Doris Bourgeois Raiford's Obituary
Doris Bourgeois Raiford passed away on Friday, July 4, 2008 in Kissimmee, Florida.
Beloved mother of Charlotte Raiford James and her husband George, the late J.W. Raiford and the late Jerry Raiford; grandmother to Tonya J. Wright and her husband Brian and Scott Raiford; great-grandmother to Jared, Landon and Carson Wright; sister to Gladys Charbonnet, Elaine Charbonnet, Norman Bourgeois, Hudson Bourgeois and Carl Bourgeois. Besides her two sons, Doris was preceded in death by her husband Walter J. Raiford; her mother, Alcide Rome Bourgeois; her father, Livan Bourgeois; two sisters, Mildred Davis and Addie Bourgeois; and a brother, Earl Bourgeois.
Age 85 years, she was a native of Ponchatoula, LA, a former resident of Madisonville, LA, and a resident of Kissimmee, FL for the past five years.
Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial on Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 11:00 AM from the Chapel at E.J. Fielding Funeral Home Inc., 2260 W. 21st. Ave., Covington, LA 70433.
Visitation on Thursday will begin at 9:00 AM and continue until service time.
Interment will follow in Theodore Dendinger Cemetery in Madisonville.
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