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- Birth:
Jul. 26, 1924
Death:
Aug. 27, 1997
ANGELLE, SR. JAMES BURTON A resident of Breaux Bridge, he died Wednesday, Aug. 27, 1997, at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Lafayette. He was 73. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He served as assistant county agent in Natchitoches Parish in 1949 and was president of Angelle Ford from 1951 to 1984. He was elected to the St. Martin Parish Police Jury in 1952, and served until 1960, and was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1964, serving until 1973. He was then appointed director/secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, serving from 1973 to 1980 and 1984 to 1988. Visiting at Pellerin Funeral Home, Breaux Bridge, 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday and after 8 a.m. Friday. Rosary will be said at the funeral home at 7 p.m. Thursday. Religious services at St. Bernard Catholic Church at noon Friday. Burial in St. Bernard Cemetery No. 2. Survived by wife, Shirley Dauterive Angelle, Breaux Bridge; four sons, Burton Angelle Jr. and wife, Shan, Sunset, Glenn Angelle and wife, Becky, Brian Angelle and Scott Angelle and wife, Dianne, all of Breaux Bridge; four daughters, Sharon Thomassee and husband, Phillip, Lafayette, Brenda Garrett and husband, Pete Pond, Scottsdale, Ariz., Julie Theriot and husband, Neil, Kingwood, Texas, and Nanette Angelle, Omaha, Neb.; a brother, Clarence Angelle, Cecilia; three sisters, Gloria Braun, Lafayette, and Genevieve Colligan and Jeanette Dupuis, both of Breaux Bridge; and 20 grandchildren. Preceded in death by parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Angelle; a daughter, Cathy Angelle; a brother, Harold Angelle; a sister, Louella Broussard; and a grandchild, Jarrerd Angelle. He was a 1948 graduate of Southwestern Louisiana Institute, now University of Southwestern Louisiana. He was a past member of St. Bernard Elementary School Board, Breaux Bridge Volunteer Fire Co., Breaux Bridge Lions Club and St. Martin Parish Cattleman's Association.
Published August 28, 1997 The Advocate, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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1924 - 1997 (73 years)
