Alcide CLEMENT

LAFAYETTE - Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 22, 2005, at a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church for Alcide Clement who passed away Wednesday, April 20, 2005, at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette.Interment services will be held at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens in Lafayette.The Rev. Paul Bienvenu will be the celebrant of the funeral Mass and will conduct the funer- al services.Musical selections will be "Amazing Grace", "On Eagle's Wings" and "How Great Thou Art".Mr. Clement was a native of Creole, La. and long time resi- dent of Lafayette. He was a veter- an of World War II and the Kore- an Conflict. He was employed by Begnaud Olds Company as an auto mechanic for 36 years. Fish- ing and gardening as well as working in his yard were some of his favorite pastimes. He will remembered as a loving hus- band, father and grandfather.He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Odile Venable Clement; one son, Ray L. Clement and his wife, Rose, of Lafayette; two grandchildren, Jonathan and Elizabeth Clement, both of La- fayette; and one sister, Mary Lor- ena Gaspard, of Welch, La.He was preceded in death by his parents, Pierre Clement and Marcelite Touchette Clement; two sisters, Mary Jones and Laura Richard; and one brother, Albert Clement.Pallbearers will be Ray L. Clement, Jonathan Clement, Ter- ry Broussard, Shannon Brous- sard, James Craig Prudhomme and Patrick Boudreaux.Honorary pallbearers will be James Kurt Lyons, Daniel Keith Lyons, Chris Anthony Lyons, Re- ggie Venable, Francis Hebert, Robert Dale Venable and Albert Venable.A rosary will be prayed at 7 p.m. today, April 21, 2005 at Fountain Memorial Funeral Home.The family requests that vis- iting hours be observed from 3 p.m. until 9 p.m. today at Foun- tain Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will continue from 9 a.m. Friday until the time of service.Fountain Memorial Funeral Home and Cemetery is in charge of arrangements, (337) 981-7098, behind Adrien's off of Congress Street.