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Funeral services were held Thursday, September 10, 1998 at 11 a.m., in St. Joseph Catholic Church for Sidney James (Jamie) McBride, Jr., 40, who died at 12:07 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 0 at his parents' home in Rayne.

Burial was in St. Joseph Cemetery.

He is survived by two brothers, Stephen McBride of Lafayette and John McBride of Rayne; two sisters, Mrs. Mark "Louise" Cannon of New Iberia and Janet McBride of Rayne; a niece, Ellie Comeaux of Rayne and a nephew, Davy Comeaux of Rayne.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ophie Benoit and Mr. and Mrs. E.S. McBride and a brother, Gregory McBride.

Gossen Funeral Home of Rayne was in charge of arrangements.

(Published in The Rayne Independent on September 12, 1998)

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Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 17, 1999, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rayne for Sidney James McBride Sr., 73, who died Thursday, July 15, at his home.

The Rev. Joseph Stemmans officiated. Interment followed in the new St. Joseph Cemetery in the McBride family plot.

Readers were Marilyn McBride Leleux and Roy Lynn Trahan. Presentation of gifts were by Louise McBride Cannon, Janet McBride, Stephen McBride and John McBride.

A lifelong resident of Rayne, Mr. McBride was a mbmer of St. Joseph Catholic Church and American Legion Post 77. He was a graduate of Rayne High School and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and saw action in the Pacific aboard the USS San Diego.

Mr. McBride was in the income tax service and was owner and operator of McBride's Grocery. In 1984, he retired as a clerk with the Acadia Parish Clerk of Court.

Sidney was an avid fisherman and was an avid golfer at his beloved Cajun Pines Golf Course.

Survivors include his wife, Isabelle Benoit McBride; two sons, Stephen Scott McBride of Lafayette and John Mervin McBride of Rayne; two daughters and a son-in-law, Louise McBride Cannon and Mark Cannon of New Iberia and Janet Faye McBride; his grandchildren, Ellie Louise Comeaux and Dave Oneal Comeaux of Rayne; his sister, Marilyn McBride Leleux; and his three brothers, Edward Scott McBride of Kingsville, Md., Warren Stephen McBride of Rayne and Harold Anthony McBride of Garland, Texas.

He was preceded in death by two sons, Gregory Neal McBride and Sidney James McBride Jr.; his parents, Zulma Plattsmier McBride and Edward Scott McBride Sr.; and his sister, Kathleen McBride Leleux.

Pallbearers were Mark Cannon, Harold P. Leleux, David E. Leleux, Carl J. McBride, Warren S. McBride and Harold A. McBride.

Gossen Funeral Home in Rayne was in charge of the arrangmenets.

(Published in The Rayne Independent on July 22, 1999)

Sidney married Isabelle Benoit 28 Jun 1954, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA. Isabelle was born 29 Sep 1930, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 1 Aug 2009, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 3 Aug 2009, St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery #2 - Rayne, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated by Father Bill Ruskoski at St. Joseph Catholic Church at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, August 3, 2009, for Isabelle Benoit McBride, 79, who passed away at her home in Rayne on Saturday, August 1, 2009.

Interment followed at St. Joseph Cemetery #2 in Rayne.

Mrs. McBride was born on Sept. 29, 1930, near Church Point, the youngest daughter of Ophie and Louise Bearb Benoit.

She was a life-long resident of Rayne who was active in St. Joseph Catholic Church as a member of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court Rayne #844, the Ladies Altar Society, the Lay Carmelites and a member of the Good Samaritans.

Isabelle McBride was a graduate of SLI (now UL Lafayette) with degrees in business and education.

She and her late husband, Sidney, were proprietors of McBride Grocery for many years and she also spent many years at a teacher at South Rayne Elementary and Armstrong Middle School.

She is survived by sons Stephen McBride of Breaux Bridge and John McBride of Rayne; daughter, Louise McBride Cannon and her husband Mark of Houston, Texas and daughter Janet McBride of Rayne. She is also survived by grandchildren, Ellie Comeaux Duplichain and husband Jared, Dave Comeaux, Jr. and Michael Guidry. Also surviving is one brother, Wilton J. Benoit and sister-in-law Hazel Beaugh Benoit.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Ophie and Louise Benoit; one brother, Mervin "Blackie" Benoit; two sisters, Emma "Rose" Benoit Thibodeaux and Marjorie Benoit Smith; her husband, Sidney James McBride, Sr.; and two sons, Sidney James "Jamie" Mcbride, Jr., and Gregory Neal McBride.

Visitation was observed at Gossen Funeral Home on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2009, from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. with a Rosary recited at 7:20 p.m. Visitation continued Monday morning, Aug. 3, 2009, from 9 a.m. until the time of services at 11 a.m.

The family would like to express special thanks to Hospice of Acadiana.

Arrangements were entrusted to Goseen Funeral Home Inc. of Rayne.

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Edward S. McBride, Rayne Resident, Succumbs Friday

RAYNE, La. - Edward Scott McBride, Sr., 59 year old life-long resident of Rayne, died at 12:20 p.m. Friday at the Veteran's hospital in New Orleans following an illness of one year. Mr. McBride was born March 13, 1894 in Rayne.

Time of funeral services have not been set pending the arrival of a son, Lt. Edward McBride, jr., who was in Baltimore, MD., to spend Christmas with his wife and her family. Last rites will be conducted at the St. Joseph's Catholic church in Rayne with burial in the church cemetery. Until the hour for last rites the body will remain at the Gossen Funeral home.

Military rites will be conducted by the American Legion, Arceneaux Post 77 of Rayne, of which Mr. McBride was a charter member and past commander. He was a veteran of World War I.

