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Opelousas - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 9, 2018 for Irene Cummings Guillory at St. Landry Catholic Church. The Reverend Monsignor Louis Melancon will officiate the Mass. Rite of Committal will follow at Bellevue Memorial Park Cemetery.

Irene Cummings Guillory, age 99 and a longtime resident of Opelousas, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 6, 2018 at Prompt Succor Nursing Home surrounded by her loving family and friends.

Ms. Irene was a devout catholic and attended St. Landry Catholic Church religiously. She loved spending time with her family at family gatherings. In her free time, she enjoyed going to the casino. Ms. Guillory will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.

She is survived by her grandson, Glenn "Thad" Guillory of Baton Rouge; special great-niece, Sandra T. Ryder of Opelousas; and special friend, Liz Dunbar of Opelousas.

She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Elmer Guillory; parents, Louis and Lela McBride Cummings; son, Glenn T. Guillory; daughter-in-law, Dee Guillory; brothers, Edwin R. Cummings, A.B. Cummings, Ebenezer Miller and Montgomery Miller; sisters, Isabella M. Gautreaux and Virginia M. Bourgeois; and a very special niece, Jeanette G. Thibodeaux.

Visitation will be held on Sunday, April 8, 2018 from 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. in the Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home. It will continue in the funeral home on Monday, April 9, 2018 from 8:00 a.m. until the time of service. A Rosary will be prayed at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday evening.

Pallbearers will be Mike Ryder, Dylan Ryder, Sandra Ryder, Vanessa Ortego, Josh Jolivette and Charles Cummings.

The family would like to thank Louisiana Hospice and Palliative Care and Our Lady of Prompt Succor Nursing Home for their care and compassion during Ms. Irene Guillory's time of need.

LaFond-Ardoin Funeral Home of Opelousas, 2845 South Union Street, Opelousas, LA 70570, (337-942-2638) has been entrusted with the funeral arrangements.

Irene — Elmer Joseph Guillory. Elmer was born 4 May 1920, Lawtell, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 6 Dec 2003, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 9 Dec 2003, Bellevue Memorial Park - Opelousas, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Glenn Theodore Guillory, Sr. was born 6 Oct 1950, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 17 Jan 1995, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 20 Jan 1995, Bellevue Memorial Park - Opelousas, Louisiana, USA.

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Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in the St. Landry Catholic Church for Louis Cummings, 92, of Opelousas, who died at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday in the Opelousas General Hospital following a six-week illness.

Burial will be in the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Church Point directed by Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home on N. Main St.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Elmer (Irene) Guillory of Opelousas; two sons, A.B. (T-See) Cummings of Opelousas and E.R. (Boncho) Cummings of Baton Rouge; a step-daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Gautreaux of Opelousas; a step-son, Ebenezer Miller of Opelousas; six grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, 14 step-grandchildren and 29 step great-grandchildren.

The funeral home will close at 10 o'clock tonight and re-open at 7 a.m. tomorrow morning until time of services.

A rosary will be said at 7 o'clock tonight.

(Published in The Opelousas Daily World on November 18, 1976)

Louis — Lela McBride. 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)