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August 8, 2011Lillie Lea McKnight Gaidry, 103, a native of Campti, La., and resident of Houma, La., died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011.
Mrs. Gaidry graduated from Campti High School in 1924 and Northwestern College in 1927. She taught at Houma Elementary School in 1927 and was the principal at Daigleville School from 1932-1939. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma Terrebonne Garden Club and Holy Rosary Church.
She is survived by her son, Wilson III (Wanda) Gaidry; grandchildren, Natalie DeAngelis, Laura Bell, Roberta and Mary Gaidry and Rebecca Falgout; and great-grandchildren, Douglas, Miranda and Ruth Ann Pecot, Trevor Billings and Brooke Sanford.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Wilson Gaidry Jr.; parents, William and Lillian McKnight; and brothers, James Sr. and Wilber McKnight.
Burial was at Magnolia Cemetery in Houma. (Samart)
