PAUL BENNY HONORE III WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 2, 1954 TO ROSIE MARY (GRAY) AND PAUL HONORE, JR. A TRUE WARRIOR, HE SPENT HIS EARLY YEARS DEFYING THE ODDS AND PROVING THAT A CHILD BORN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY COULD LEAD A RICH, FULFILLING LIFE. HIS EARLIEST AND LIFELONG COMPANIONS IN THIS JOURNEY WERE HIS SIBLINGS, MARSHA, MARK, CHRISTOPHER, AND CARMEN.

PAUL WAS A GIFTED ARTIST WHOSE IMAGINATION WAS BOUNDLESS AND A MOVIE AFICIONADO WHO LOVED WESTERNS AND MARTIAL ARTS FILMS. HE COULD RECITE MANY CHARACTERS' LINES FROM MEMORY AND COULDN'T RESIST GIVING "SPOILERS." HE WAS ALSO AN ORDAINED MINISTER WHO USED HIS OWN HARD-EARNED LIFE LESSONS TO BRING THOSE WITH JAIL OR ADDICTION HISTORIES TO CHRIST.

PAUL IS SURVIVED BY HIS DAUGHTERS AND A SON-IN-LAW, SONDRA (SAM) HONORE AND HEATHER AND MARK GOLTZ; FIVE GRANDCHILDREN AND A GRANDDAUGHTER-IN-LAW KEVIN AND DEENESHA MAJOR, CIERRA KNOCKUM, CHRISTOPHER M. HONORE, MARIELLA GOLTZ & EVANGELINE GOLTZ); THREE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN (MARIAH MCDOWELL, ZANDER MAJOR & GABRIEL MAJOR); TWO SISTERS AND A BROTHER-IN-LAW, MARSHA HONORÉ JONES AND CARMEN AND WILLIE GREEN; TWO BROTHERS AND SISTERS-IN-LAW, MARK AND VERONICA HONORE AND CHRISTOPHER AND MARTHA HONORE; UNCLES DONALD JACKSON, EDWARD BAKER, AND ALVIN FRANCIS HONOR; AND AUNTS BARBARA SONNIER, BETTIE ROSE DECUIR, MAGGIE HONORÉ, AND JERRYLEAN BAKER.

PAUL ALSO LEAVES BEHIND A SMALL ARMY OF NEPHEWS, NIECES, AND COUSINS.

NEPHEWS QUINCY PAUL JONES (WIFE PHOUNG), EDWARD (CHRISTIAN) HONORÉ (SONS TYQUINCY, DILLEN, LANDON, & ETHAN), JULES (WIFE MYRNA AND CHILDREN KEILY, JAIDEN, & MASON, DOMINIC HONORÉ, MARK HONORÉ JR. (WIFE JULIE AND SON MARK II), COURTLAND STEWART (WIFE DENIKO AND CHILDREN PATEL, KHARI, & NAHLA ROSE), AND J.B. YANCY III. NIECES SIMONE HONORE CHRETIEN (HUSBAND TODD CHRETIEN, SR.) AND SONS TODD JR., AND FISHER), RACHEL HONOR YOUNG (HUSBAND KIRK AND CHILDREN KIRSTEN & CAYDEN), NICOLE HONORE, CHRISTINA (GABBY) HONORE, FAITH JOHNSON, AND DMYA JOHNSON; COUSINS PHILLIP BAKER (WIFE NEKQUAI AND SONS ZION, RAYSHON, DEYSHON), STEPHEN BAKER (WIFE CAMELLIA AND SONS JACOB AND JAXEN), JARVIS BAKER (WIFE MARY AND SONS JAYLIN AND JAMISON), JOSE SAMPSON, TONI MCKNIGHT (HUSBAND LYNEL MCKNIGHT AND DAUGHTERS JASMINE, SHAYLA, AND ERICA, URSULA MILTON (SONS JULIAN AND DAMASCUS), TOPEKA MCONICO (HUSBAND MARK AND CHILDREN DANNY AND MARKYIA), DR. CHANTE MEADOWS (HUSBAND MARION AND SONS JACKSON, ANDREW, CHASE, AND CHANNING), CARLA MCDANIELS (HUSBAND CHARLES), MONICA PETERS, MONA HONORE EDWARDS, TINA HONORE, MILTON (POCKET) HONORÉ JR., IAN MURRAY HONOR, JOSEPH D. SONNIER, JR., TUESDAY MILLS, HOPE JUGE, PHYLLIS CORDOVA, PAULA GIERON, PEGGY BEASLEY, PENNY TRAPAGNIER, P.J. HONORE, PATRICIA HONORÉ, AMANDA THIBODEAUX, RICHI THIBODEAUX, RONALD DECUIR, JR., DANIEL HONORE, ZACHARY HONORÉ, KIRSTIN HONORE, JOHN HONORE, JR., PHILLIP HONORE, JEANNA TURNER, SASHA HONORE, JASON PATIN, MICHELLE PATIN, TIMOTHY PATIN, AND MANY OTHERS.

PAUL IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS LOVING PARENTS, ROSIE MARY AND PAUL HONORÉ, JR.; DAUGHTER, ALESHIA MAJOR; NIECE, MARTINA HONORÉ KING; COUSINS, TROY BAKER, ANTHONY GRAY, SAM GRAY III, AND NICOLE HONORE; UNCLES, JOSEPH, JOHN, MILTON, AND PHILLIP HONORÉ, JOSEPH SONNIER, SR., SAM GRAY, JR., AND GENE, MORRIS, AND JAMES (TED) JACKSON; AUNTS, MARY LOUISE (TINY) SMITH AND VIRGIE PATIN; PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS, PAUL BENNY HONORE, SR. AND LOUISE DECUIR HONORE; AND MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS, ABRAHAM AND ELLA JACKSON AND SAM GRAY, SR.