John Gregory Poteet, Jr.
January 30, 1941 - March 7, 2025
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM in The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Lafayette, for John Gregory Poteet, Jr., age 84, who passed away on March 7, 2025 at his residence in Lafayette.
Interment will be held in St. John Catholic Cemetery - Lafayette.
Rev. Howard Blessing will be the Celebrant of the Funeral Mass.
The family requests that visitation be observed on Saturday from 10:00 AM to 12:40 PM at Martin & Castille's DOWNTOWN Location. Eulogies will be shared at the funeral home beginning at 11:00 AM with the recitation of the Rosary immediately following.
Left to cherish his memory are his loving wife of 54 years, Judy Ann Aucoin Poteet; his children, Paul Wendling Poteet and wife, Claudia, and Julie Poteet Brunnert and husband, Daniel; his grandchildren, Evangeline Poteet, Gwynevere Poteet, Emmett Brunnert and Damian Brunnert; his nieces, Danielle Poteet Baham, Gaye Pickering and Gina Jones; his nephew, Gary Spring, Jr.; his brother-in-law, Gary Spring, Sr.
Greg was preceded in death by his parents, Jeanette Beslin Poteet and John Gregory Poteet, Sr.; his siblings, Greta Poteet Spring, Glenn Poteet, and G. Paul Poteet, for whom Greg lovingly cared after Paul's tragic accident playing high school football.
Greg was a loving husband, father and grandfather who cherished time spent with his children and grandchildren, whom he described as the "joy of his life." He was a man who appreciated and enjoyed the simple things in life: spending time with Judy, the love of his life; afternoons spent reading books about finance, history or science; watching college basketball and football on TV; walks around the neighborhood; many weekend hours spent on yardwork; extended lunches and dinners enjoyed with close friends, including his "Friday Lunch Bunch."
Greg especially enjoyed traveling with the entire Poteet/Brunnert clan, including travel to Europe and, in recent years, to locations such as Yellowstone National Park, Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor, Maine, and Branson, Missouri. He loved visiting his children and grandchildren in their adopted hometowns of Washington, DC and Chicago, Illinois. A lover of history and politics, he took great pleasure in touring the monuments, memorials and museums of Washington and many unique spaces of Chicago, including Millennium Park and boat tours on the Chicago River.
Greg's journey took him from a happy childhood in St. Martinville to a degree from the University of Southwestern Louisiana to service in the Air Force in San Antonio, Texas to law school at Loyola University in New Orleans to finally his more than 50 years of legal practice in Lafayette. An accomplished attorney, Greg specialized in personal injury and family law. He especially enjoyed adoptions, facilitating hundreds of adoptions for grateful families over decades of work with Catholic Social Services, for which he was honored and recognized.
An avid football and basketball fan, sports played an important role in Greg's life, from his days playing basketball at St. Martinville High School to his years coaching Paul and Julie's basketball teams, to his attendance at all of LSU's home football games for 54 seasons with his LSU superfan wife. Despite his great enjoyment of LSU football, he never lost his love of all things Ragin Cajun, often attending ULL basketball games at the Cajundome or football games at Cajun Field.
Greg was a man of deep faith who cherished his Catholicism. While his family greatly mourns and misses him, they take solace in the knowledge that he has arrived home to his Loving Father.
Pallbearers will be Paul Poteet, Daniel Brunnert, Joseph Wendling, Gary Spring, Jr., Will Copeland, Steven Copeland, Johnny Ghio and Carol Patin.
In lieu of flowers donations, can be made in John Gregory Poteet, Jr.'s name to Catholic Charities of Acadiana.
View the obituary and guestbook online at www.mourning.com
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