Breaux Bridge – A Funeral Service was held on Saturday, March 24, at Breaux Bridge Pentecostal Church for Verde Mae Brown Sylvester, 65. Interment followed at Bethlehem Baptist Cemetery. Verde Sylvester departed this life on Monday, March 19,2018, at St. Martin Hospital. Survivors include her husband, Joseph P. Sylvester Sr.; five sons, Anthony, Joseph, Emanuel, Samuel and Marcus Sylvester; one daughter, Antoinette Sylvester; one brother, Felton Brown; four sisters: Edna Charles, Mary Julien, Rose M.B. Sylvester and Sue B. Aubert; 17 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one grandchild; two sisters, Nola B. Ames and Lou A. Brown; four brothers, Nelson, Samuel Jr., Lewis and Anthony Brown. Pellerin Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.