James A. Tubre, Jr.

CARENCRO - James A. Tubre, Jr.

James "Jimmy" Tubre, age 87, passed away on Tuesday, October 21, 2014. Devoted husband of 57 years to Betty Joyce Arnaud Tubre. Beloved father of Steve Christopher Tubre, Michael James Tubre (his wife Michelle Dugas Tubre) and David Augustine Tubre (his wife Tina Marie Moreci Tubre). Pops to one grandson, Joel Michael Tubre (his wife Scarlett Cox Tubre) and three great-grandchildren, Bree Elizabeth, Zea Marie and Adia Patrice Tubre. Brother of Sylvia Tubre Young. His parents, James Arthur Tubre and Gilberthe Dossman Tubre, his sisters, Opal Tubre Hickman and Winnie Tubre Amy and brother, Robert Lee Tubre, preceded him in death. James was a native of Ville Platte, Louisiana and resident of Carencro, Louisiana immediately following Hurricane Katrina, and of Metairie, Louisiana for the previous 48 years. He was a parishioner of St. Peters Roman Catholic Church in Carencro.

James served in the U.S. Navy during World War II as Seaman First Class and was honorably discharged May 24, 1946. He graduated from the University of Southwest Louisiana in 1950 with a degree in Chemistry.

In his retirement years he enjoyed spending time with his family, traveling and going out to eat with Betty and friends, managing his assets, which later included the daily routine of caring for his swimming pool. He co-founded, managed and formulated industrial, municipal and commercial cleaning products and services for Besco Chemicals in Metairie for over 30 years until his retirement in 1991. He was known for his ability to create customized cleaning solutions for his many longtime customers in Coastal Louisiana and along the Mississippi River. He was affectionately called "Jimmy" and "Mr. Besco" by friends and business acquaintances for many years.

Special thanks are extended to Cornerstone Village South and St. Joseph Hospice caretakers and to relatives and friends who have been prayerful and supportive during his last days with us.

Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend a Funeral Mass at St. Francis Regis Catholic Church (232 Main St. Arnaudville, LA 70512), on Saturday, October 25, 2014 at 12:00 PM. Visitation will begin at 9:00 AM until the Funeral Mass at Melancon Funeral Home next door. Relatives and friends of the family are also invited to attend the gravesite service in Metairie at Garden of Memories Cemetery (4900 Airline Dr., Metairie, LA 70001) on Monday, October 27, 2014 at 11:30 AM where he will be laid to rest.

View the obituary and guestbook online at www.melanconfuneralhome.net.

Melancon Funeral Home of Arnaudville, 224 Main Street, (337) 754-5725, is in charge of arrangements.

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Published by The Advertiser on Oct. 23, 2014.

Memories and Condolences
for James Tubre

6 Entries

Jaime & Lee Robe'rt

November 1, 2014

The Tubre Family,

We are so sorry for your loss. We feel very privileged to have known him and share many happy memories of celebrating many New Year's Eves with him and Ms. Betty! We hope all your wonderful memories will comfort all of you at this time. His eulogy is really such a beautiful tribute to a well led life and to his family!

Prayers and Love to All,
Jaime, Lee, Nicole, Emily & TJ
The Robe'rt Family

Cheryl @ Piccadilly

October 26, 2014

Mrs Betty,praying for you & your family.He was such a sweet man.

