MSgt. M. Mayeux

Bossier City?Funeral Mass for Sidney M. Mayeux will be held Monday, April 13, 2009 at 11:00am at St. Jude?s Catholic Church with Fr. Pike Thomas officiating. Visitation will be Sunday evening from 4:00pm to 6:00pm at Boone Funeral Home with Vigil at 5:30. Following the service, entombment will be held at Hill Crest Memorial Park. Mr. Mayeux was born May 14, 1928 in Slidell, LA and passed away in Shreveport, LA on April 9, 2009. He married Jacqueline Leary on March 7, 1953 in Cottonport, LA. He served his country in both the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force from 1949 until retirement in 1969. In 1971, they made their home in Bossier City. He was member of St. Jude?s Catholic Church, and co-founder of the Koala Club of Bossier City. His parents, H.B. and Hilda Mayeux, precede Mr. Mayeux in death along with his son, Martin Lane Mayeux, and siblings, Bernard Mayeux, Donald Mayeux, and Ruth Meadows. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Jackie Mayeux; children, Craig Mayeux and wife Donna of MO, Cyd Austin and husband David of TX, and Kathy Hall and husband Jimmy of Bossier City; grandchildren, Christy Wreyford and husband Neil of Shreveport, Angie Marr and husband Toby of MO, Brett Mayeux of MO, Katy Austin and Sarah Austin of TX; great-grandchildren, Kyle Henderson, Abby Marr and Trace Marr of MO, Olivia Wreyford and Liam Wreyford Shreveport; siblings, Leo Mayeux and wife Barbara of CA, Dottie Armand of LA, Paul Mayeux of LA, Greg Mayeux and wife Andrea of LA, and Margaret Lemoine and husband Mike of LA; numerous nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends. Pallbearers will be Leon Bain, Bill Wakeman, Jimmy Hall, David Austin, Neil Wreyford, Brett Mayeux, Mark Warke, Jim Coleman, Toby Marr, and James Banks. Ed Chance will serve as honorary pallbearer. The family would like to give special thanks to the Doctors, nurses and staff of Overton Brooks VA Medical Center. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Jude?s Catholic Church Building Fund or the Koala Club of Bossier City.