TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for  GILMORE, SELWYN "SEBBY", SR.
 
Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from May 25 to May 27, 2015

Died: Friday, May 22, 2015

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GILMORE, SELWYN "SEBBY", SR. 

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Selwyn "Sebby" Preston Gilmore Sr., 90, a native of Berwick and resident of 
Bourg, passed away Friday, May 22, 2015. 

Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until funeral time Wednesday, May 27, at St. Ann 
Catholic Church in Bourg. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at noon Wednesday 
at the church, 

with burial in St. Ann Catholic Church cemetery in Bourg. 

He is survived by his loving wife of 68 years, Mable Nini Gilmore; sons, Selwyn 
"Sonny" Gilmore Jr. and wife, Kathy, and Barry Gilmore and wife, June; 
daughters, Phyllis Boquet and husband, Malcolm, Cindy Jones and husband, Wayne, 
and Tammy Credeur; sister, Dixie Bergeron; brother, Don Gilmore; grandchildren, 
Lori Belicek, Malcolm Boquet Jr., Nikki Pellegrin, Maria Theriot, Jerry Jon 
Gilmore, Alison Theriot, Matthew Gilmore, Todd Credeur Jr. and Kacey Jones; 
great-grandchildren, Jamie Picou, Kimberly LeBlanc, Justin and Joshua Boquet, 
Dain and Jacob Pellegrin, Abby and Drew Theriot, Elizabeth and Preston Gilmore, 
Rebecca, Isabella, Emmalyn and Theriot twins, and Macie Gilmore; and nine 
great-great-grandchildren. 

He was preceded in death by his parents, Cecil and Beulah Comeaux Gilmore; 
brothers, Cecil, Charles and Jerry Gilmore; and sisters, Fae Scherer, Betty 
Drew Hinton and Myrtle Lois Gilmore. 

Sebby was a 43 year employee of the Texas Pipeline Company upon his retirement 
in 1983. 
He was a World War II veteran having served in the U.S. Army Aircorps from 1943 
to 1945. He was stationed in the Pacific Marianas Islands with the 20th U.S. 
Air Force, 52nd Bomber Squadron. He was a member of the American Legion Post 
No. 380, Veterans of Foreign War Post No. 7755, and a former member of the 
Knights of Columbus Council No. 8932. 
Sebby selflessly gave to the church and community of Bourg. He was a faithful 
servant of the Lord as Lector, Commentator, Eucharistic Minister and the 
Catholic Charity Program at St. Ann Church. 
He was blessed with the gift of voice, singing for many weddings and funerals. 
Sebby also gave back to his community by coordinating with the council on Aging 
and the Meals on Wheels Program for the elderly in Bourg. His home serves as 
its home base still today. Sebby love spending time at the camp, his home away 
from home in Grand Isle, where he enjoyed recreational trawling and crabbing. 
Above all of these he was a devoted husband, father and grandfather. He was a 
loyal friend and never met a stranger. 
He will forever live within our hearts. 
His family meant everything to him. 

Special thanks goes to Haydel Hospice and Dr. Brian Matherne. Samart Funeral 
Home in Houma is in charge of arrangements. 

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