Alex LANDRY

CARENCRO - Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 22, 2005, at a Mass of Christian Burial in Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in Carencro for Alex "Blackie" Landry, 71, who passed away at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, 2005, at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette.Interment will be in Evangeline Memorial Gardens in Carencro. Musical selections will be provided by Rena Boudreaux. The songs will be "Let The Work I've Done Speak For Me", "Circle Being Broken" and "Just A Closer Walk With Thee". Mr. Landry was a native and lifelong resident of Carencro.Survivors include his wife, Eva Bernard Landry, of Carencro; two sons, Robert Landry, of Breaux Bridge, La., and Nathaniel Landry, of Carencro; three daughters, Theresa Gail Bernard, Loretta Roy and her husband, Clarence, and Yvette Landry, all of Carencro; ten grandchildren; and one brother, Felton Landry and his wife, Brenda, of Sulphur, La.He was preceded in death by his parents, Early Landry and the former Indiana Mouton; and two sisters, Mayola Alfred and Mary Norman.Visitation will be observed from 5 p.m. until 10 p.m. today and will continue from 8 a.m. until service time Thursday.A rosary will be prayed at 6:30 p.m. this evening in the funeral home.Pallbearers will be Gentrey Landry, Clarence Roy, Kalance Bernard, Wayne Broussard, Frankie Rideaux and Junius Rideaux.Honorary pallbearers will be Gerald Bernard, Stanley Broussard, Francis Bernard, Ferris Andrus, Shari Powdrell, August Lawrence and Leo Williams.Melancon Funeral Home of Carencro, 4615 N. University Ave., (337) 896-6366, is in charge of arrangements.