ST. MARY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: GUIDRY, MIRABELLE "BELLE" 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: Hargrave Funeral Home, Morgan City, La.

Died: 19 December, 2012

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GUIDRY, MIRABELLE "BELLE" 
November 18, 1919 - December 19, 2012

Mirabelle ("Belle") Freeland Guidry, aged 93, passed away on December 19, 2012, 
at her home in Morgan City.

Funeral services will be at Atkinson Memorial Presbyterian Church in Morgan 
City on December 22, 2012, with visitation beginning at 10AM at the church, 
service will be at 1PM. The officiant will be the Rev. Richard Maag, 
Presbyterian minister, assisted by Father Roy Mellish, retired Episcopalian 
priest, and Rev. Vernon Fairley, retired Methodist minister. 

Interment will be at the Morgan City Mausoleum immediately following.

Mrs. Guidry is survived by her children Linda Guidry Stanley of Lafayette, LA., 
Judith Guidry Weber of Berwick and John L. Guidry and his wife Cindy of New 
Iberia. She is also survived by her sister Betty Freeland Gosnell of 
Charleston, S.C. Surviving grandchildren are Michelle Guidry Glatter of 
Delcambre, Celeste Guidry Longo of Germantown, TN., Jacqueline Guidry Thomas of 
Lafayette, V. J. "Toby" Guidry III of Lafayette, Susan Stanley Klinger of 
Plano, TX., Jane Stanley Guidry of Lafayette, Gene Weber of Alexandria, VA., 
Lisa Weber Parsiola of Berwick, Hans Weber of Lafayette, Will Alfred of 
Mandeville, LA., Shane Alfred of Houma, LA., Mike Tingle of Morgan City, Nina 
Guidry Pyle of Springfield, MO., Roy Savell of Lafayette, 36 great 
grandchildren, and a special friend, Ricky Marmelejo of San Antonio, TX.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, V. J. "Toby" Guidry, her 
son V. "Jack" Guidry, Jr., daughter Yvette Guidry Tingle, sons-in-law James C. 
Stanley and E. A. "Gene" Weber, brother John Ed Freeland, sisters Elsie 
Freeland Hingle and Clarinel Freeland Hart.

Belle was born in Crowley, LA., on November 18, 1919, to the late Mr. And Mrs. 
Jay Freeland (the former Jessie Barr). She was deeply involved in the 
Presbyterian Church, one of her proudest accomplishments was organizing and 
leading the children's choir of 26 members. She also started the Presbyterian 
Youth Fellowship and numerous fund raising events at the church.

An avid golfer, Belle was club champion of the St. Mary Golf and Country Club 
for three years. Her activities with her children were numerous, home room 
mother for many years, organizer and director of the PTA Mardi Gras balls. She 
was an executive secretary at McDermott Fabricators for 17 years.

Belle is perhaps best known as a television chef and cookbook author. She wrote 
two cookbooks, Belle's Bayou Bounty and Belle's Country Cooking. She had 
cooking shows in Baton Rouge at WBRZ for 13 years, at KPLC in Lake Charles for 
13 years and at WDSU in New Orleans for 6 years.

She was an artist, a chef, a seamstress, an organizer, a friend, but most 
importantly to her she was a mother hen to her family, both immediate and 
extended. Belle was an inspiration to all who met her, the void will never be 
filled but the memories overflow.

Memorials may be made to Atkinson Memorial Presbyterian Church in Morgan City, 
or to the charity of choice.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Hargrave Funeral Home.

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