Mary married Simon Albert Bourgeois, Sr. 24 Nov 1916, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA. Simon was born 3 May 1895, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 28 Apr 1976, Groves, Jefferson County, Texas, USA; was buried 1 May 1976, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cemetery #01 - Church Point, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Mary Vivian Bourgeois was born 11 Mar 1918, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 22 Aug 1995, Orange, Orange County, Texas, USA; was buried , Evergreen Cemetery - Orange, Texas, USA.
2. Herman Ray Bourgeois was born 13 Apr 1919, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 12 Jun 1986, Orange, Orange County, Texas, USA; was buried , St. Mary's Cemetery - Orange, Texas, USA.
3. Nora Lee Bourgeois was born 12 Nov 1925, Orange, Orange County, Texas, USA; died 20 May 2013, Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas, USA; was buried 22 May 2013, St. Mary's Cemetery - Orange, Texas, USA.
4. Simon Albert Bourgeois, Jr. was born 25 Oct 1927, Orange, Orange County, Texas, USA; died 30 Apr 2009, Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA; was buried , St. Mary's Cemetery - Orange, Texas, USA.

Ignace married Lela McBride 18 Feb 1897, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA. Lela (daughter of Edwin Rouvin McBride and Anastasie Clement) was born 26 Jul 1880, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 20 Apr 1949, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 22 Apr 1949, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cemetery #01 - Church Point, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Mrs. Lila Cummings Of Church Point Succumbs Wednesday

Mrs. Lila Cummings, 68, of Church Point, died at 7:40 p.m. April 20 at the St. Landry Hospital following an illness of five days.

Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon, April 22, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Church Point with the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Clay Bienvenu officiating.

Born Lila McBride on July 24, 1880, Mrs. Cummings was a native of Church Point and had lived her entire life in that community.

Survivors include her 98 year old father, Ed McBride of Church Point; her husband, Louis Cummings, of Church Point; four sons, Ebenezer Miller of Lewisburg, John M. Miller of Baton Rouge, Edwin R. Cummings and Alec B. Cummings of Opelousas; two daughters, Mrs. Lawrence Gautreaux of Lewisburg and Mrs. Elmer Guillory of Church Point, 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

The First National Funeral Home of Opelousas is in charge of arrangements.

(Published in The Crowley Daily Signal on April 21, 1949)

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ACADIA PIONEER DIES AT HOME IN CHURCH POINT

Ed McBride, 95, Will Be Buried In Rites In Church Point Sunday

Church Point - (Spl) - Ed McBride, 95 year old member of one of Acadia's first families, died at his home three miles east of Church Point at 8 p.m. Friday following an extended illness.

Funeral services will be held at 930 a.m. Sunday at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic church in Church Point. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. C.A. Bienvenu will conduct the services.

Mr. McBride was born October 1855, in Church Point, in one of the earliest pioneer homes in that community. Four generations of descendants survive him as well as a member of his own generation, Mrs. Jerry Wimberly, his 99-year old sister.

Survivors include three sons, Wallace of Crowley, Noah of Vinton, Jacob of Lake Charles; four daughters, Mrs. Charles Guidry of Vinton, Mrs. Monroe Higginbotham of Orange, Texas, Mrs. Ollie Marshall of Church Point and Mrs. Leo Guidry of Vinton; 27 grandchildren and several great grandchildren and great, great grandchildren.

The First National Funeral home of Opelousas had charge of arrangements.

(Published in The Crowley Daily Signal on July 29, 1950)

Edwin married Anastasie Clement 2 Apr 1877, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA. Anastasie (daughter of Don Louis Clement and Calisse Zelonise LeBlanc) was born 28 Nov 1861, Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 24 Jun 1881, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cemetery #01 - Church Point, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

Don married Calisse Zelonise LeBlanc 19 Jul 1858, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA. Calisse (daughter of Calliste LeBlanc and Marie Cleonide Broussard) was born 4 May 1838, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 28 Jul 1903, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 29 Jul 1903, St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery #1 - Rayne, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Rayne, La., July 28. - Mrs. Don Louis Clement died this morning at 10 o'clock, at the advanced age of sixty-seven years. She will be buried at the Catholic Cemetery here tomorrow morning. She leaves two sons and four daughters.

(Published in The New Orleans Times-Democrat on July 29, 1903)