Virginia Hart Broussard, 79, of
Beaumont, died Saturday, February 20, 2016.
She was born on May 15, 1936, to Virginia Thompson Clause and James Hart
Clause, in Bunkie, Louisiana.
She moved to Orange, Texas, at 3 weeks
of age. When she finished school, she worked as a secretary at a car dealership
and a ladies fashion shop. She met her (future) husband, Dan, when he moved to
Orange from Louisiana in 1953. They both
loved to dance, but she walked off the dance floor the first time he asked her
to dance. He finally got her attention again in February, 1957, and they were
married in August, 1957. They moved to Beaumont in 1964 and she worked for
First Federal Savings & Loan and then the Beaumont Better Business Bureau. She
and Dan danced their way through life and were still dating and dancing until
she suffered a stroke in January 2015. She loved people and always had a big
smile on her face. She was a beautiful lady, wonderful wife and mother, and
will be dearly missed.
Survivors include her husband of fifty-eight
years, Dan Broussard; daughters, Renee Broussard of Houston and Stephanie
Childs of Beaumont; son, Stephen Broussard; grandchildren, Danny Broussard,
Craig Smith, Stephen Smith, Courtney Blanton, Michelle McSwain, Amy Broussard,
Sarah Dillion, and Trace Broussard; seven great-grandchildren and one on the
way; and sister, Fran Harriman of Orange.
She is preceded in death by her parents
and sister, Jimmie C. Fox.
A gathering of
Mrs. Broussard’s family and friends will be from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.,
with a Christian Vigil at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, February 24, 2016, at
Broussard’s, 1605 North Major Drive, Beaumont. A Mass of Christian Burial will
be celebrated at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, February 25, 2016, at St. Jude Thaddeus
Catholic Church, 6825 Gladys Avenue, Beaumont. Her interment will follow at
Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont.
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