Extracted from The Beauregard Daily News (DeRidder, LA)
Friday, January 21, 2005

ROBERT E. ``GENE'' LEBLANC

Funeral service for Robert E. ``Gene'' LeBlanc, 87, of LeBlanc, will be at 3 p.m. today, Jan. 21, at Ardoin Funeral Home in Kinder, with the Rev. Bennie Baggett officiating. Burial will be in LeBlanc Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 8 a.m. until service time.

He died Wednesday, Jan. 19, at Allen Parish Hospital.

He was a native and lifelong resident of LeBlanc.

Survivors include his wife, Nellie Mae LeBlanc of LeBlanc; two daughters, Shirley Gimnick of Ragley and Sandra Hamilton of Mittie; one son, Keith LeBlanc of LeBlanc; nine grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.