a.m. until the time of the service at 11 a.m. at the chapel of Crain and Sons Funeral Home in Bogalusa.

Interment will follow in the Bogalusa Cemetery.

Sign the guestbook online at www.crainandsons.com.

Crain and Sons Funeral Home of Bogalusa is in charge of arrangements.

He leaves to cherish his memory: his wife, Ethel Mae LeBlanc of Bogalusa; two sons, Joseph Alton (Machelle) LeBlanc III of Sacramento, Calif., and Eric Randolph LeBlanc of Bogalusa; two daughters, Rosemary LeBlanc of Bogalusa and Victoria LeBlanc of Baton Rouge; three grandchildren, Joel LeBlanc of Sacramento, Taylor Wright of Bogalusa and Eric LeBlanc Jr. of Bogalusa; and a host of other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. (Mary Irene) LeBlanc; one daughter, Margo Desiree LeBlanc; and a half-brother, Joseph Shelton LeBlanc.