LAFOURCHE and TERREBONNE PARISHES, LA. 

Obituary for PRICE, LLOYD 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: The Daily Comet, Lafourche Parish La. and Houma Today, Terrebonne 
Parish, La.

Published: Sunday, August 8, 2010 

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PRICE, LLOYD 

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Lloyd J. "Capt. Lloyd" Price, 80, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his 
family, at his home at 11:23 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 11, 2010.

Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Monday at Falgout Chapel and 8 a.m. until 
mass time Tuesday. Mass will be celebrated by the Rev. Jerry Villarrubia at 11 
a.m. on Tuesday at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, with burial to follow in 
Terrebonne Memorial Park.

Lloyd was born on Nov. 23, 1929, in Bourg to Sheldon and Lucille Price on the 
bank of the St. Louis Canal where the family lived in a large campboat. There, 
with his parents, eight brothers and one sister, the family lived the bayou 
life. He and his brothers learned to hunt, fish and trawl to help their father 
provide for the family. It may have been work, but Lloyd enjoyed trawling, 
fishing and hunting all of his life. Throughout their lives, Lloyd and his 
brothers enjoyed a healthy rivalry: who caught the most fish or shrimp, who had 
the faster boat, even down to who had the fastest lawn mower! There was always a 
good laugh at the end of those challenges, ending with the words, "I'll get you 
next time!" In 1951, he used his skills on the water at his first job as captain 
on the tug "Pelican." It was later that same year that he married the love of 
his life, Rose Amie LeBlanc. They have been married 59 years, together raising 
three daughters. In 1952, he went to work as a roughneck for Texaco. Though he 
had limited formal education, through his life experiences, hard work ethic and 
common sense approach to situations, he was able to rise from roughneck through 
the ranks to retire in 1987, as a toolpusher with 35 years of service with 
Texaco. He earned the respect of all who worked with him. His men called him a 
great boss, as he never asked them to do anything that he wouldn't do himself.

Throughout his life he had various size boats that he used to trawl the bayou 
waters on his days off. The size of the boats grew with his success, culminating 
with the "Capt. Lloyd," his 52-foot skimmer. In preparation for his retirement 
from Texaco, he built the "Capt. Lloyd" in his backyard on the banks of Bayou 
Terrebonne. He and Rose skimmed the waters of Lake Pelto and beyond. Lloyd made 
sure the "Capt. Lloyd" had every convenience you could want on his boat: 
bathroom, running water, kitchen, plenty of food, comfortable sleeping quarters, 
country music in the tape machine and best of all air conditioning! With his 
natural mechanical ability, Lloyd's shed was a very popular place for anyone 
needing repairs on practically anything. He always had the right tool and was 
willing to lend a helping hand. Summers were spent at the camps that the 
brothers built on Trinity Bayou on Last Island, and Uncle Lloyd was always 
popular with his nieces and nephews as they stood in line to receive the wooden 
toy boats he built for them to pull the shallows on the beach. When asked how to 
do anything, he was patient in his explanations: no matter how many times that 
explanation had to be repeated! We have many fantastic memories of scouring the 
beaches for wood to build camps, wharves and find the "treasures" that washed up 
overnight, all of the brothers racing to Whiskey Pass for the mass held on the 
island for the Whiskey Pass Redfish Rodeo, flounder gigging at night at Last 
Island, chasing coons at night at the camp, pulling the girls skiing across Lake 
Pelto with the laughing admonishment, "one fall, you get back in the boat" (we 
didn't fall). He taught family members to throw a cast net, cast a fishing line 
to fish the beaches of Last Island. He taught his grandson to weld and made 
kites from newspaper and flour paste, the list could go on and on. Lloyd Price 
enjoyed a long and happy life and we were blessed to have had him as our dad, 
granddad, son, brother, friend and most of all loving husband. He was greatly 
loved and will be sadly missed.

He is survived by his wife, Rose LeBlanc Price, three daughters, Myra Pellegrin 
and her husband, Glenn Pellegrin, of Lafayette, Peachie Schexnayder of Houma, 
and Evelyn Price of Bourg; seven grandchildren, Jason Henry and wife, Monica, of 
Bourg, Alexis Henry Daigle and her husband, Donny, of Bayou Blue, Cody 
Schexnayder and his wife, Danielle, of Houma, Kellie Schexnayder of Houma, 
Mickey Bourque and his wife, Rohnda, of Chauvin, Brandon Pellegrin of New 
Iberia, and Kimberly Pellegrin Wimberly and her husband, Bill, of Georgia; 18 
great-grandchildren, Jayce Henry, Bailey Henry, Aaron Henry, Bella Rene Daigle, 
Sophie Daigle, Bree Daigle, Kaitlan Schexnayder, Regan Schexnayder, Phillip 
Schexnayder, Shay Brien, Blaine Bourque, Nicholas Bourque, Rammie Trahan, 
Marquelle Lewis, Kevin Lewis, Gabrielle Wimberly, William Alexander Wimberly and 
Isabelle Wimberly; six brothers, Harold Price and his wife, Virgie, of Carencro, 
George Price and his wife, Rita, of Chauvin, Donald and his wife, Janet, of 
Houma, Charles and his wife, Ruby, of Raceland, Robert "Bobby" Price and his 
wife, Laura, of Bourg, and Carl Price and his wife, Brenda, of Bourg; and 
numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Sheldon Price and Lucille Boquet Price; 
one brother, Herbert J. Price; and one sister, Elma Price White.

His pallbearers will be his six surviving brothers. Honorary pallbearers will be 
three grandsons.

Eulogist will be Alexis H. Henry, his granddaughter.

Falgout Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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