| Judy Trosclair Gregory Sulphur,LA |
Two weeks before graduation day, I went to work
for Calcasieu Marine National Bank in Sulphur
with the intent of staying there. When fall rolled
around Papoose Morvant and I teamed up and
headed north to Natchitoches for the fall
semester at Northwestern. We were rooming
together and really excited. During the first
semester my dad got sick and I had to come
home and help out. My family had a couple of
businesses and it was more that my mother could
handle. Calcasieu Marine heard I was back home
and offered me my job back.From 1957 until 1960,
I worked for them.
January 31,1959, Sedrick Gregory, class "53,
and I were married at Our Lady of Prompt Succor
Catholic Church, in Sulphur. Our first daughter,
Toni Gayle, was born June 22, 1960.I had planned
to go back to work at the bank, but before I could
I was pregant again. Our second daughter, Jill
was born June 2, 1961. In 1962 I went to work for
Lakeside National Bank, because they were
closed on Saturday. (not very loyal to Cal-Marine
was I). Two more daughters were born during that
time. Kris, January 1, 1963 and D"Ann 12-12-64.
II worked at Lakeside until 1969. From "69 to "73
I worked for a State Farm Agent. During this time
our fifth child Rocky was born 3-15-72. He was
born with Downs Syndrom and has been the
greatest gift God could have given us. Since his
birth I have been a stay at home mom.
Three of our daughters work for the Calcasieu
Parish School system. Toni is an aid at the office
in Mossville for the vision impaired. She and Mark
have two sons and two daughters.Jill is a
counsler at SHS is divorced with one son. D"Ann
is a special ed teacher at SHS. She and Carl have
one son and one daugter. Kris is the only one
doing something different. She is a Registered
Nurse. At present she is supervisior of nurses in
surgery at West Cal-Cam. She and Dean have
three sons and two daughters. Rocky finished
SHS in 1994 and has worked at McDonalds, a
health club and at CARC in Lake Charles. He has
had a rough year and is staying home with mom.
Our children have blessed us with 12
grandchildren, and we all live in Sulphur. They
manage to keep us very busy. In fact, we are
busier now than we were when our kids were at
home.
Sedrick retired from Citgo in 1997, after 42
years. He loves to work construction now to help
feed his habit, golf. He works in the winter and
plays in all the senior golf tournaments around the
county during the summer. Really enjoying his
retirement. Rock and I stay close to home. He
loves music so we go to a lot of concerts and
festivals We especially like eating out with the
class of "57 and drinking coffee on Pie and Joey's
porch. Going to Mr. Devers' was fun thanks to
Barbara Lynn and Rickey
Sedrick loves to travel so he has taken us all
over the U.S., Canada and France. In 1996 he took
Rocky and I to France on a pilgrimage. We visited
all the shrines and catherals. Then we toured the
battlefields of WW2. In Aug. 2005, I helped
chaprone our youth group at church to Cologne,
Germany for World Youth Day. These two trips to
Europe were something I never thought I would
be able to do. They were both quite an adventure.
In the last 1970's we were involved with the
Ulster Project. We hosted children from Northern
Ireland each summer for 3 years and have stayed
very close to one in particular.She is in her 40's
now and has come back to visit us twice. The
last time she brought her two sons with her.
In 1989, Betty Lou Leger, Marla Gwen Savant,
Fay Morgan and I decided to travel together. Our
first trip was to go see Blanche and Toney in
South Carolina. Once we found out we could do it,
it became an annual thing for a few years. In
1990, Marla, Fay, Lenda, Brenda and I headed to
the Big Apple, New York City. We visited all the
sights on the way.What a trip! We witnessed a
mugging in Times Square and our car got robbed
at Atlantic City. We had reached the big time!.
The next trip was to Georgetown, Texas to see
Janic Brown. Another trip was to Branson. Mo.
That was so much fun. The CRS disease has set
in and I can't remember why we stopped, but I
think it was because Brenda got sick and our
grandkids were getting older and involved. I am
still trying to figure why they took me.They always
had to wait for me to throw up because I get so
car sick.
We are very active at St. Theresa's Catholic
Church in Carlyss. Rocky is a member of the choir
and is an altar server. I am a extra-ordinary
minister of communion and belong to the Legion
of Mary, which is an evangelizing organization. I
feel blessed to have gone with them on three
different mission trips.
