James Barton Gaude, age 78, of Bay St. Louis Mississippi, passed away Friday, March 15, 2013.
Visitation will be held Wednesday, March 20, 2013 from 11:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon at Picayune Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow at 12:00 noon at Picayune Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Quitman Cates officiating. Burial will be at Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
Mr. Gaude was a resident of Mississippi for forty-four years, an electrician and of the Catholic Faith.
He is survived by two sons, James Gaude and his wife Laurie of Carriere, Peter Gaude and his wife Barbara Ann of Gretna, Louisiana; four daughters, Jan Pearson and her husband Barry of Picayune, Lynn Ellis and her husband Ronny of Picayune, Lisa Ruiz and her husband Steve of Slidell, Louisiana and Shelia Hancock and her husband Paul of Lacombe, Louisiana; one sister, Mary Sue Stortz of New Orleans, Louisiana; thirteen grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Herman and Dorothy Gaude; and his wife Mary Diane Gaude.