Obituary of Leon Grosdidier

Graveside services with military honors and Masonic graveside rites for Leon 'Le' Grosdidier, 80, Bullard, are scheduled for 10:00 am, Thursday, March 3, at the Overton City Cemetery with Reverend Donnie Barron officiating under the direction of Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home, Overton. A Celebration of Life is scheduled for 6:00 pm, Thursday, March 3 at the Bullard Southern Baptist Church. Le went to be with his Heavenly Father Monday, February 28, 2011 at his residence. He was born June 21, 1930, in Corsicana to the late Jesse and Ola Ware Grosdidier. Le had been a resident of the Bullard area for the past 12 years. Le was a Navy "FMF" hospital corpsman during the Korean War. He held a bachelor's degree from Sam Houston State University, Huntsville and master's degrees from Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at El Paso. Le was a former high school biology teacher for Coronado High School, El Paso and had served with the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board in Lubbock. He was also an agricultural extension agent in Briscoe County, Texas and most recently was the manager of Still Point Farm, Bullard. He was a member of the Bullard Masonic Lodge #785 and had also been a member of the Scottish Rite in El Paso. Le was a member and deacon at the Bullard Southern Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Marie Bishop Grosdidier, Bullard; sons, René Grosdidier, Orange Park, Florida and Dené Grosdidier, Longview; daughter, Denise Mitchell, Lubbock; daughter-in-law, Vicki Grosdidier, North Hollywood, California; brother, Glen Grosdidier, Bryan; eleven special grandchildren; and eight precious great-grandchildren. Memorials, if desired, may be made to the Hospice of East Texas, 4111 University Blvd, Tyler, Texas 75701.