Obituaries:  Gordon Wesley Ducote, Sabine Parish       D-230
Source: Alexandria Town Talk, Alexandria, La., Apr 12, 1993
Submitted by: Michael LeRoy
              leroy@cp-tel.net


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Alexandria Town Talk - April 12, 1993

  Gordon Wesley Ducote

  Services for Gordon W. Ducote will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in
St. Francis Xavier Cathedral with Monsignor Steve Testa
officiating. Entombment will be in Alexandria Memorial Gardens
Mausoleum under direction of John Kramer & Son.

  Ducote, 87, of Alexandria died at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 10,
1993 in Rapides Regional Medical Center.

  He was a native of Cottonport. He was a roofing contractor for
60 years. He was a member of St. Francis Xavier Cathedral.

  Survivors include his wife, Lucille P. Ducote of Alexandria;
three daughters, Lucille M. Ducote and Donna M. Ducote, both of
Alexandria, and Deborah Blalock of Mansfield; 11 sons, Gregory
Ducote, Alex Ducote, Carl Ducote, Gary Ducote, Edmond Ducote,
Ralph Ducote and Tony Ducote, all of Alexandria, Michael LeRoy of
Ebarb, Donald LeRoy of Kolin, Gordon S. Ducote of Marksville and
Freddy Ducote of Houston, Texas; One brother, Rodney Ducote of
Sulphur; two sisters, Elliott Walker of Sulphur and Montey
Gremillion of Alexandria; and 23 grandchildren.

  A Christian wake service will begin at 7 p.m. today in the
funeral home.

  Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. today and from 8:30 a.m.
to 10:10 a.m. Tuesday in the funeral home.