Thibodeaux, Avelie Gautreaux

The blessing that in blessing lies— These didst thou know, true heart and wise!
Now God hath added, last and best,
The sudden glad surprise of rest.
Rossitter W. Raymond
Mrs. Thihodeaux was born November 9, 1896 in Lafourche Parish near Labadieville, Louisiana. She attended school at Labadieville Catholic Convent but before finishing high school it was necessary for her to assume the responsibility of the homemaker for her father and her sisters and brothers. Her mother had died when Mrs. Thibodeaux was only ten years of age.
On December 16, 1912 she was married to C. J. Thibodeaux. Two girls and three boys were born to this union of whom three are surviving, namely: Harry, of St. Martinville; C. J., Jr. of Los Angeles, and Mrs. J. V. Payfers (Fern) of Indian Head, Maryland.
In 1919 Mrs. Thibodeaux, with her husband, C. J. Thibodeaux, united with The Methodist Church as converts from the Roman Catholic Church. Three years later in July C. J. Thibodeaux was licensed as a Local Preacher and at the following Annual Conference in the Fall was appointed a Supply to a French Mission church. The greater part of their ministry was spent in the French Mission Area. Mrs. Thibodeaux on several occasions filled the pulpit effectively when Brother Thibodeaux was ill.
On January 30, 1960 funeral services for Mrs. Thlbodeaux were conducted in the Thibodeaux Methodist Church by the Rev. H. R. Branton, assisted by the Rev. E. W. Day and the Rev. R. E. Walton. Her body was laid to rest in the Episcopal Cemetery of Thibodeaux, Louisiana.