WILLIE BOURGE Obituary: Lafourche Parish, La.

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Source: Daily Comet, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.

17 May 2005


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May 14. 2005 1:47AM

Willie Bourge

Willie "Ray" Bourge, 82, a native of Abbeville, died Wednesday, May 11, 2005.

Visitation will be from 2 to 9 p.m. today and from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Sunday at 
Vincent Funeral Home in Abbeville. A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Monday 
at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church, with burial in St. Paul Cemetery in 
Abbeville.

He is survived by two sons, James Ray Bourge and Dr. Robert C. Bourge and wife, 
Cutessa Detraz of Birmingham, Ala.; one daughter, Mary Odile Bourge of 
Abbeville; one brother, Numa J. Bourge Jr. and wife, Veda Allen, of Lufkin, 
Texas; two sisters, Gladys B. Mayers of Port Arthur, Texas, and Bernice B. Bourg 
of Houma; three grandchildren, Ryan Lee Bourge of Abbeville, Christain A. Bourge 
of Washington and Crystal B. Cochiara, of Lafayette; four great-grandchildren, 
Madeline Elise Bourge of Washington, Joel Victor, Jamie Odile and William Ray 
Cochiara of Lafayette; and his special friends, Bud and Dot Chauvin.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Myrtis Broussard Bourge; his parents, Numa 
J. Bourge Sr. and Esperie Landry Escudier; one sister, Pearl Bourge Dubois; and 
a loving aunt, Lucetta Landry.

He was a World War II veteran and worked for the Louisiana Department of Health 
for 25 years.

He was a member of the American Legion.

Vincent Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.