Clyde Leleux

Clyde Leleux, 93, of Orange, passed away Jan. 12, at Oakwood Manor in Vidor.

Funeral services will be at 10:00am, Thursday, Jan. 15, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Chaplain Kevin Trinkle. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange.

Visitation will be from 5:00-9:00 pm, Wednesday Jan. 14 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.

Born in Kaplan, La, Feb. 24, 1921, he was the son of Albert Leleux and Anna (Guidry) Leleux. Clyde served in C. C. Camp and the U.S. Army in World War II and retired from civil service and as a guard for the Port of Orange. He loved hunting, fishing, and working in his garden. He was a member of Oakwood Baptist Church. Clyde loved his children and grandchildren dearly.

He is preceded in death by his wife, Billie Leleux; parents, Albert and Anna Leleux and six brothers and sisters.

He is survived by his children, Loretta Barton and husband, Johnny of Orange and Barbara Cloud Menard and husband, Kenneth of Orange; grandchildren, Johnny Ray Bendo, Jr., Mitzi Whitney and husband, Winston, and Jason Bendo and wife, Rita; great-grandchildren, Amy Bendo, Winston “Deuce” Whitney, Jr., and Jackalyn Whitney; and his brother, Lurcey Leleux.