Celia Irene Lizana was born to Ernest and Dorothy DeDeaux on May 15, 1941 in Gulfport (Across the River), Mississippi. She was a member of Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Delisle, Mississippi.

Lovingly called Irene, she married Delton Lizana on April 30, 1961. She enrolled at Tuskegee University for classes in education. She went on to cultivate a career in teaching children at the DeLisle Headstart Centers for many years. Upon retirement from Headstart, she took up cooking and retired permanently after several years.

Celia went home to be with the Lord on 27 July 2023. She is proceeded in death by her parents; Ernest and Dorothy DeDeaux, her husband; Delton J Lizana, Sr; three sons; Delton Jr., Nathaniel and Patrick (Danny) Lizana, four grandchildren; Dwayne J. Lizana, Therea A. Powe, Trenette Lizana, Delton J. Lizana, IV, two great grandchildren; La'Tarya Ellis and JaQunya Lizana, two sisters; Mary C. DeDeaux and Barbara S. DeDeaux and two brothers; Ernest J. DeDeaux and John R. Dedeaux.

She leaves to cherish her loving memory, three daughters; Bridget M Haynes, Dorotha T. Barfield, and Emily C. Lizana of DeLisle, MS, one son; John H. Lizana of Pass Christian, MS, sixteen grandchildren: Ricardo R. Lizana, Johnene R. Piernas (Eric) of Rineyville,KY, Delton J. Lizana, III (Vermantha), John H. Lizana, Jr. and Charles N. Lizana (Vanessa) of Gulfport, MS, Joshua Lizana and Reva R. Brown of Pass Christian, MS, Justin C. Brown of Gulfport, MS, Joseph E. Haynes (Hillary) of DeLisle, MS, Nicole Ely of Waveland, MS, Rhian Floyd of Biloxi, MS, Jalyn C. Barfield, Dominique M. Haynes, Celia E. Lizana, Brooklyn Beech, and Partick J. Lizana all of DeLisle, MS, four brothers; Eugene Dedeaux of Saucier, MS, Edward J Dedeaux of DeLisle, MS, David M. Dedeaux and Donald L Dedeaux, both of Pass Christian, MS, and five sisters; Adrenne J. Blackwell and Lenora Ford, both of Gulfport, MS, Janice Dedeaux-Watts, Anne DeDeaux and Darlene F. Swanier, all of Pass Christian, MS, thirty-four great-grandchildren, and a host of great-great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, godchildren, relatives and friends.