Obituaries:  Bobby Dean Bertrand, Sabine Parish       B-636
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 1, 1977
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Bobby Dean Bertrand

  Bobby Dean Bertrand, 24, of Many, was killed in a one vehicle
collision on La. 476, approximately 4.1 miles south of La.
Highway 6 West, on Friday night, August 25, at 9 p.m., according
to La. State Trooper Guy Singletary of Troop H.

  According to the wreck report, Bertrand was traveling south on
the Negreet Road in his yellow 1967 International station wagon
when the incident occurred. Bertrand was apparently traveling at
a high rate of speed when his vehicle left the roadway and
traveled 180 feet down the shoulder of the road. The vehicle
crashed into a road sign, and then traveled 96 more feet and
struck a light pole. The vehicle turned over and traveled 62 feet
further down the road before coming to rest on its wheels.
Bertrand was thrown from the vehicle.

  Passengers in the vehicle, Judy Bush, 14, and Debbie Smith, 14,
both of Many, survived the crash. Miss Bush was uninjured, and
Miss Smith received noticeable injuries.

  The front and the top of the vehicle were heavily damaged.

  Sabine Parish Coroner, Dr. W. W. Poimboeuf of Pleasant Hill,
arrived at the scene and pronounced Bertrand dead from head
injuries.

  Bertrand's body was transferred to Hixson Brothers Funeral Home
in Alexandria. Funeral services were held at the Hixson Brothers
Funeral Chapel on Monday, Aug. 29, at 10 a.m. Father Patrick
Madden officiated. Burial was in the Alexandria Memorial Gardens.

  Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Sara Bertrand of San Angelo,
Tex.; one son, John Thomas Bertrand of Many; one daughter, Angela
Monique Bertrand of San Angelo, Tex.; his father and stepmother,
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Bertrand of Houston, Tex.; his mother and
stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L. Johnson Sr. of Many; two
brothers, James E. Bertrand of Alexandria, and David A. Bertrand
of Pineville; a stepsister, Mrs. Carolyn King of Alexandria;
three step brothers, Raymond L. Johnson Jr. of Glenmora, and
Robert B. Stoddard, and Dartman Stoddard, both of Houston, Tex.;
and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Gladys Gardiner of Marksville.

  Pallbearers were Raymond Johnson Jr., Richard Wren, Bruce
Pearce, Raymond LaCour, Leslie Stokes, and Rodney Stickels.