Lora Lee Fontenot, daughter of Arduse Fontenot and Celeste Thibodeaux was born in 1926 and died in 2005.
CHURCH POINT - Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 4, 2005, at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Church Point, La. for Lora Lee Guidry, 78, of Church Point who passed away Saturday, April 30, 2005, at Acadia-St. Landry Hospital in Church Point, La.
Entombment will be in Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Mausoleum in Church Point.
The Rev. Mikel Polson will celebrate the funeral Mass.
Mrs. Guidry was owner of Fontenot & Guidry Department Store for 53 years with her husband, Huey Guidry. She was a member of the board of directors of Church Point Bank & Trust Co. for the past 11 years. She was also a member of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Daughters of America and a Eucharistic Minister.
Survivors include four sons, Mark Guidry, of Fairfax, Va., Hugh Guidry and wife, Deborah, of Opelousas, La., Jeff Guidry and wife, Beverly, of Gonzales, La., and Mitchell Guidry and wife, Denise, of Sacramento, Calif.; five daughters, Susan Guidry White and husband, Red, of Houston, Texas, Linda Guidry D'Amores and husband, Barry, of Brusly, La., Joan Guidry Winn and husband, Glen, of Church Point, La., Carla Guidry Lyons and husband, Roland, of Omaha, Neb., and Kay Guidry Morgan and husband, Paul, of Broussard, La.; two brothers, Emery and Kenneth Fontenot, of Baton Rouge, La.; 20 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Huey Guidry; her parents, Arduse and Celeste Fontenot; one grandson, Marty D'Amores; and three brothers, Austin, Calvin and Remi Fontenot.
Pallbearers will be Drew, Nick, Seth, Ethan and Blake Guidry and Matthew Lyons.
Honorary pallbearers will be Dalton Guidry and Wyatt Guidry.
Visitation will be observed from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. today and will continue from 8 a.m. Wednesday until time of services.
A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. this evening by Bryne Winn and the Rev. Mr. Paul Matte.
Guidry Funeral Home of Church Point is in charge of arrangements.
Published in The Daily Advertiser (Lafayette, LA), Tuesday, May 3, 2005
Sources
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VY5N-5SK : 14 March 2018), Lora Lee Fontenot in household of Adraste Fontenot, Police Jury Ward 6, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 49-40, sheet 15A, line 5, family 200, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1452.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), memorial page for Lora Lee Fontenot Guidry (14 Nov 1926–30 Apr 2005), Find A Grave Memorial no. 96744938, citing Old Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church Cemetery, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA ; Maintained by Ron Manley (contributor 46788603)
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