Mildred “Millie” Martha Manuel Erny - American Press

Mildred “Millie” Martha Manuel Erny - American Press

Mildred “Millie” Martha Manuel Erny, 83, transitioned peacefully on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026 at 12:05 p.m. Millie was born in Lake Charles, La. on May 4, 1943. She graduated from Lake Charles High School in 1961, then attended USL for one year in Lafayette, La. There she worked for Prof Erny’s Music Store, and met the love of her life, the late James “Jim or Jimmy” Erny. Millie then literally spread her wings as she lived in the French Quarter in …