Joseph Ray Thibodeaux

October 14, 1932 - January 21, 2021

Joseph "Ray" Thibodeaux, a native of Port Arthur, Texas and a resident of Ponchatoula, Louisiana died Thursday, January 21, 2021 at the age of 88. Ray loved fishing, gardening and going to casinos. He was the beloved companion of Bonnie Jean Thibodeaux; father of Joseph M. Thibodeaux; step father of Renee Coates and husband Tommy Coates, Clay Gillispie and wife Irene Gillispie; brother of Marie Badeaux, Dorothea and husband Herman Pachuca, Cindy and husband Mike Rhodan; grandfather of Maddie and Abbie Coates, Harry, Jack, Nina and Sophie Gillispie. Ray was preceded in death by his parents, Frances Conner Gaspard and Manuel Thibodeaux and by a brother, Earl Thibodeaux.