A motorcycle accident recently claimed the life of Eloi Anthony Guidry Jr.
The Long Beach resident was driving a Honda CRV 600 when he collided with a Ford 250 truck in Pass Christian, according to local authorities, who said speed and alcohol were factors in the fatal wreck.
Read media account at www.sunherald.com: Crash claims young father.
Guidry, 21, died Wednesday, April 22, 2009, at Memorial Hospital at Gulfport following the wreck that occurred at U.S. 90 and Emerald Avenue in Pass Christian, according to local news reports.
Guidry, a lance corporal with the Marine Corps, attended Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. His family said he loved them, his friends, fast cars, and his dogs George and Sue.
Guidry was survived by wife Desiree Guidry of Long Beach; infant daughter Brenna Leann Guidry; mother Paulette Jones and her husband Scot of Long Beach; father Tony Guidry and wife Lisa of Necaise Crossing; siblings Angela Guidry of Long Beach, Alan Peters of Diamondhead, Tyler Amacker of Pass Christian, Tomi Rene Barnes of Carthage, Stephen Jones of Long Beach, Chris Jones of Carthage, Joseph Stelly of Necaise Crossing; and grandparents Glenn and Norma Dore' of Kiln, Randall Snyder of Asheville, N.C., Robert and Joyce Guidry of Necaise Crossing, and Barbara Jones of Slidell, La.
Funeral services were April 25 at Reimann Family Funeral Home in Long Beach. Interment was in St. Joseph's Cemetery at Rotten Bayou.
In lieu of flowers a memorial account was established at Hancock Bank in Guidry's honor to help provide for his family.
A online guestbook was signed and viewed at www.riemannfamily.com
