Olivia Morvant Braud ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. ********************************************** The date preceding the obituary is the date of the newspaper, not the date of death. ============================================================================ HENRY J. BRAUD, MRS. [Olivia Morvant Braud] Mrs. Braud Passes Away (Note: Death date October 7, 1935) The news of the death of Mrs. Henry J. Braud brought sadness to her many relatives and friends in Thibodaux, she dying, in New Orleans, Monday at 1:45 a.m., in her 69th year. The body lay in state at the McMahon Funeral Home until Tuesday morning when it was brought to St. Joseph's Catholic church in Thibodaux, where the deceased had worshiped for many years during her life and where the last sad rites were performed before the remains were consigned to a resting place in St. Joseph cemetery. The deceased, whose maiden name was Olivia Morvant, was a native of the First Ward of Lafourche parish, where she and her husband and children had lived for many years before coming to Thibodaux. But a few years ago Mr. Braud died and then Mrs. Braud and her children decided that there were better prospects in New Orleans, she living there until death claimed her. She was a kind, gentle lady, who was esteemed by both friends and acquaintances, her affection being greatly missed by the following named children: Mr. O. H. "Buck Braud, who resides in Thibodaux; Messrs Edward P., Lionel, James and Ory Braud: Mrs Jules Clement, Mrs. R. A. Sturdivant, Mrs. Michael Kabel Jr., and Miss Lillian Braud, all of New Orleans.