Longtime pastor Hillman Sonnier laid to rest in Lafayette
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LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- Today, the Rev. Hilman Sonnier, who planted St. Peter Baptist Church, was laid to rest.
He established the church at the corner of North Washington Street in Lafayette back in April 1970.
Sonnier was a Korean War veteran. When he returned home, he went to work at the Jefferson Island salt mines. After that, Sonnier worked for a concrete company.
He said in an interview with News 10 back in 2022, that's where his life changed. Sonnier said the ministry is what he was called to do.
Hilman Sonnier died at 96.