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Elmer Wade Guidry





Lake Charles American Press July 30,2015. Hixson Funeral Home of Welsh, LA


Elmer Wade Guidry, 80, a native and resident of Hayes was entrusted to God's loving care on Tuesday,
July 28, 2015. Wade retired from Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development and the
Calcasieu Parish Police Jury. He was Catholic by faith and was a parishioner of St. John Marie
Vianney in Bell City.

Wade was preceded in death by a baby girl, Lisa Ann Guidry; grandson, Devin Guidry; great-grandson,
Nakota Guidry; brothers, Downey "speedy" Guidry and Wilmer Wayne "Ponk" Guidry; parents, Lucien
Guidry and Edna G. Guidry.

Visitation will commence at Hixson Funeral Home in Welsh on Friday, July 31, 2015 from 4:00 p.m.
until 9:00 p.m. The rosary will be at 6:00 p.m. The visitation will continue at the funeral home
on Saturday, August 1, 2015 from 8:00 a.m. until Christian Service at 10:00 a.m. with Father Roland
Vaughn as celebrant. Committal service will follow in the Lacassine Cemetery.


Submitted by Roxie Laurents Guilbeau