Loubelle Marie Bye

Loubelle Marie Bye, 95, passed away Saturday, March 3, 2018 in Gulfport, MS. She was of the Catholic faith. She was a wonderful and loving, mother, sister, grandmother, great grandmother and great-great grandmother who will be sadly missed by her family and friends. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Thomas Charles Dufrene, Jr.; second husband, Joseph L. Bye Sr.; two sons, James T. "Jimmy" Dufrene and Thomas Charles Dufrene III; parents, Landry M. Dufrene, Sr. and Lelia Z. Olivier Dufrene; two brothers, Landry M. Dufrene, Jr. "Boley" and Hugh J. Dufrene "Nunnie"; sister, Elaine M. Hue "Chunnie" and son-in-law, James D. Brabham, Sr. She is survived by her two sons, Johnny Bye (Darlene) and Joseph L. Bye, Jr. (Dhona); two daughters, Joelle Bivens (Clyde) and Karen Brabham; sister, Lois Dufrene Ford (P.J.) twenty grandchildren, thirty-one great-grandchildren and nine great-great grandchildren. In lieu of flowers the family request donations to Lakeview Nursing Center-Activity Fund: 16411 Robinson Road, Gulfport, MS 39503 or Alzheimer's Association Research: 2533 Old McDowell Road, Jackson, MS 39204. Visitation will be held Saturday, March 10, 2018 at St. Gertrude Catholic Church: 17292 LA 631, Des Allemands, LA 70030 from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon with a Mass of Christian Burial at 12:00 noon. Interment to follow at St. Gertrude Cemetery. Edmond Fahey Funeral Home in Bay St. Louis, MS is in charge of the arrangements.