Michael Dewey Clement

1950 - 1961  (11 years)

• Name	Michael Dewey Clement
  Born	22 Sep 1950	Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Nov 1961	Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Buried	Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery #2 - Rayne, Louisiana, USA
  Person ID	I6314	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Wilbert Clement,   b. 20 Jan 1925, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 5 Mar 2013, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Willie Etta Boudreaux,   b. 30 Dec 1931, Crowley, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 16 Jul 2023, Brownwood, Brown County, Texas, USA  (Age 91 years)
  Married	22 Feb 1949	Crowley, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Family ID	F6354	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 22 Sep 1950 - Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA Died - 21 Nov 1961 - Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA Buried - - Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery #2 - Rayne, Louisiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents » Slide Show		Birth Announcement of Michael Dewey Clement Published in The Crowley Post-Signal on September 29, 1950
  		Obituary of Michael Dewey Clement Published in The Crowley Daily Signal on November 22, 1961
  		Obituary of Michael Dewey Clement Published in The Rayne Acadian Tribune on November 23, 1961

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstone of Michael Dewey Clement Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery #2 - Rayne, Louisiana, USA

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: 2 Rayne Youngsters Killed In Car-Bike Wreck Tuesday Inquest Set By Coroner CROWLEY, La. - Dr. Mims Morgan, Acadia Parish coroner, today set an inquest for Tuesday morning in the deaths of two Rayne youths who were killed yesterday afternoon when the bicycle they were riding was in collision with an automobile on U. S. Highway 90. The inquest will be held in the office of Acadia Sheriff Elton Arceneaux at 10:30 a.m. Kermit Comeaux, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eudy Comeaux, was killed instantly. His companion, Michael Dewey Clement, 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Clement, died at 9:20 p.m. in the Rayne-Branch Hospital. State police, who investigated the accident at 1:05 p.m., said they were informed that the Comeaux boy died of a broken neck and a skull fracture. Young Clement suffered multiple fractures of both legs and head injuries, police said. According to the state troopers, both boys were riding one bicycle when it was in collision with a 1961 Chevrolet being driven by Mrs. Dorothy B. Tweedel, 37, of 503 North Ethel St., Church Point. Mrs. Tweedel was traveling east eon Highway 90 and was passing is the youngsters on the bicycle when they apparently, turned into the path of the car, police said. Mrs. Tweedel's three children were with their mother in the car at the time of the accident. The deaths of the two youngsters raised to five the number of highway fatalities in Acadia Parish this year. State police counted six in the parish last year. Double funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. today in St. Joseph On Catholic Church in Rayne, with burial following in the church cemetery. The Gossen Funeral home is in charge of arrangements. Besides his parents, the Comeaux youngster is survived by a grandfather, Alexson Comeaux of Rayne; his grandmother, Mrs. Felix Benoit of Roanoke; eight sisters, Mrs. Fernand Constantin, Mrs. Leeward Roy, Mrs. Ernest Cormier, and Misses Darla, Anerly, Irma, Carol, and Bernita Comeaux, all of Rayne; and five brothers, Beverly, Millard, Milton, Preston, and Larry Comeaux, all of Rayne. Surviving young Clement besides his parents are the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Beauregard Clement of Rayne and Mrs. Thomas Tobin of Hastings, Neb.; a brother, Ronald James Clement of Rayne; and a sister, Miss Betty Jo Clement of Rayne. (Published in The Crowley Daily Signal on November 22, 1961) Obituary: Tragedy Clouds Holiday Eve In Rayne; Two Boys Killed Tragedy clouded the holiday picture for the Rayne community when Kermit Comeaux, 12, was instantly killed and his companion, Michael Dewey Clement, 11, died later in Rayne Branch hospital from injuries sustained in a highway accident shortly after 1 p.m. Tuesday. The boys were riding on one bicycle about one mile west of Rayne on highway 90 when struck by a car driven by Mrs. Dorothy B. Tweedel, 37, 503 N. Ethel street, Church Point. According to testimony at the inquest, conducted by Dr. Mims Morgan, parish coroner, the boys were doubling on the bicycle traveling on the highway when they turned suddenly in the path of the car driven by Mrs. Tweedel. Young Comeaux was pronounced dead on arrival at the Rayne hospital. Michael Clement died at 9:30 p.m. at the hospital. Both youths were students at South Rayne elementary school. Joint funeral services were held at St. Joseph Catholic church at 3 p.m. Wednesday, with burial in the church cemetery directed by Gossen Funeral Home. Comeaux survivors are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eudy Comeaux; paternal grandfather, Alexon Comeaux, Rayne; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Felix Benoit, Roanoke; eight sisters, Mrs. Fernand Constantin, Mrs. Leeward Roy, Mrs. Ernest Conner, Darla Ann, Anerly, Irma Marie, Carol Jane and Bernita Faye, all of Rayne; five brothers, Baverly, Millard, Milton Joseph, Preston and Larry, all of Rayne. The survivors of the Clement youth are his parents, Wilbert Clement of Rayne and Mrs. Jack Davis of Denver, Colo.; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Beauregard Clement, Rayne, and maternal grandmother, Mrs. Thomas Tobin, Hastings, Neb., one brother, Ronald James Clement, and one sister, Betty Jo Clement, both of Rayne. (Published in The Rayne Acadian Tribune on November 23, 1961)