Former St. Mary Parish Sheriff Huey P. Bourgeois Passes Away

“Lᴏsɪɴɢ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ɪs ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴇᴀsʏ; ɪᴛ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇs ᴀ ᴠᴏɪᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ’s ʜᴀʀᴅ ᴛᴏ ғɪʟʟ. Eᴀᴄʜ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴ ᴡᴇ ʟᴏsᴇ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇs ᴀ ᴜɴɪǫᴜᴇ ɪᴍᴘʀɪɴᴛ ᴏɴ ᴏᴜʀ ʟɪᴠᴇs, sʜᴀᴘɪɴɢ ᴡʜᴏ ᴡᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴏᴡ ᴡᴇ ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇᴍ. Sʜᴇʀɪғғ Bᴏᴜʀɢᴇᴏɪs ᴡᴀs ᴏɴᴇ sᴜᴄʜ ɪɴᴅɪᴠɪᴅᴜᴀʟ—ᴀ ᴍᴀɴ ᴡʜᴏsᴇ ɪɴғʟᴜᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇᴅɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴅᴇᴇᴘʟʏ ᴍɪssᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴀʟʟ ᴡʜᴏ ᴋɴᴇᴡ ʜɪᴍ.

Hᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɴ ᴡʜᴏ ʜɪʀᴇᴅ ᴍᴇ ᴍᴀɴʏ ʏᴇᴀʀs ᴀɢᴏ, ᴀʟʟᴏᴡɪɴɢ ᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ sᴇʀᴠᴇ.

Hᴇ ɢᴇɴᴜɪɴᴇʟʏ ᴄᴀʀᴇᴅ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀʀɪsʜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴘᴜᴛɪᴇs ᴡʜᴏ sᴇʀᴠᴇᴅ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ ʜɪᴍ. Hɪs ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀʏ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴜᴇ ᴛᴏ ɪɴsᴘɪʀᴇ ᴜs ᴛᴏ sᴇʀᴠᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴍᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀssɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇᴅɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ᴇxᴇᴍᴘʟɪғɪᴇᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴅᴀʏ.

Rᴇsᴛ ɪɴ ᴘᴇᴀᴄᴇ, Sʜᴇʀɪғғ Bᴏᴜʀɢᴇᴏɪs. Yᴏᴜʀ ʟᴇɢᴀᴄʏ ᴡɪʟʟ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ʙᴇ ғᴏʀɢᴏᴛᴛᴇɴ.”

-Sʜᴇʀɪғғ Gᴀʀʏ Dʀɪsᴋᴇʟʟ