Mea Leger
1898 - 1970 (72 years)-
Name Mea Leger Born 13 Apr 1898 Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA Gender Female Died 28 Oct 1970 Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA Buried St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery #1 - Rayne, Louisiana, USA Person ID I2493 Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree Last Modified 23 Sep 2019
Family Willie Clement, b. 25 Sep 1894, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 20 Feb 1957, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 62 years) Children 1. Willie Mae Clement, b. 1916, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 19 Nov 1924, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 8 years) + 2. Nola Clement, b. 12 Jun 1918, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 1 Aug 2007, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 89 years) + 3. Nolan Pierre Clement, b. 18 Jan 1921, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 19 Sep 2010, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 89 years) + 4. Bertha Clement, b. 27 Aug 1925, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 15 Feb 2018, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 92 years) + 5. Norris Joseph Clement, b. 17 Feb 1928, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 17 Feb 2019, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 91 years) Last Modified 1 Mar 2019 Family ID F1102 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map Born - 13 Apr 1898 - Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA Died - 28 Oct 1970 - Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA Buried - - St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery #1 - Rayne, Louisiana, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend : Address : Location : City/Town : County/Shire : State/Province : Country : Not Set
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Photos Mea Leger Clement Blanchard
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Documents Obituary of Alcia Blanchard and Mea Leger Clement Blanchard
Published in The Rayne Independent on October 29, 1970
Headstones Crypt of Walter Clement, Edna Callier Clement, Willie Clement, and Mea Leger Clement
Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery #1 - Rayne, Louisiana, USA
Plot: Section 3
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Notes - Obituary:
Blanchards Die in Wednesday Tragedy
RAYNE, La. - Dr. Robert McManus, Acadia Parish ccoroner, ruled apparent murder and suicide into the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Alcia Blanchard early today at their home two miles south of Rayne on the Indian Bayou road.
In an investiaation conducted by Dr. McManus and officers of the Acadia Sheriff's Department it was learned that Mrs. May Leger Blanchard, 72, was fatally shot three times in the chest with a .22 calibre pistol. Her body was found in her bedroom.
The investigation further disclosed that Blanchard, 76, went into the kitchen and apparently fatally wounded himself in the chest with the same weapon.
Mr. Blanchard was a retired Texaco employee and Mrs. Blanchard was formerly married to Willie Clement.
Her survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Wilson Gaspard and Mrs. Clarence Dupuis, two sons, Norris and Nolan Clement, all of Rayne, two sisters, Mrs. Joe Istre of Crowley and Mrs. Toville Trahan of Rayne and two brothers, Louis and Delma Leger, both of Rayne.
Surviving Mr. Blanchard are two daughters, Mrs. Anna Lou Broussard of Rayne and Mrs. Albert Kostelecky of Dickinson, N. Dakota, four sons (all of Rayne), Claude Wilbur, Douglas and Eugene; four sisters, mrs. Alcide Meyers of Duson, Mrs. Ella Blanchard of Abbeville, Mrs. Cyprien Borne of Rayne and Mrs. Nydia Woodbury of Vinton, La. and one brothers, Oneal Blanchard of Port Neches, Texas.
Funeral arrangements were incomplete at press time, with the Gossen Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
(Published in The Rayne Independent on October 29, 1970)
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