Duffy Joseph Breaux, Sr., 80 of Winnie, died August 7, 2008 at 3:30 pm in Winnie Community Hospital.
He was born in Gueydan, LA on December 20, 1927 to Effie and Eddie Breaux. Duffy was a rice farmer for twenty-nine years and also worked for M and M Air Service for thirty years before retiring. Duffy and his wife, Ouida had lived in Winnie for forty-five years and he was a WWII Army veteran.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, August 10, 2008 at Broussard’s Chapel with Burial to follow in Fairview Cemetery. A gathering of family and friends will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Duffy is survived by his wife of sixty-one years, Ouida Breaux; sons, Duffy Breaux, Jr. and his wife, Kathy all of Winnie, Roger Breaux and his wife, Betty of Buna; daughters, Carolyn Campbell and her husband, Steve of Winnie, Janelle Wootan and her husband, Tugger of Mt. Belvieu, Jeanette Rhame and her husband, Aubrey of Hankamer, Peggy Abraham and her husband, Brian of Marshall; sister Margie Duhon of Tomball; fifteen grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Eddie and Effie Breaux; brother, Bernice “Joe” Breaux.
