Thomas Ray LANDRY

LANDRY PH.D, THOMAS RAY A professor emeritus with LSU and a resident of Baton Rouge, he died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005, at his residence. He was 95 and a native of Plaquemine, born Aug. 13, 1909. Visitation will be at Welsh Funeral Home, 6700 Florida Blvd., from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday. Visiting at the funeral home chapel from noon Saturday, Jan. 29, until religious service at 1 p.m. He is survived by his wife, Bernadine Haydell Landry; two daughters, Beverly and husband John Leo Crochet, Kennesaw, Ga., and Diane Janney of Colorado Springs, Colo.; six grandchildren, Debbie, David and Dan Crochet and Clifton and Brian Janney and Danielle Janney Dedmon; and nine great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father, Thomas Belizaire Landry; mother, Eleonora Marionneaux Landry; sister, Mary Ivy Landry Acosta; and brothers, Leo Thomas Landry and Paul Curvey Landry. He was president of the National Council of State Supervisors of Elementary Education, first president of the Visiting Teachers Association and first chairman of the Elementary Commission of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. He received the Alumnus of the Year Award, College of Education, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Educator of the Year, School Librarians Association; Mr. Elementary Education in Louisiana Award, LA Com on Elementary Education of the South, Association of Colleges and Schools; and other awards. His educational career was the subject of a doctoral dissertation by Dr. Evelyn Nettles Conerly entitled "Thomas Ray Landry, Louisiana Educator." Memorial donations may be made to a charity of your choice. Published in The Advocate from 1/27/2005 - 1/29/2005.