Joyce Gentry Bordages, Beaumont resident died at Memorial Hermann Baptist Beaumont Hospital on Wednesday, June 11, 2008. She was a member of Northwood Christian Church, past Secretary of the Board of Directors, and a study leader of Christian Women’s Fellowship. She also was active in Senior Games Day and the Freewheelers Senior Group of Northwood Christian Church.
Joyce was an avid bridge player and was active with the Beaumont Bridge Studio and had attained the status of Bronze Life Master. She was a longtime member of the Beaumont Lioness Club and Milady Garden Club.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil P. Bordages, Sr., of Beaumont; her parents, Lula and Oren Gentry of Beaumont; sister, Dorothy Wiley of Orange; and brother, Carl Gentry of Beaumont. She is survived by a daughter, Sylvia Ann Luquette of Beaumont; son, Cecil P. Bordages, II, of Elgin, South Carolina; grandson, Kenneth Gregg Luquette and wife Mary of Mauriceville; great-grandson, Kenneth Blake Luquette of Sour Lake; and three great-granddaughters, Ashlee, Chelsea, and Alexus Williford of Mauriceville; and sister, Anna Smith and husband Hugh of Silsbee.
Joyce was a genuine Christian person, giving and loving to all who knew her, a devoted mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother and will be missed by all her family and friends.
Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, June 13, 2008, at Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin, Beaumont followed by burial at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. A gathering of family and friends will be Thursday, June 12, 2008 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Mortuary.
Memorial contributions may be made to Bridge Studio of Beaumont, 950 North, Beaumont, Texas 77701; or Northwood Christian Church, 5050 Eastex Freeway, Beaumont, Texas 77708.
