Bonjour à Chacun de Vous mes Cousins de si loin. Je vois vos visages et je découvre quelques instants de vos vies. Le Pouvoir des liens n'a pas de frontières, juste des pépites de sang qui battent dans nos veines et nos coeurs. Les miennes viennent de Marie Eugénie Louise Gonnellaz-Bourgeois née en France et je la remercie d'avoir engendré toute cette belle famille en Louisiane. Vivants et absents, je pense à Vous avec toute ma sympathie.

I am so sorry to see that your parents have passed. We moved next door to them in 2000. They welcomed us with open arms. Your mom baked us a cake as a welcome gift. Your dad kept our son supplied with golf balls. My son would be looking forward to those balls. We moved in 2007 and your parents would send us a Christmas card every year. We were truly blessed to have crossed paths with your parents.

Rodney: we are so sorry about your dad’s passing. He will be greatly missed by all. We were so lucky to have met your dad. We had good times at the poker table and he shared so many memories of your mom. He was such a gentleman , friendly, kind to each and every person he encountered and we were so fortunate to be around him We’ve never met you or your wife but he spoke highly of you two. He loved to share the times y’all went on vacation. We loved Mr Cecil just like on own family We miss him :heart::pray::skin-tone-2::pray::skin-tone-2::pray::skin-tone-2:

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Post 2 - The second most impactful memory with Big Daddy is centered around routine, committment to work, the tv news and ice cream. When we were little, we all got to stay with Grandma and Big Daddy one kid at a time. They were all ours. Big Daddy was a planner and was organized. He had a daily routine that rarely wavered. What I got to do at Grandma and Big Daddy's house is stay up later than I could at home. Every night he would sit at the dining table to write out what he needed to do for work the next day. It was meticulously written and in what I can remember from being 5-7 is it had great detail. I got to sit next to him and pretend I was doing the same thing. He would tell me that if you did not prepare for work then you could not do good work. The company that hires you will expect your best everyday, so you have to plan. This was taught to my mom as well. We are the lists makers...the list of lists makers. I remember feeling so grown up doing this with Big Daddy. We would complete that project in time for the news. During the news we would eat a bowl of ice cream every night. It was the best tasting ice cream ever and alwasy served in a plasticware bowl in one of four colors....green, blue, pink or yellow. I remember the vanilla ice cream, the bowls and the feeling of being included in the work projects. The lessons around discipline, consistency, daily planning, routine, committment to the routine and loyalty to your company I learned over bowls of ice cream with Big Daddy. To this day, when I eat ice cream I have this memory pop back up. Tonight as I am eating ice cream while I type, I am filled with sadness of his passing. It's the first good cry since he went to join Grandma, Grammy, Uncle Steve, Honey and Marc...but I start to chuckle becuase I can hear him in my head saying 'little man, you need to focus on what you are doing so you can finish it'. As you are off to bed for the last time Big Daddy, I hope that you sleep well and enjoy the well deserved rest. Take care of the family....and good luck with Grandma and Honey...I'm sure that they have been waiting for you to come keep them in line. Much love BD~

We are so thankful and blessed to have known you (and Dorothy), we love you. May your spirit be bright in Gods Heavenly Kingdom. Praying for your peaceful journey home, Cecil :pray::skin-tone-2: ..... "My sheep hear My voice; I know them, and they follow Me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never parish. No one can take them out of my hand". ~John 10:27 & 28 With love, George and Joann Lindsey

Melancon's Funeral Home created a Tribute Video in memory of Cecil James Bourgeois

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Cecil was a good man to work for..Doesn't Seem like it's been that long ago. Time sure flies...( RIP. Cecil ) Mike Calais, Port Acres Tx.