Leo Clement

1892 - 1975  (83 years)

• Name	Leo Clement
  Nickname	Crip
  Born	19 Feb 1892	Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Jul 1975	Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Buried	13 Jul 1975	St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery #2 - Rayne, Louisiana, USA
  Person ID	I2447	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	Adam Clement,   b. 7 Oct 1859, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 28 Nov 1934, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Despalie Marie Benoit,   b. 22 Jul 1867, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 10 Mar 1955, Duson, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 87 years)
  Married	18 Jan 1886	St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Family ID	F942	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Coriene Olezida Borne,   b. 25 Mar 1895, Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 18 Dec 1958, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, USA  (Age 63 years)
  Married	3 Feb 1912	Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Children	+ 1. Edward Joseph Clement, Sr.,   b. 30 Jan 1914, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 8 Jun 1992, Loma Linda, San Bernardino County, California, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	28 Aug 2015
  Family ID	F1443	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 19 Feb 1892 - Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA Married - 3 Feb 1912 - Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA Died - 12 Jul 1975 - Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA Buried - 13 Jul 1975 - St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery #2 - Rayne, Louisiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Old Farmer's Cafe The old Farmer's Cafe was located next to where Russell's Furniture Mart is now located. In the picture above, third from left is Leo "Crip" Clement and fifth is Olezida Clement, his wife. (Courtesy Charles S. Stutes.)

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Obituary of Leo "Crip" Clement Published in The Rayne Acadian Tribune on July 13, 1975
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		Rayne Man Badly Injured When An Auto Overturns Published in The Lafayette Daily Advertiser on May 7, 1924

  
  

  Headstones

  Crypt of Leo "Crip" Clement Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery #2 - Rayne, Louisiana, USA

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: Services For Leo "Crip" Clement Held Funeral services for Leo "Crip" Clement, 82, were held at 2 p.m. Saturday in St. Joseph Catholic Church, with burial in Rayne Cemetery. Gossen Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Mr. Clement died at the Rayne Guest Home at 2:25 a.m. Friday after a recent illness. He was a native of Acadia Parish and had spent his entire lifetime here. He had served as a member of the Rayne Volunteer Firemen's Association, and was widely known throughout this area as the former grounds keeper and bus driver for the Rayne Ricebirds when this community had a professional baseball team in the Evangeline League years ago. The late Lozen Leger served as presdent of the ball club, and "Crip" was an ardent fan, being not only grounds and club house custodian, but also a close friend and aide to the young men who came to Rayne as a farm of the Chicago White Sox to begin their professional careers. Baseball remained his interest, even after the Ricebirds were no longer in existence, and he retained many close friendships with his "boys" after they left Rayne. "Crip" vividly remembered those exciting Evangeline League days, and he had many stories to tell of road trips when he drove the team around "Hot Pepper" League circuit - as well as experiences here at home when baseball was "tops" in sports. He will also be remembered for the years he was a part-owner of the Farmers' Cafe, a wooden structure located near where Russell's Furniture Mart is now on South Adams Ave. We always numbered "Crip" among our most sincere friends, and his passing brings to an end an era of baseball enthusiasm and the comradeship of team support for the Ricebirds which brought about record percentage attendances for Rayne, then rated as the smallest town in professional baseball. Acadian-Tribune joins in the many expressions of sympathy and regret being voiced at his passing. Survivors include one son, Edward Clement of California; two brothers, Beauregard Clement and Louis Clement, both of Rayne, two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Hebert of Abbeville and Mrs. Otis Nunez of Port Arthur, Texas, and two grandchildren, Richard and Edward. (Published in the Rayne Acadian Tribune on July 13, 1975)