NEW ORLEANS — A mother and daughter were murdered, and their lives ended far too soon.
Callie and Erin Brunett will be laid to rest on Thursday, June 20, but obituaries published this week remember a mother and her relationship with two young daughters who were inseparable.
Callie Jo Brunett, 35 years young, taken from a proud family of farmers generations deep in Loranger.
Her obituary reads, "Callie Jo loved being a country girl." It said she loved going to the "Old Farmer's Day" event on the Brunett family farm that celebrates sustainability and the "old way" of doing it.
Even more than country life, the obituary reads, Callie loved being a mom.
"Callie Jo and her daughters were a couple of peas in a pod. Her daughters looked up to her and loved her so much."
She was a member of Loranger High School's flag team before she graduated and went on to study barbering and medical technology at Hammond Technical School.
But her future was violently taken from her last week, as was her daughter, Erin.
Erin's obituary described her as a little fireball for her age, spicy with a splash of sass for anyone who tried to tease her.
At just four years old, Erin's young personality was just beginning to bloom.
The obituary reads she "always wanted to do everything her big sister was doing."
Now loved ones will not get to see the seeds Callie planted in Erin grow. Erin leaves behind generations of family in Loranger and a "beloved stuffed elephant that never left her side named Ellie."
They will never see her tiny hands clutch it out of fear, sadness, joy, or comfort ever again.
Services for Callie and Erin are planned for Thursday. A GoFundMe to help pay for their funeral and to help support Callie's surviving daughter has collected more than $46,000.
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