Paul B. Bayard, Sr. 83, of Nederland, passed away Thursday, March 30, 2006 at his residence in Nederland.
Funeral services were at 2:00 PM Sunday, April 2, 2006 at Broussard’s in Nederland. Interment will follow at Calvary Cemetery. A gathering of family and friends was from 5 to 8 PM Saturday at the mortuary.
Mr. Bayard was a native of New Iberia, Louisiana and live most of his life in the Nederland and Port Arthur area. He worked with Texaco Refinery in Port Arthur in the security department with 25 years of service. He was a former police officer for the city of Port Arthur and was a business man in Nederland for some 35 years. He was a charter member of the Nederland Rotary Club, and served our country in the U.S. Marines during WWII.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Bayard of Nederland; three sons, Ernest Bayard and wife Marian of Vidor, Pete Bayard and wife Robbie of Palestine, and Paul Bayard Jr. and wife Linda of Nederland; two sisters, Rosa Lopez of New Iberia, Louisiana, and Louise “Deesa” Bourgeois of Sulphur , Louisiana, seven grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren.
