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Charles "Tommy" McBride, 82, of Lake Charles, LA, died at 1:20 AM on Thursday, April 16, 2020 in a local hospital.

Mr. McBride was born April 13, 1938 in Lake Charles, LA, where he was a life-long resident. He attended Cooley Elementary School and LaGrange High School. For twenty years, he proudly served in the U.S. Navy, during both the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War, working as a machinist mate. Following his retirement from the U.S. Navy, he worked at Lyondell-Basell as a millwright, retiring after over twenty years. He was a member of St. Margaret Catholic Church and a member of the VFW Post #2130. Mr. McBride enjoyed fishing and cooking, but his true joy in life came from spending time with his family.

Mr. McBride is survived by his children, Charles Keith McBride and wife Debi of Houma, LA, Craig Steven McBride and wife Angie of Westlake, Lori Dale Kennedy and fiancé Eddie Jolie of Lake Charles, Kimberly Ann Foster and husband Kevin of Lake Charles, and Jason Scott McBride and wife Jill of Westlake; brother, Michael McBride of Mauriceville, TX; eighteen grandchildren; and twenty-nine great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife of fifty-eight years, Patricia Guidry McBride; parents, Joseph and Leora LeBleu McBride; sisters, Barbara Gibbs, Mae Dale Coleman, and Brenda McBride; and grandson, Brent Sepulvado.

His private services are entrusted to Johnson Funeral Home.

(Published by Johnson Funeral Home of Lake Charles, LA)

Charles married Patricia Ann Guidry 1 Dec 1958, Orange County, Texas, USA. Patricia was born 12 Dec 1942, Kaplan, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 17 Apr 2017, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 20 Apr 2017, Consolata Cemetery - Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. C.K. McBride
2. C.S. McBride
3. L.D. McBride
4. K.A. McBride
5. J.S. McBride

Thomas — Leoria Mae LeBleu. Leoria (daughter of Volsan LeBleu and Lillie Andrus) was born 13 Jun 1921, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 27 Jan 1993, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , Prien Memorial Park Cemetery - Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

Anderson — Ozia Breaux. Ozia was born 5 Oct 1884, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 18 Apr 1957, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , Prien Memorial Park Cemetery - Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Volsan LeBleu, 85, died at 4 a.m. today at his residence, 629 Dixie drive.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Hixson funeral home chapel with D. J. McKinney, pastor of the Glad Tidings Assembly of God church officiating.

Burial will be in LeBleu cemetery at Chloe.

Mr. LeBleu was a native of Calcasieu parish.

Survivors are two sons, Shirley and Ervin LeBleu both of Lake Charles; four daughters, Mrs. Judy Blanchard, Mrs. Lethia Trahan, Mrs. Thomas J. McBride, and Mrs. Lillie Veazey all of Lake Charles; 16 grandchildren and 42 great-grandchildren.

(Published in The Lake Charles American-Press on December 23, 1963)

Volsan married Lillie Andrus 12 Feb 1912, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA. Lillie was born 4 Sep 1892, Louisiana, USA; died 27 Feb 1963, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 28 Feb 1963, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Mrs. Lillie LeBleu, 70, of 629 Dixie drive, died at 4:30 a.m. today in a local hospital.

She was a lifelong resident of Lake Charles and a member of the Glad Tiding Assembly of God church.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the north chapel of the Hixson funeral home. The body is at the funeral home. Burial will be in Sallier cemetery.

Rev. D. J. McKinney will officiate, assisted by Rev. John H. Rushan.

Survivors are her husband, Dolson LeBleu; one son, Ervin V. LeBleu of Lake Charles; one step-son, Shirley LeBleu of Lake Charles; three daughters, Mrs. Thomas McBride, Mrs. Andrew Deazey and Mrs. Lethia Trahan, all of Lake Charles; one step-daughter, Mrs. Silver Blanchard of Grand Lake; one brother, Fernest Andrus of Lake Charles; one sister, Mrs. Ivy Benoit of Lake Charles; 16 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren.

(Published in The Lake Charles American Press on February 27, 1963)

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)

Martin — Clementine Breaux. Clementine (daughter of Jean Baptiste Breaux and Marie Josette LeBleu) was born 24 May 1845, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA; was christened 15 Oct 1846, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 11 Jun 1883, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 12 Jun 1883, Old Catholic Cemetery - Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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LEBLUE - At her residence on English Bayou, in this parish, Monday morning, June 11, 1993, Mrs. CLEMENTINE LEBLUE, wife of Martin Leblue, aged about 37 years.

Deceased was highly esteemed by those who knew her well. She leaves a husband and nine children and a large circle of relatives and friends to mourn her departure from among them. She was buried on Tuesday, in the Catholic cemetery at this place, the Rev. Father M. Kelley, conducting the funeral obsequies.

(Published in The Lake Charles Echo on June 16, 1883)