TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La. OBITUARIY for SEWIRE, GERALD Submitted by: Louis Lavedan Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from Feb. 18 to Feb. 19, 2016 Died: Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016 ============================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml ============================================================================= SEWIRE, GERALD ========== A photo is available for this file. Please go to http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafourche/obits/dateobits/2016/f1602.htm and click on the name of interest. ========== Gerald "Jake" Sewire, age 67, a native and resident of Thibodaux, peacefully transitioned from labor to reward on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016. Visiting will be held on Saturday, Feb. 20 from 9 a.m. until the hour service at 11 a.m. at St. Peter Baptist Church in Thibodaux. Burial will follow in St. Peter Baptist Church cemetery. He leaves to cherish his memories, his devoted wife, Cynthia Sewire; one son, Kentrell Johnson; two stepsons, Rontrell (Monchel) and Alfonzo Johnson; two stepdaughters, Juanita and Tashiba Johnson whom he loved as his own children; three brothers, Alvin, Floyd and Donald Sewire; four sisters, Diane Hall, Gwendolyn Guillot, Joyce Sewire and Janet Harts; and seven grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Bertha and James Sewire; and one brother, Charles Washington. A special thank you to St. Joseph Hospice. Kennedy Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements, ======================