Services to be held Friday for Larry Broussard

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, April 26, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church for Larry Gene Broussard, 78, who died April 21, 2019, in Crowley.
Fr. Jason Vidrine, pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, will be officiating for the services.
The family is requesting visiting hours to be held Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. A Rosary will be recited at 6 p.m. Thursday.
Interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Larry was born in Abbeville and graduated from Abbeville High School in 1958. He earned his accounting degree in three years at SLI in 1961 and became a Certified Public Accountant in 1964.
Mr. Broussard was very active in civic, professional and community organizations such as Louisiana CPA Association and Crowley Lions Club, and he was an usher at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church.
He was a talented woodworker and an antique car enthusiast.
Larry will be greatly missed by his colleagues in the accounting profession, church, community and family, especially, the ones that call him “Gramps.”
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Melba R. Broussard of Crowley; two daughters, Ann B. Mire and her husband Steve of Crowley and Melanie A. Broussard of Lafayette; one son, Christopher Broussard and his wife Katie of Chapin, South Carolina; two brothers, Dale Broussard and wife Grace of Abbeville and Lynn Broussard and wife Carole of Abbeville; 13 grandchildren, Cody Barousse and wife Hali, Justin Mire and his wife Dodie, David Mire and his wife Martha, Katherine Mire Grannemann and her husband Nathan, Mallory Mire Kebodeaux and her husband Ethan, Natalie Mire, Matthew Mire, Nicholas Broussard and his wife Heather, Chad Broussard, Brandon Broussard, Brianna Broussard, Ryan Broussard and Tyler Broussard; 11 great-grandchildren; one daughter-in-law, Debbie Chappell Broussard of Loxley, Alabama; and one brother-in-law, Rudy Roche of Brinkey, Arkansas.
Mr. Broussard is preceded in death by one son, Gary Broussard; his parents, Alfred and Rena Broussard; and one sister-in-law, Lynda Roche.
Pallbearers will be Christopher Broussard, Cody Barousse, Justin Mire, Rudy Roche, Matthew Mire, Steve Mire and David Mire.
Honorary pallbearers will be his grandsons, Nicholas Broussard, Chad Broussard, Brandon Broussard, Ryan Broussard and Tyler Broussard.
The family would like to thank Joan Fontenot, RN, and the rest of the staff of Louisiana Hospice and Palliative Care, and Acadian Home Care.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 901 E. Elm St. Crowley.
Condolences may be sent to the family by www.geesey-ferguson.com.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home of Crowley.