Michael Tubre

October 26, 2014

For those of you who were unable to attend the funeral of my Dad on Saturday, October 25, 2014, here is the exceptional eulogy written and presented by my gifted son Joel for his Pop's:
My name is Joel Tubre and I am the grandson of James Arthur Tubre. I have had the honor of knowing James – Jimmy - my “Pops” for the 30 years I've been around, and as I sat to write this message, I became jealous of those who had the privilege of knowing him longer.
While writing a eulogy for a man I love and respect as much as my Pops is likely the most emotionally challenging task I've ever been assigned, I am blessed in that his life is so ripe with genuine accomplishments that the content will require no embellishment.
Jimmy Tubre was a remarkable person.
Pops was born November 21st, 1926, and lived his childhood - age three to thirteen - through the Great Depression. As exceptional people tend to do, Pops used the adversity of this difficult time in history as motivation to be better. He served in the Navy during World War II, was honorably discharged in 1946, and graduated from Southwest Louisiana with a degree in Chemistry just four years later.
He went on to co-found Besco Chemicals where he formulated commercial and industrial chemicals that sold like hotcakes because, aside from the credit my dad and Uncle Dave like to give the free pens, the chemicals were incredibly good.
When I was a teenager, I remember spotting a clear one gallon jug in our garage with less than a quarter inch of blue liquid resting at the bottom. I remember asking myself, “Why even bother?” I asked my dad the same and he told me it was a tiny amount of leftover chemicals from Pops' Besco days - we could use it for washing the car.
It was time to wash the car a few days later. Dad dropped an eraser sized droplet from the jug into a large wash bucket. I stood waiting for him to dispense more but he instead screwed the cap back on the jug and returned it to the shelf. Dad filled the four gallon bucket with water, and we proceeded to wash the entire car and refill the wash bucket three times – still filled with suds - with that solitary first drop.
It took three years to burn through that quarter inch of chemical and every time that tiny drop hit the bottom of the bucket, I remember thinking…
Jimmy Tubre is a remarkable person.
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Second Corinthians 5:1 “For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.”
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Pops was a spiritual person. He had great faith in the Lord, and his faith gives us comfort in his passing. He believed in God and he lived his life in a way that made it clear he pursued God's path and honored His teachings. Just months before his passing, Pops shared with me his certainty of angels sent to protect him through surgery. They had been there his entire life he explained. He had experienced far too many close calls for there not to be a divine hand there protecting him and guiding him along.
For those who know him, this divine intervention does not sound too farfetched. Who better for God to protect than a man as selfless and giving as my Pops? He was a man so careful with money he combed through the line items on his monthly water bill, yet he has given more to friends and family in need than anyone I know. You can say that many men touch lives before they pass, but few men affect as many lives in such a profound and selfless way as Pops.
Jimmy Tubre was a remarkable person.
Perhaps the most impressive of Pops' accomplishments is his family. Pops managed to find his perfect match in my Grandma, Betty. As our wives can attest, it takes a special person to love a Tubre because we love to pick. Pops was very gifted at picking and, much to my amusement as a child, he used his talent often. Luckily for Pops, Grandma was as good a sport as any and she could dish it out right back at him. This unique dynamic to their relationship and many others too long to list made the love shared between Pops and Grandma incredibly natural and authentic. It's a love that not everyone can experience, and those who can are truly blessed.
Along with their love came children. Jimmy and Betty combined to make three of the most exceptional people I have ever met. I have said for years that if you were to combine Steve, Mike, and David into one person they would be the ultimate human being. They are all so different in what makes them special and yet so similar in what makes them good people. The apples did not fall far from the tree and the love shared between Jimmy and his sons was unmistakable. Steve, Dave, and my father Michael are my heroes and represent the epitome of what fathers aim to leave behind when they leave this earth.
I will miss my Pops very much. I will never forget playing Bourre' with him as a child, nightly hands of solitaire, eating watermelon with the whole family on the backyard deck, watching TV on the floor while he and Grandma fell asleep in their favorite front room chairs (snoring like lumberjacks), solving newspaper puzzles every morning at the breakfast table, sharing Chinese food from Canton, shooting pool with him on a sloped table, and – depending on how many I had - drinking his famous harry navels.
I am honored and blessed to have known James Arthur Tubre, my Pops. You would be hard pressed to make up a more well-lived and accomplished life. He was the embodiment of what good men strive to be in life, family, and spirit.
Jimmy Tubre was a remarkable person.

Dad, we all miss you dearly but know you must be smiling from the beautiful ceremony that we had in your honor. Love always, Michael

Buddy and Ardine (Oncale) Jones

October 23, 2014

Mrs. Betty, May God give your family peace and comfort in this difficult time. May your sweet memories bring you comfort. Your family will be in our prayers. Glad I got to talk to Mr. Jimmie on the telephone recently.

October 23, 2014

Sending prayers of comfort to the Tubre family.
Betty, Brandy, and Nick Corliss

October 22, 2014

Aunt Betty, Steve, Michael & David my thoughts & prayers are with you all.

Bobby & Susan Tubre

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