Obituaries:  Luke V. Landry, Sabine Parish       L-536
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 26, 1935
Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith
              tammy@cp-tel.net


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The Sabine Index - Luke V. Landry

  26 Apr 1935 - Luke V. Landry, 94 year-old veteran and one of the
few surviving members of the Pointe Coupee artillery, died Saturday
at 5:45 p.m. at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. T. Miller, 507
Boyd Avenue, Baton Rouge.  He had been ill only two weeks.

  Mr. Landry had served through the entire period of the War Between
the States, having joined the Confederate ranks at he outbreak when
he was 20.  He was uninjured in the war.

  His advanced age and increasing deafness had kept him from
participating in Confederate reunions in recent years, but when
he was more active he had attended the reunions, including one
at Chattanooga and another in Houston.

  He had been active around the house up to the time of his illness
and had made daily excursions in the neighborhood.  He preferred to
walk to St. Joseph's Church and back and was a familiar figure in
the neighborhood.

  Mr. Landry was born in Iberville parish and was the son of the
late Eugene Landry and Adrian Hebert Landry, the former of St.
Gabriel.  His wife, the former Ermance Lefeaux of Iberville, died
ten months age.

  For many years he had been engaged in farming and in the
mercantile business, and had resided in Plaquemine and Maringouin
before he took up residence in Baton Rouge 18 years ago.  Mr.
Landry was the father of Dr. Paul Landry, of Port Allen and L. V.
Landry, Jr. of New Orleans.  He leaves also two daughters, Mrs.
T. W. Walsh, and Mrs. Miller of Baton Rouge; two sisters, Mrs.
Louisa Gimet of Maringouin, who is 96 years old; and Mrs. Alice
Coleman of Many; 24 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren.
Two daughters, Mrs. Marcus Booksh and Mrs. Clara Ounso died some
years ago.

  The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock from the
Miller residence on Boyd Avenue, Baton Rouge, to St. Jospeh's
Catholic Church where final rites were conducted.  He was laid to
rest beside his wife in the family plot in Roselawn Memorial Park,
Baton Rouge.