Rita Henry

Rita Mae Guidry Henry, 85, died Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 8:51 PM. She was a native and resident of Houma, LA. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 from 5:00 PM until 9:00 PM at Chauvin Funeral Home, Inc. and Wednesday, March 20, 2013 from 9:00 AM until service time at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 11:00 AM at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Cemetery. She is survived by her son, David "Butch" Henry and wife Gay, Houma, LA, daughters, Patricia Henry Chauvin and husband Danny, Houma, LA, Geraldine "Tootie" Henry, Pasadena, TX, Mary Ellen Henry, Houma, LA, grandchildren, Linda Chauvin, Joey Chauvin and wife Nancy, Christie Bonvillain and husband Jamie, Henry Rogers, Celina Rogers, Wes Henry and wife Jennifer, Haley Henry, Gary Henry, Donna Gibson, great grandchildren, Jonathan Fanguy and wife Ashley, Jake Fanguy, Brandon Authement, Kurt Chauvin, Dylan Chauvin, Jamie Ray Bonvillain, Madyson Bonvillain, Jalen Mosely, Alyssa Mosely, Olivia Henry, Logan Henry, Carissa Henry, Kailey Henry, Cole Henry, LeeAnn Gibson, Ernest Gibson, great great grandchildren, Lexi Fanguy, Conner Fanguy and Brydon Dufrene. She was preceded in death by her husband, Delvin J. Henry, parents, Eddie Guidry and Olivia Bourg Guidry, brother, Raymond Guidry, sisters, Vivian Guidry LeBlanc, Edith Guidry Cunningham, Iris Guidry Pizzolatto. She was a parishioner of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Church. Rita loved her family and she will be greatly missed by them. She was a homemaker, a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great great grandmother. She was also a loving babysitter to all of her "extended children." She was a member of the Ladies Altar Society, Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary and a past member of the Catholic Daughters of America.