Funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church for Dr. James Madison Buatt, Jr., 93, who died Sunday, June 24, 2018 at 8:30 p.m. at Acadia General Hospital in Crowley.
Rev. Jimmy Broussard, Pastor of First Presbyterian Church, will officiate for the services. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery with military honors by the Honor Guard from Ft. Polk.
A native of Crowley, Dr. Buatt graduated Valedictorian from Crowley High School in 1942. While attending LSU he was drafted into the U.S. Army, where he was assigned to the Rainbow 42nd Infantry Division and served in the Pacific Ocean theatre during WWII. After the war, he returned to LSU, graduating in 1949, earning a Bachelor of Science degree. Dr. Buatt went on to earn a Doctor of Dental Surgery from Loyola University in 1954. He practiced dentistry in Crowley for nearly forty years. After retiring from dentistry he was elected to the Crowley City Council where he served from 1993 until 2006. During his term Dr. Buatt served on the Public Safety Committee; Insurance & Personnel Committee; Community & Economic Development Committee; Revenue & Finance Committee; and Public Buildings and Recreation Committee. He also served as Mayor Pro Tempore from 1997 to 2006.
Dr. Buatt was an avid outdoorsman with a passion for hunting and fishing and was a dedicated steward of the land and environment. He also spent a lot of time woodworking and traveling all throughout our great country. He was known for giving most of his woodwork to family and friends.
Dr. Buatt is survived by two sons, Robert M. Buatt and his wife Melva of Hathaway, Louis E. Buatt of New Orleans; five grandchildren, Elizabeth Buatt, Margaret B. Crawford and her husband Don, Kennah Buatt, Sylvia Jean Buatt and Christopher Buatt; one great-grandchild, Cassidy Jane Crawford.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Ida Jean DeMoville Buatt; his second wife, Helen Jordan Buatt; his parents, James “Matt” and Margaret Flower Buatt.
Pallbearers will be Christopher Buatt, Don Crawford, Tommy McNeely, Jimmy Landry, Johnny Casanova, and Bart Gilbert.
Rev. Jimmy Broussard, Pastor of First Presbyterian Church, will officiate for the services. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery with military honors by the Honor Guard from Ft. Polk.
A native of Crowley, Dr. Buatt graduated Valedictorian from Crowley High School in 1942. While attending LSU he was drafted into the U.S. Army, where he was assigned to the Rainbow 42nd Infantry Division and served in the Pacific Ocean theatre during WWII. After the war, he returned to LSU, graduating in 1949, earning a Bachelor of Science degree. Dr. Buatt went on to earn a Doctor of Dental Surgery from Loyola University in 1954. He practiced dentistry in Crowley for nearly forty years. After retiring from dentistry he was elected to the Crowley City Council where he served from 1993 until 2006. During his term Dr. Buatt served on the Public Safety Committee; Insurance & Personnel Committee; Community & Economic Development Committee; Revenue & Finance Committee; and Public Buildings and Recreation Committee. He also served as Mayor Pro Tempore from 1997 to 2006.
Dr. Buatt was an avid outdoorsman with a passion for hunting and fishing and was a dedicated steward of the land and environment. He also spent a lot of time woodworking and traveling all throughout our great country. He was known for giving most of his woodwork to family and friends.
Dr. Buatt is survived by two sons, Robert M. Buatt and his wife Melva of Hathaway, Louis E. Buatt of New Orleans; five grandchildren, Elizabeth Buatt, Margaret B. Crawford and her husband Don, Kennah Buatt, Sylvia Jean Buatt and Christopher Buatt; one great-grandchild, Cassidy Jane Crawford.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Ida Jean DeMoville Buatt; his second wife, Helen Jordan Buatt; his parents, James “Matt” and Margaret Flower Buatt.
