Name: Melvin “Bud” Gibson Dennis
Age: 92
Date and Time of Death: Thursday December 18, 2008 at 12:30 p.m.
Native: Nashville, Arkansas
Resident: Houma, Louisiana
Visitation: 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Sunday December 21, 2008 at Chauvin Funeral Home, 8:00 a.m. until service time on Monday December 22, 2008 at Chauvin Funeral Home
Religious Service:
Monday December 22, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. at Chauvin Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial will be at St. Francis de Sales #2 Cemetery.
Survived by:
Son: Melvin “Buddy” J. Dennis and wife Leah of Houma
Daughters: Mary Ann Graves and husband Wayne of Houma, Diane Butcher and husband Kip of Houma
Grandchildren: 6
Step Grandchildren: 3
Great Grandchildren: 9
Step Grandchildren: 7
Preceded in Death By:
Parents: John T. Dennis and Claridy Mary Cowling Dennis
Wife: Gladys Bergeron Dennis
Sisters: Lela D. Barber, Cleo D. Horn and Sim Dennis
Member: 1st Baptist Church of Houma
Occupation: Tool Pusher for Texaco for 40 years
He was a Veteran of The U.S Navy Seabees during World War II