Gladys L. Hebert, 91 of Beaumont Texas., went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, December 19, 2006 at Bayshore Hospital in Pasadena, Texas after a brief illness.
Gladys was born in Laurel City, Missouri on November 28, 1915, one of four children to the late Elizabeth Broaddus and Robert C. Broaddus. She moved from Edinburg, Texas to Beaumont when she married the late Numa V. Hebert, Sr. Together they raised six children and were long time parishioners of St. Anne Catholic Church, where she was a member of the Altar Society. She was a lifetime member of the American Contract Bridge Society and achieved her Life Masters in 1974, and obtained a degree from Lamar University in Interior Decorating.
Gladys is survived by her little dog Shasta, her companion for the last eighteen years; her daughters, Rita Chadick of LaPorte, Texas and Patricia Jarrett and her husband Vince of Houston; her sons, Robert Hebert and wife Brenda of Maryland and Michael Hebert of Beaumont; her sister, Dorothy McVey of McAllen, Texas. She has many grandchildren, including Julianna Bergeron of Canada, Debbie Green of LaPorte, Texas, Rita Ashley Hebert of Pearland, Texas and Justin Jarrett of Abilene; sixteen great grandchildren; and two great great grandchildren. All her children loved and cared for Gladys in her later years.
She was preceded in death by her loving husband of fifty-five years, Numa V. Hebert Sr.; her infant son, Numa V. Hebert Jr.; her daughter, Theresa Smith; and her grandsons, Clifton V. Chadick Sr., Patrick Carpenter Smith; and his brother, Wayne Smith Jr.
Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Saturday, December 23, 2006 at Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin followed by burial at Magnolia Cemetery. A gathering of family and friends will be begin 11:00 A.M. Saturday morning until service time at the mortuary.