He is survived by his wife, the former May Plattsmier; four sons, Lt. McBride, Sidney and Harold McBride of Rayne, and Warren McBride, who is stationed with the Navy at Key West, Fla.; two daughters, Mrs. Harold Leleux of Estherwood and Mrs. Dan Leleux of Rayne; one brother, Walter McBride of Rayne; two sisters, Mrs. Joe Privat and Miss Ella McBride of Rayne, and three grandchildren.

(Published in The Crowley Daily Signal on December 26, 1953)

Edward married Zulma Mae Plattsmier 17 Nov 1920, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA. Zulma was born 30 Nov 1900, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 31 Jan 1983, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 1 Feb 1983, St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery #2 - Rayne, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Last Rites for Zulma McBride

Funeral services were held on February 1 at 3 p.m. in St. Joseph Catholic Church for Mrs. Zulma McBride, 82, who died at the Rayne-Branch Hospital on January 31 at 8:50 a.m. Burial followed in the St. Joseph Cemetery.

She is survived by four sons, Edward McBride of Maryland, Sidney and Warren McBride, both of Rayne and Harold McBride of Texas; one daughter, Marilyn Leleux of Esterwood; and two sisters, Mrs. Valorie Hebert of Rayne and Mrs. E.C. Andrus of Eunice, 18 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Gossen Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

(Published in The Rayne Independent on February 3, 1983)

Walter married Aurelia Perres Aurelia (daughter of Auguste Perres and Calisse Zelonise LeBlanc) was born 13 Jan 1855, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 23 Mar 1936, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery #1 - Rayne, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Pioneer Woman Of Rayne Dies Sunday

St. Joseph Catholic Church at 9 a.m., Monday, March 23, Father H. Lerschen officiating. during his sermon, he spoke of the many virtues which Mrs. McBride possessed, stressing her motherhood and life of love for her children, which was made the more impressive by the tear stained faces of these same "girls and boys" who surrounded her during the funeral. At the close of the last rites, the funeral procession continued on to St. Joseph's cemetery, where the remains were laid to rest in the family vault.

Pallbearers included Mrs. McBride's four sons: Walter, Edward, Henry and Anderson, and two nephews, Felix Perres and O.T. McBride.

The well conducted arrangements were in charge of the Ardoin Funeral Home.

With Mrs. McBride's death, one of Rayne's most colorful characters has passed on. With her went a wealth of history and lore of this community since she was one of the first residents of Rayne and the former Poupeville. Her father, August Perres, Sr., came to this section of Louisiana from France, and was one of the first to make his home in the vicinity of what is now known as Rayne. He married a Miss LeBlanc who was in turn a daughter of a Miss Broussard, the family line being direct descendants of Longfellow's famous "Evangeline". Mrs. McBride's mother was originally from what is now the Church Point community, but after her marriage, she and Mr. Perres moved to this section. Mrs. McBride was born on one of the largest tracts in the State at that time, owned by her father and located in and around Poupeville, near the present John Servat farm. The settlement gradually grew and the present St. Joseph Church was established near there some 70 years ago. Later, with the passing of the Southern Pacific Lines, the entire settlement was moved up to the tracks and renamed Rayne, Mrs. McBride moving into town 65 years ago she married Walter Scott McBride of the Church Point section and since that time, has made her home continuously in Rayne.

To talk with her was a rare treat, for she had the customs and history of the community at her fingertips and with her many experiences in the early days, she was a source of unusual and accurate information. During her girlhood and early wife-hood, the families had to spin their own cotton and weave their cloth for wearing apparel. All of their cooking was done in chimneys, and hardships were plentiful. Mrs. McBride was one of the few of these Louisiana pioneers who lived to see electricity become universally used along with thousands of other inventions and improvements, and she kept in touch with the wide progress of the world during her last years.

Her keen mind and active sense of humor, made Mrs. McBride a constant source of pleasure to her family and hundreds of friends, these faculties even seeming to improve with the advancement of years. She recognized everyone immediately and always had a friendly greeting for all.

In her last illness, around her bedside were gathered her "boys" and "girls", always girls and boys to her although they have grown to mature years with homes of their own. The life so long interwoven with theirs, they watched with grief-stricken hearts, while it slowly but surely passed over. The love of a mother for her children passes all human understanding and just such a love did this mother have for her family. We feel confident that in coming years the memory of her unselfish devotion will be for them a guiding star and an ever present inspiration. Although fully aware that her "four score and ten" had long since passed, this mother had no fear of death. She talked with members of her family about the past and planned for the present and future. Her last words were of love for her children, and that quiet closing scene has left with them the indication of that wonderful peace to which she has been claimed after her long years of service and labor on this earth. A true Christian, Mrs. McBride practiced the precepts of her early teaching faithfully, and was prepared when the last summons came.

Tribune bows its head in grief at the passing of so loved a figure, and it is with sincere regret that we add our words of condolences to those who have been voiced by the scores of friends throughout this section.

Surviving Mrs. McBride, former Miss Aurelia Perres, are six children: Anderson of Rayne, Henry of Port Arthur, Miss Ella McBride, Walter, Edward, and Mrs. Jos. Privat, all of Rayne. In addition she is survived by one adopted daughter, Mrs. G. Besse of Port Arthur; four half-sisters: Mrs. Sylvestre Boudreaux, and Mrs. John LeBleu of Rayne and Mrs. Adam Talbot and Mrs. Felix Royer of Port Arthur; and one half-brother, Anatole Clement of Rayne; seventeen grandchildren, and one niece, Mrs. Lucille Jeanmard of Lafayette and one nephew, Felix Perres of Rayne. Her only brother, August Perres, Jr., preceded her in death a number of years ago.

(Published in the Rayne Acadian Tribune on March 27, 1936)