Hurricane stricken oak tree reborn as an angel
Oak tree taken down by Hurricane Laura carved to reveal angel By Theresa Schmidt | May 10, 2021 at 8:55 PM CDT - Updated May 10 at 10:42 PM
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Many beautiful old trees were lost in Hurricane Laura.
One was an oak tree on Ryan Street in front of Hixson Funeral home. The spectacular oak was an estimated sixty years old and believed to have been planted in 1962 when the funeral home moved from Broad Street to 3001 Ryan Street in Lake Charles.
Then again, maybe the tree is not really lost.
“It was a beautiful, large majestic oak tree,” said Jody Barrilleaux, a Hixson employee.