Church Point, La. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Church Point for Jack P. Guidry, 95. Mr. Guidry, a native of Richard, La., a long-time resident of Orange, Tex. and most recently a resident of Gibson, La., died at 12:15 A.M. Monday, September 6 at Lafayette General Hospital; Lafayette, La. Monsignor Jefferson J. DeBlanc will conduct the services with interment following in the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Church Point.

Survivors include a son, Burton Jack Guidry and wife Sarah Ann of Orange Tex.; three daughters: Lou Guidry and husband James, Sr. of Lafayette, Barbara Fontenot Lirette and husband Donald of Gibson and Carol Dominick of Marrero, La.; a sister, Thelma Jean Bowen of Carrollton, Ga.; eleven grandchildren, twenty great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Colonie Marie Thibodeaux Guidry; his parents, Paul and Ovelia Thibodeaux Guidry; five brothers: Leonce, Noel, Joseph, Walter and Sylvan Guidry; two sisters, Medila Touchet and Louise Lavergne and a son-in-law, Wilson Dominick.

The family requested that visiting hours be observed from 5:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M. on Tuesday, September 7 and continue from 10:00 A.M. Wednesday until the time of the services. A recitation of the Rosary will be held at 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday.

At the outbreak of World War II, Mr. Guidry was farming in rural Acadia Parish. He moved to Orange, Tex. in 1942 to work as an ironworker in the shipbuilding industry. He was employed by American Bridge Co. (a division of U.S. Steel) for thirty-eight years, retiring in 1980.