Birth date: Oct 21, 1919 Death date: Nov 7, 2019
Harold Anthony Gournay passed away on Thursday, November 7, 2019 at the age of 100. A Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 1:00 PM at Quirk and Son Funeral Home of Eunice with his grandson, Scott Doyle, of Read Obituary
May peace and comfort be with you and your family at this difficult time.
I will miss Mr. Harold more than almost anyone will know. It seems like I can remember him all of my life, and I guess I have known him all of my life. He used to pull my teeth out when I was a kid, but they were going to fall out within a day or so anyway. However, he made it quite serious to me because he always found the biggest pair of pliers that he could find to do it. I also used to paddle him around a little cove at Indian Village so he could do some fly fishing for bream and sunfish and that was always one of his greatest pleasures, fishing. he and my dad, Frenchie Fontenot, were great friends and also taught me to swim in the same cove where I used to paddle him around. He and my dad just picked me up and threw me out of the boat and into the water and would keep moving the boat away from me until I could finally swim to the boat and then they picked me up and finally let me back into the boat just before I thought I was going to drown, but I did learn to swim enough to save myself and continue to get better. My dad got a little worried a few times but Mr. Harold was laughing and told my dad that I would make it and they would not let me completely drown. He was a great man, a great friend of my dad, and last but not least a great friend to me who always remembered me and never failed to have a little time to talk to me. I loved you a lot Mr. Harold and will carry those memories and love with me until I die.
To his family, I send my love and condolences, and also great memories of Mrs.Bessie, Gloria, and Paula.
Gerald "Soybean' Fontenot
