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Proud native of Lafayette Louisiana. Born to the Benoit and Morgan family but was raised by his Grandparents, Doris Benoit and Connie Bellow Cormier. Although they didn’t come from a lot, they always had love and joy in their home.
As a young person, Donavon was baptized and confirmed at Our Lady Queen of Peace where he briefly taught communion student as he was preparing for high school graduation.

Upon graduating from Lafayette High School, he was privileged to get accepted to Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga. While there, he worked as a Banker for Bank of America in order
to assist his Grandparents with college expenses. During college he also added a part-time job to his schedule which landed him with food service opportunities working all across the country
including New Jersey, New York, New Orleans, and Baton Rouge.
While in school, unfortunately Donavon grandfather passed unexpectedly shortly before he graduated but was blessed that his
grandmother and rest of family were present.

Born and raised in Carencro, Louisiana. She attended Carencro High School and relocated to Lafayette in 1988. She attended USL and LSU E before transitioning to Southwest Paralegal College where she received her Certification as a Paralegal. Michelle has 10 years experience in the legal field an offers 20 years in Human Resources, she has been in public relations for a total of 40 years. Michelle is a Certified Fitness Instructor for at least 30 years. She began teaching “Step Aerobics” for the City of Lafayette Parks and Recreation Department around the early 90’s. In 2014 she became a Certified Instructor for Curobiks under Cupid’s umbrella. Michelle is the Owner and CEO for Michelle Jolie, Licensed Florist Experience Event Planner. She’s also the Owner and CEO of “Something Sweet” homemade sweet dough pies, where they are currently in three stores in the Lafayette area: K & G on the Geaux in Billy’s, Chevron by Lowe’s and Guidroz She is a Member of Women of Wisdom (WOW) and the Chairperson for the CAFE (Community and Family Engagement) at Lafayette Middle School. She’s also a Member of KOP (Krewe of Pyros) in Washington DC. Her hobbies are: working out, crafting and landscaping.

Fast forward to 2014, one week before what once was the biggest day of her life, she developed a dark ring on her arm and a rash across the bridge of her nose and across both cheeks.

Crystal was like OH MY GOD! The dress was sleeveless so what was I suppose to do with this she said, I couldn’t walk down the aisle with what seemed to be a big black ashy ring on my arm.

She called the best seamstress in the world, (she was a life saver.

Showed the gown to Ms Delores Darby and simply showed her the unwelcomed bruise on her arm well, needless to say, no one ever knew about the bruise. Even though she fixed the issue with her arm, not even makeup could cover the rash on her face.

As time passed her body was being invaded by something foreign; hair began thinning, joints would ache like crazy and constant doctor visits from being so tired all the time. She stopped wearing perfumes and lotions because thought it would cause her to itch as well.