Bonnie Belle GILBERT

LAFAYETTE - Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2005, at a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Peter Roman Catholic Church in Carencro for Bonnie Belle Landry, 89, the former Bonnie Belle Gilbert, who passed away at 2:09 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 2, 2005, at her residence in Lafayette.Interment will be in St. Peter Catholic Cemetery in Carencro.The Rev. Bill Melancon, pastor of St. Peter Roman Catholic Church, will officiate at the services.Musical selections will be provided by Valerie Andrus. The songs will be "Precious Lord Take My Hand", "Amazing Grace", "Hail Mary, Gentle Woman", "Ave Maria", and "Notre Peré".Ms. Landry was a native of Carencro and resident of Lafayette for most of her life.Survivors include one son, Terry Landry and his wife, Brenda, of Springtown, Texas; one daughter, Bonnie Marie Redifer and her husband, Gary, of Farmersville, Texas; one sister, Georgie Gilbert Reaux, of Lafayette; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.She was preceded in death by her husband, Lother F. Landry; her parents, Saul Gilbert and the former Ann Ella Mouton; one son, Wayne Landry; and six brothers.A rosary will be prayed at 7 p.m. today in the funeral home.The family requests that visiting hours be observed from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. today and will continue from 8 a.m. Wednesday until service time.The family would like to give thanks to the following people who made it possible for Bonnie to live out the last ten years of her life on her terms: Dr. Kenneth Entes and staff, the staff at Our Lady of Lourdes C.H.F. Clinic, Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Guidry, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Atkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Lavergne, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Richter, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Guidry, Ms. Patricia Mouton, Ms. Rena Chiasson, Ms. Alice Stutes and also members and staff of Hospice of Acadiana.Pallbearers will be Michael Landry, Jamie Landry, Travis Redifer, Daniel Redifer, Gary Redifer and Malcolm Guidry.Melancon Funeral Home of Carencro, 4615 N. University Ave., (337) 896-6366, is in charge of arrangements.