Gail Broussard Boudreaux

A Mass of Christian Burial for Mrs. Gail Marie Broussard Boudreaux, 83, will be held at 11:00AM on Saturday, November 15, 2025 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Fr. Keith Landry officiating. Interment will follow at Beau Pre Cemetery.

Visitation will be at Frioux-David Funeral Home of New Iberia on Friday, November 14, 2025 beginning at 5:00PM until 9:00PM with a recitation of the rosary at 7:00PM. Visitation will resume on Saturday, November 15, 2025 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church beginning at 8:30AM until the time of the service.

A native and resident of New Iberia, Mrs. Boudreaux died at 8:58PM on Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at Calcutta House in Lafayette surrounded by her family. Born the third of three children, Gail grew up on Johnson Alley in New Iberia and worked in her family's business, Broussard's Cash Grocery, alongside her parents and siblings while attending Dodson Elementary and New Iberia High.

Gail met and married her high school sweetheart, Aaron and raised four children, Angela Blanchard (Chris), Mitchell Boudreaux (Dawn), Paige Pesson (Rodney), and Monty Boudreaux.

Shortly after marrying, Gail worked for Iberia Parish Clerk of Court before opening and operating Boudreaux's Dance Studio, sharing her passion for dance and teaching for 15 years. Chasing her passion for media & entertainment, Gail went to work in 1976 for local radio stations KNIR & KANE among others, working in broadcasting, production, and sales. Gail moved on to television a few years later working for KATC as the first local woman news reporter, and the first reporter to covering Iberia Parish, and then to KADN where she started and produced KADN's Home Front News. Gail also served as Public Relations officer for the Iberia Sheriff's office and then went on to work in production and acting in Louisiana filmed movies including Dirty Rice and Jailbirds (alongside Dianne Cannon, Phylicia Rashad, and Eric Roberts) and was a Screen Actors Guild member for 25 years. Gail also worked alongside her husband managing Aaron's Headhunters. She was a successful real estate agent for Century21 and Caffery Real Estate and owned / operated her own rental property business for 30 years. Among other jobs she sold furniture for Lafitte's & Home Furniture. Gail created and taught Jazzercise, did a lot of volunteer work and served on boards for local organizations including the Louisiana Sugarcane Festival and Fair, Sugarena, the New Iberia Chamber of Commerce and visited inmates providing spiritual and emotional support. She was a strong woman of great faith and attended Sacred Heart Catholic Church on the Teche for 60+ years, serving the church as a catechism teacher, eucharistic minister and lecturer. In her spare time, Gail enjoyed spending time with her 4 children, 12 grandchildren, and 15 great grandchildren as well as spending time with friends, going to the casino, dance reviews, festivals, and 'cutting up every dance floor she could find.'

Gail is preceded in death by her husband, John Aaron Boudreaux; parents, Esther Lopez Broussard and Reving Broussard Sr.; her sister, Sylvia Alvarado and husband Frank; and brother, Reving 'Sonny' Broussard Jr. and wife Jackie. Gail loved people and loved New Iberia, she lived life to the 'fullest' until her final day, she 'fought a good fight, finished the race, and kept the faith!'

Serving as pallbearers will be Jett Pesson, Brandon Boudreaux, Brock Boudreaux, London Broussard, Chris Blanchard, and Rodney Pesson.

Serving as honorary pallbearers will be J J Martinez, Dustin Gaspard, Stephen Aucoin, and Corbett Miguez.

Special thanks to the many doctors, therapists, and nurses who treated her over the last year, the friends that checked in on her, the dance partners and her next door neighbor Becky.

Gail will be sadly missed by her family and friends.

Frioux-David Funeral Home of New Iberia at 1101 Trotter St. (337)369-6336 will be handling the arrangements.