Eddie Toups

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(Posted September 6, 2007)

Eddie Joseph Toups, 85, a native of Valentine, La., and resident of Bayou Blue, La., died Wednesday, September 5, 2007, at 4:20 a.m.


He is survived by his wife, Sadie Martin Toups; two sons, Ronald P. Toups and his wife Phyllis and Glenn A. Toups and his wife Sydney; one daughter, Denise T. Bourg and her husband Mitchel; 10 grandchildren, Alyson Toups, Tracey Hebert, Ronald “Bo” Toups Jr., Lottie Toups, Vanessa Trosclair, Elizabeth Strousser, Gretchen Pleasant, Christopher Toups, Brad Voclain, and Brenda Bourg; and five great-grandchildren, Hunter Toups, Madelyn Hebert, Landon Trosclair, Rachel Pleasant and Amber Hebert; one godchild, Janice Vice.


He was preceded in death by his parents, Oscar and Alice Barrios Toups, Sr.; one daughter, Brenda A. Toups; four brothers, Hayward Toups, Oscar Toups, Jr., Leonard Toups, Sr. and Ernest Toups, Sr.; and one sister, Eula Theriot.

Eddie was a devout Catholic and a parishioner of St. Louis Catholic Church. He was a loving husband to his wife Sadie for 61 years. He was a retired heavy-equipment operator with the Department of Transportation and Development.

Visitation is Thursday, September 6, 2007, from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. at Chauvin Funeral Home in Houma, La., and Friday, September 7, 2007, from 9 a.m. until 11:00 a.m., with the funeral to follow at St. Louis Catholic Church. He will be buried in St. Francis de Sales Cemetery No. 2. Pallbearers will be Ronald Toups, Glenn Toups, Mitchel Bourg, Christopher Toups, Buck Theriot, and Ronald “Bo” Toups Jr.; and honorary pallbearers are Ernest Toups, Jr., Cary Vice, Brad Voclain, Darryl Hebert, Byron Trosclair, John Strousser, and Brandon Pleasant.

Chauvin Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Eddie Toups