Dudley BOUDREAUX

ST. MARTINVILLE - Funeral services will be conducted for Mr. Dudley "Souris" Boudreaux, 73, at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 21, 2005, at St. Martin de Tours Catholic Church with the Rev. Bill Melanson officiating at the Mass. Interment will follow in St. Michael Cemetery in St. Martinville, La.Visiting hours will be observed from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. today and will continue from 9 a.m. Monday until time of services.Giftbearers will be Angie Boudreaux, Chelsea Bourque and Brittany Bourque. Altarboy will be Kyle Douet.After the death of his parents, Mr. Boudreaux raised his siblings, then started his own family raising two more children. He was a hard working sugar cane farmer since the age of 14 until he retired at the age of 55. Mr. Boudreaux was a member of the St. Martin Sugar Coop.Survivors include his wife of 37 years, Nell Melanson Boudreaux, of St. Martinville, La.; two children, Robin Ann Boudreaux and Kevin Cazelot, of St. Martinville, La. and Scotty and Angie Boudreaux, of Parks, La.; one brother, Oneil Boudreaux Jr., of St. Martinville, La.; four sisters, Mary Jane Melancon, of Coteau, La., Shirley Berard, of Coteau Holmes, La., Pasty Kidder, of Coteau Holmes, La., and Agnes Louviere, of Loreauville, La.; and his morning coffee buddies, Susie Boudreaux and Bill "Talun" Boudreaux; and a host of nieces and nephews.He was preceded in death by his parents, Oneil and Annette Johnson Boudreaux Sr.; and siblings, Harold Boudreaux, Irby Boudreaux, Otto Boudreaux, Dalton Boudreaux, Emile Boudreaux and Lloyd Boudreaux.Pallbearers will be Scotty Boudreaux, Karl Douet, David Guillot, Harold Boudreaux, Kevin Bourque and Lloyd Boudreaux.Honorary pallbearers will be Kevin Cazelot and Troy Melancon.Evangeline Funeral Homes, 415 East Bridge St., St. Martinville, 337-394-4188, is in charge of arrangements.