Hilda Marie Breaux Myers, age 79, died on Sunday, September 27, 2004, at Cypress Glen Nursing Home in Port Arthur after a lengthy illness.
She was born in Port Arthur, Texas, to Alfred Breaux and Emma Clark Breaux on July 24, 1925. Hilda graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1943 where she was a member of the Red Hussars drum and Bugle corps. She worked in the wholesale and retail jewelry trade in the Dallas area for about 50 years before returning to Port Arthur.
Hilda donated her body to science through Southwest Medical School in Dallas, Texas. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gordon Myers and her son, Roger Mark Roebuck. Survivors include her son, Thurman Roebuck, of Middleburg, Florida; sister, Velma Breaux Rouly, of League City, Texas, brothers; Harold Breaux of Dallas, Texas, Robert Breaux of Sunnyvale, California and Jim Breaux of Port Neches, Texas, three grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
The family would like to send a special thanks to dr. Kimberly Pitts, the Staff of Cypress Glen nursing Home, especially nurse Lynn Mingo and her staff, and the Southeast Texas Hospice.
The family request that memorials be sent to Southeast tExas hospice, 912 west Cherry, P>O. Box 2385, Orange, Texas 77631-2388.