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ACADIA PIONEER DIES AT HOME IN CHURCH POINT

Ed McBride, 95, Will Be Buried In Rites In Church Point Sunday

Church Point - (Spl) - Ed McBride, 95 year old member of one of Acadia's first families, died at his home three miles east of Church Point at 8 p.m. Friday following an extended illness.

Funeral services will be held at 930 a.m. Sunday at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic church in Church Point. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. C.A. Bienvenu will conduct the services.

Mr. McBride was born October 1855, in Church Point, in one of the earliest pioneer homes in that community. Four generations of descendants survive him as well as a member of his own generation, Mrs. Jerry Wimberly, his 99-year old sister.

Survivors include three sons, Wallace of Crowley, Noah of Vinton, Jacob of Lake Charles; four daughters, Mrs. Charles Guidry of Vinton, Mrs. Monroe Higginbotham of Orange, Texas, Mrs. Ollie Marshall of Church Point and Mrs. Leo Guidry of Vinton; 27 grandchildren and several great grandchildren and great, great grandchildren.

The First National Funeral home of Opelousas had charge of arrangements.

(Published in The Crowley Daily Signal on July 29, 1950)

Edwin married Anastasie Clement 2 Apr 1877, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA. Anastasie (daughter of Don Louis Clement and Calisse Zelonise LeBlanc) was born 28 Nov 1861, Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 24 Jun 1881, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cemetery #01 - Church Point, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Marie Cinderella McBride was born 22 Jun 1878, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 24 Jun 1881, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cemetery #01 - Church Point, Louisiana, USA.
2. Lela McBride was born 26 Jul 1880, Church Point, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 20 Apr 1949, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 22 Apr 1949, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cemetery #01 - Church Point, Louisiana, USA.