Gaties Alma DuBois Harris

Gaties Alma DuBois Harris March 24,1928 - November 8, 2024 “Willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord” II Cor. 5:8 It is with a Heart Full of Love that we announce, Gaties Alma DuBois Harris, age 96, went peacefully home to be joined with the Lord, Friday November 8, 2024, Clinton, LA. The DuBois family migrated from France to the United States, landed on a beach in Connecticut called Stonington Beach, which today is called DuBois Beach. She was born in Albany, LA, a graduate of Albany High School. The time then was World War II, she made the decision to serve her country as a nurse. She entered nursing school at the Baton Rouge General Hospital completing their Cadet Nurse Program in 1948. This was the last Class of Cadet Nurse graduates at the General. The War ended she never got to serve, but having a love for surgical nursing she continued her work there at the General. She met and married Charles E Harris from Slaughter, LA. They made their home in Slaughter most everyone called her DuBois, she was an excellent nurse filled with love and compassion, serving & raising her four children in this small community. She & her family were members of Slaughter Baptist Church where she worked with the youth teaching Bible Memory Work. Gaties enjoyed traveling the country in their travel trailer, spending time in their cabin in the Ozarks, gardening, sewing, cooking for family gatherings & serving as a nurse in her community. She Loved LSU Football! One day she noticed Lane Memorial Hospital in Zachary was being built, she stopped in & they hired her, first nurse hired at Lane. She set up all the nurse practice criteria & departments there at Lane. Later the family moved into Zachary due to the school situation, the family started attending Zachary First Baptist Church. At this time Gaties went to work at Georgia Pacific as a Plant Nurse. In later years her career branched into the care of the elderly Baker Manor Nursing Home & Capital House Nursing Home in Baton Rouge. Always had pride in her profession & loved to share with those the Lord brought to her. Gaties is survived by her four children: Charlotte Harris, Jackie Harris, Kathy Harris Norris & husband Lon & son Charles E Harris Jr (Chuck) wife Mary, Her Sister Lucille DuBois Goodwin & brother Edmond DuBois (Junior). 7 Grandchildren: Richard, Cheri husband Curtis, Storm wife Kim, Stehl wife Katy, Joshua, Jason wife Amanda, Josh wife Missy. 12 Great grandchildren: Trace, Clacey, Storm Jr, Joeli, Kensley, Macy, Ian, Kaitlyn, Susie, Chloe, Giovanni, Hartley. Gaties was preceded in death by her husband Charles Harris Sr; Parents Edmond Nicholas DuBois & Clara Eleath Addison DuBois; her Great Grandparents Ira & Rosella Addison and her two older brothers Huey DuBois & Allie DuBois. Pallbearers: Richard W Hayden Jr, Richard W Hayden III (Trace), Storm W Lantrip Sr, Storm W Lantrip Jr, Joshua Sanders, Langdon Stehl Thompson, Jason Harris, Josh Porter. Honorary Pallbearer: Dr Ernest Gene Thompson Funeral services: Bluff Creek Baptist Church, 1706 Hwy 63 Clinton, LA 70722, Tuesday, November 12, 2024, Visitation 9:30 Am, Service at 11 Am Interment to follow in Naul Cemetery.

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Gaties Alma DuBois Harris

March 24, 1928 - November 8, 2024