Sidney Guidry

Breaux Bridge - A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1:00 pm, on Saturday, December 20, 2014, at St. Bernard Catholic Church in Breaux Bridge, for Sidney Guidry, 90, who passed away on Wednesday, December 17, 2014, at Houston Methodist San Jacinto Hospital in Baytown Texas. The family requests that visiting hours be observed from 5:30 pm until 10 pm on Friday, and continue on Saturday at 9 am until 12:30 pm, at Pellerin Funeral Home in Breaux Bridge. A rosary will be prayed at 7:00 pm on Friday. Rev. David Broussard will officiate at the Funeral Mass. Scriptures will be read by Debbie Guidry Broussard and Debbie Guidry Gauthier. Gift Bearers will be his great granddaughter, Devan Guidry and his sisters, Norma and Anna Lee. Interment with full Military Honors, provided by Keesler Air Force Base, will follow at St. Bernard Cemetery No. 1 in Breaux Bridge. Mr. Guidry proudly and honorably served his country in the United States Air Force, attaining the rank of Chief Master Sergeant and retiring on September 30, 1964; his 40th birthday. Upon his retirement he and his family returned to their hometown in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, thereafter he began his career with the United States Post Office, where he worked for over 20 years, until his retirement. He was a member of the American Legion and the V.F.W. posts in Breaux Bridge. Sid was a huge sports fan, who along with his son, Joey, enjoyed following the basketball and baseball programs of the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now U.L. of Lafayette). He was a devoted fan of Duke University basketball and loved watching them on TV. An avid outdoorsman, Sid enjoyed fishing and hunting, especially deer hunting, in the Atchafalaya Basin and was a longtime member of the Omaha Hunting Club and a former member of the Pelba and Attakapas hunting clubs. One of Sid's proudest moments in his life and his "Claim to Fame" was killing the infamous "Bodacious a 9 point buck, while hunting on the Attakapas Hunting lease. Sidneys love for his family was unconditional. He was a devoted and loving husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather - a nurturing provider for his family and a great and faithful friend to many. He will be sadly missed by everyone who knew and loved him. He is survived by his son, Joey G. Guidry and his friend, Cindy Smith-Callison, of Baytown, Texas; two sisters, Norma Frederick and her husband, Lee, and Anna Lee Miller and her husband, Pat, all of Breaux Bridge; his sister-in-law, Theresa B. Guidry of Breaux Bridge; two grandchildren, Chad Guidry and Treva Guidry; seven great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his beloved wife, Sybil "Bea" Hardy Guidry; an infant son, Hardy Guidry; his parents, Claude and Eliza G. Guidry; and his brother, Steven Guidry. Pallbearers will be grandson, Chad Guidry; great grandson, Blayde Guidry; and his nephews, Mike Guidry, Neil Guidry, Gill Frederick, and Mark Miller. Honorary pallbearers will be his great granddaughter, Devan Guidry; Brad Hollier, and members of the Omaha Hunting Club. Pellerin Funeral Home of Breaux Bridge, 211 Berard St., Breaux Bridge, LA 70517, (337-332-2199) is in charge of arrangements. To view on-line obituary, sign guestbook and view video tribute, go to www.pellerinfuneralhome.com