We are looking forward to seeing everyone at
the reunion in April,
for Calcasieu Marine National Bank in Sulphur
with the intent of staying there. When fall rolled
around Papoose Morvant and I teamed up and
headed north to Natchitoches for the fall
semester at Northwestern. We were rooming
together and really excited. During the first
semester my dad got sick and I had to come
home and help out. My family had a couple of
businesses and it was more that my mother could
handle. Calcasieu Marine heard I was back home
and offered me my job back.From 1957 until 1960,
I worked for them.
January 31,1959, Sedrick Gregory, class "53,
and I were married at Our Lady of Prompt Succor
Catholic Church, in Sulphur. Our first daughter,
Toni Gayle, was born June 22, 1960.I had planned
to go back to work at the bank, but before I could
I was pregant again. Our second daughter, Jill
was born June 2, 1961. In 1962 I went to work for
Lakeside National Bank, because they were
closed on Saturday. (not very loyal to Cal-Marine
was I). Two more daughters were born during that
time. Kris, January 1, 1963 and D"Ann 12-12-64.
II worked at Lakeside until 1969. From "69 to "73
I worked for a State Farm Agent. During this time
our fifth child Rocky was born 3-15-72. He was
born with Downs Syndrom and has been the
greatest gift God could have given us. Since his
birth I have been a stay at home mom.
Three of our daughters work for the Calcasieu
Parish School system. Toni is an aid at the office
in Mossville for the vision impaired. She and Mark
have two sons and two daughters.Jill is a
counsler at SHS is divorced with one son. D"Ann
is a special ed teacher at SHS. She and Carl have
one son and one daugter. Kris is the only one
doing something different. She is a Registered
Nurse. At present she is supervisior of nurses in
surgery at West Cal-Cam. She and Dean have
three sons and two daughters. Rocky finished
SHS in 1994 and has worked at McDonalds, a
health club and at CARC in Lake Charles. He has
had a rough year and is staying home with mom.
Our children have blessed us with 12
grandchildren, and we all live in Sulphur. They
manage to keep us very busy. In fact, we are
busier now than we were when our kids were at
home.
Sedrick retired from Citgo in 1997, after 42
years. He loves to work construction now to help
feed his habit, golf. He works in the winter and
plays in all the senior golf tournaments around the
county during the summer. Really enjoying his
retirement. Rock and I stay close to home. He
loves music so we go to a lot of concerts and
festivals We especially like eating out with the
class of "57 and drinking coffee on Pie and Joey's
porch. Going to Mr. Devers' was fun thanks to
Barbara Lynn and Rickey
Sedrick loves to travel so he has taken us all
over the U.S., Canada and France. In 1996 he took
Rocky and I to France on a pilgrimage. We visited
all the shrines and catherals. Then we toured the
battlefields of WW2. In Aug. 2005, I helped
chaprone our youth group at church to Cologne,
Germany for World Youth Day. These two trips to
Europe were something I never thought I would
be able to do. They were both quite an adventure.
In the last 1970's we were involved with the
Ulster Project. We hosted children from Northern
Ireland each summer for 3 years and have stayed
very close to one in particular.She is in her 40's
now and has come back to visit us twice. The
last time she brought her two sons with her.
In 1989, Betty Lou Leger, Marla Gwen Savant,
Fay Morgan and I decided to travel together. Our
first trip was to go see Blanche and Toney in
South Carolina. Once we found out we could do it,
it became an annual thing for a few years. In
1990, Marla, Fay, Lenda, Brenda and I headed to
the Big Apple, New York City. We visited all the
sights on the way.What a trip! We witnessed a
mugging in Times Square and our car got robbed
at Atlantic City. We had reached the big time!.
The next trip was to Georgetown, Texas to see
Janic Brown. Another trip was to Branson. Mo.
That was so much fun. The CRS disease has set
in and I can't remember why we stopped, but I
think it was because Brenda got sick and our
grandkids were getting older and involved. I am
still trying to figure why they took me.They always
had to wait for me to throw up because I get so
car sick.
We are very active at St. Theresa's Catholic
Church in Carlyss. Rocky is a member of the choir
and is an altar server. I am a extra-ordinary
minister of communion and belong to the Legion
of Mary, which is an evangelizing organization. I
feel blessed to have gone with them on three
different mission trips.
We are looking forward to seeing everyone at
the reunion in April,
Judy and Rocky