Bret Dryden

"tick, tick … BOOM!" (Metairie)
May 4, 2011
Friday, May 6
May 6, 2011
"tick, tick … BOOM!" (Metairie)
May 4, 2011
Friday, May 6
May 6, 2011

Bret Clifford Dryden, 51, a native and resident of Houma, La., died Friday, April 29, 2011.


Mr. Dryden was a parishioner of St. Bernadette Catholic Church. He was employed by Quality Shipyard. He was a devoted and loving husband, father, grandfather, son, uncle and friend. He enjoyed and loved spending time with his grandchildren, family and friends. He will be deeply missed and forever loved.


He is survived by his wife, Alison Labat Dryden; son, Brandon (Bligh) Dryden; daughter, Kayla (Nicholas) Guidry; two grandchildren, Kenleigh Dryden and Kate Guidry; parents, Jack and Diane King Dryden; brothers, Fritz (Denise) and Mark Dryden; sisters, Dana (Andrew) Poiencot and Dena (Mark) Roy; two Godchildren, Jennifer Bent and Blake Dryden; and numerous nephews and nieces.

He was preceded in death by his sister, Donna Dryden McElroy; and his grandparents, Vernal and Hazel Marcel King and Wallace and Alice Klingman Dryden.

He is buried at St. Francis de Sales Cemetery No. 2. (Chauvin)

Bret Dryden