Abstracts of Obits Appearing in the Advocate, Pointe Coupee, La.
File submitted by Donald W. Johnson (DW9JOHNSON@aol.com)

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GREMILLION,   FORD A.

Co-owner of Gremillion's Inc. since 1946, he died at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday,
Oct. 15, 1997, at his home in New Roads after a brief illness. He was 81 and a
native of Cottonport. He was a U.S. Army officer, having served in the South
Pacific in World War II. Entombment in False River Memorial Park Mausoleum. 
Survived by wife, Cecelia Thevenot Gremillion; three daughters, Mildred Thrift, 
Cherry Booth and Patty Bodman; a son, Charles Gremillion; eight grandchildren, 
Denise Booth Waters, Greg, Cindy and Gary Booth, Michael and Anne Thrift & Nathan &
Joshua Gremillion; and three great-grandchildren, Ashley Thrift, Nicholas Ford
Waters and John Garrett Booth. He was on the board of directors of Deep South
Farm Equipment Association for 12 years, former Boy Scout leader and helped
organize the New Roads Merchant Association of which he was president for two
years. He was a graduate of Southwestern Louisiana University, now University
of Southwestern Louisiana.