Scarabin Blog

We are saddened to report that Gertrude Landry SCARABIN passed away shortly after 22:00 CDT in Lafayette, Louisiana. Beloved mother and grandmother to many, Gertrude will be sadly missed.

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Uncle Pompy has died today, Wednesday, July 11, 2007… 4 days shy of his 64th birthday in Triumph, Louisiana. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana on July 15, 1943 to the late Louis Melvin, Sr. and Gertrude (Breaud) Landry  Scarabin. He’s the younger brother Louis Melvin “D.D.,” Jeffrey Mervin “Buzzy”, and the older brother of James Randolph “Jimmy”, the late Charles Reynolds “Charley”, Judith Ann “Judy” Willig, Wayne Michael and Minos Paul. He was married to Lillian.

Pompy served in Vietnam in January 1967.

Services are being held on the West Bank Sunday, July 15, 2007 (Pompy’s 64th birthday) while funeral services will be in Florida.