Pallbearers will be Christopher Buatt, Don Crawford, Tommy McNeely, Jimmy Landry, Johnny Casanova, and Bart Gilbert.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church for Dr. James Madison Buatt, Jr., 93, who died Sunday, June 24, 2018 at 8:30 p.m. at Acadia General Hospital in Crowley.
Rev. Jimmy Broussard, Pastor of First Presbyterian Church, will officiate for the services. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery with military honors by the Honor Guard from Ft. Polk.
A native of Crowley, Dr. Buatt graduated Valedictorian from Crowley High School in 1942. While attending LSU he was drafted into the U.S. Army, where he was assigned to the Rainbow 42nd Infantry Division and served in the Pacific Ocean theatre during WWII. After the war, he returned to LSU, graduating in 1949, earning a Bachelor of Science degree. Dr. Buatt went on to earn a Doctor of Dental Surgery from Loyola University in 1954. He practiced dentistry in Crowley for nearly forty years. After retiring from dentistry he was elected to the Crowley City Council where he served from 1993 until 2006. During his term Dr. Buatt served on the Public Safety Committee; Insurance & Personnel Committee; Community & Economic Development Committee; Revenue & Finance Committee; and Public Buildings and Recreation Committee. He also served as Mayor Pro Tempore from 1997 to 2006.
Dr. Buatt was an avid outdoorsman with a passion for hunting and fishing and was a dedicated steward of the land and environment. He also spent a lot of time woodworking and traveling all throughout our great country. He was known for giving most of his woodwork to family and friends.
Dr. Buatt is survived by two sons, Robert M. Buatt and his wife Melva of Hathaway, Louis E. Buatt of New Orleans; five grandchildren, Elizabeth Buatt, Margaret B. Crawford and her husband Don, Kennah Buatt, Sylvia Jean Buatt and Christopher Buatt; one great-grandchild, Cassidy Jane Crawford.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Ida Jean DeMoville Buatt; his second wife, Helen Jordan Buatt; his parents, James “Matt” and Margaret Flower Buatt.
Pallbearers will be Christopher Buatt, Don Crawford, Tommy McNeely, Jimmy Landry, Johnny Casanova, and Bart Gilbert.
Rev. Jimmy Broussard, Pastor of First Presbyterian Church, will officiate for the services. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery with military honors by the Honor Guard from Ft. Polk.
A native of Crowley, Dr. Buatt graduated Valedictorian from Crowley High School in 1942. While attending LSU he was drafted into the U.S. Army, where he was assigned to the Rainbow 42nd Infantry Division and served in the Pacific Ocean theatre during WWII. After the war, he returned to LSU, graduating in 1949, earning a Bachelor of Science degree. Dr. Buatt went on to earn a Doctor of Dental Surgery from Loyola University in 1954. He practiced dentistry in Crowley for nearly forty years. After retiring from dentistry he was elected to the Crowley City Council where he served from 1993 until 2006. During his term Dr. Buatt served on the Public Safety Committee; Insurance & Personnel Committee; Community & Economic Development Committee; Revenue & Finance Committee; and Public Buildings and Recreation Committee. He also served as Mayor Pro Tempore from 1997 to 2006.
Dr. Buatt was an avid outdoorsman with a passion for hunting and fishing and was a dedicated steward of the land and environment. He also spent a lot of time woodworking and traveling all throughout our great country. He was known for giving most of his woodwork to family and friends.
Dr. Buatt is survived by two sons, Robert M. Buatt and his wife Melva of Hathaway, Louis E. Buatt of New Orleans; five grandchildren, Elizabeth Buatt, Margaret B. Crawford and her husband Don, Kennah Buatt, Sylvia Jean Buatt and Christopher Buatt; one great-grandchild, Cassidy Jane Crawford.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Ida Jean DeMoville Buatt; his second wife, Helen Jordan Buatt; his parents, James “Matt” and Margaret Flower Buatt.
Pallbearers will be Christopher Buatt, Don Crawford, Tommy McNeely, Jimmy Landry, Johnny Casanova, and Bart Gilbert.
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