Margaret Authement

April Exhibits
April 26, 2007
Elaine Robichaux
April 30, 2007
April Exhibits
April 26, 2007
Elaine Robichaux
April 30, 2007

(Posted April 26, 2007)

Margaret “Mar Mae” McIntire Authement, 85, a native and resident of Gibson, La., died at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, 2007.


Burial was in St. Patrick Cemetery.


She is survived by one son, Chris Authement of Gibson; four daughters, Joni Broussard of Gulfport, Miss., Carole Duval of Gibson, Fay Kurkjy of Lexington, Ky., and Anne Authement of Gibson; one sister, Marjorie McIntire Porche of Gibson; 12 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Y. “J.Y.” Authement; her parents, Daniel C. “Bud” McIntire and Clysse Tarleton McIntire; one daughter, Margaret “Sister” Rodrigue; one son-in-law, Steve Duval; three brothers, Carroll Daniel McIntire, John Tarleton McIntire and Klein McIntire; and one sister, Clysse McIntire Bourgeois.

She was a retired postal clerk with the U.S. Postal Service with 28 years of service and was a retired school teacher for Terrebonne Parish School Board.

She was a parishioner of St. Patrick Catholic Church.

Chauvin Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.