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Bishop Greco hosted an annual party for ''The Town Talk'' staffers. The first native of [[Mississippi]] selected as a bishop in the Catholic Church, Greco wrote ''With God's Help'', memoirs published posthumously by the [[Knights of Columbus]]. LaBorde worked on the [[Catholic]] newspaper for the bishop. When the United States Supreme Court ruled in ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' on January 22, 1973, LaBorde strongly objected. He continued to oppose [[abortion]] for the remainder of his life.<ref name=bio/>
Bishop Greco hosted an annual party for ''The Town Talk'' staffers. The first native of [[Mississippi]] selected as a bishop in the Catholic Church, Greco wrote ''With God's Help'', memoirs published posthumously by the [[Knights of Columbus]]. LaBorde worked on the [[Catholic]] newspaper for the bishop. When the United States Supreme Court ruled in ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' on January 22, 1973, LaBorde strongly objected. He continued to oppose [[abortion]] for the remainder of his life.<ref name=bio/>
==Death and family==
He died of stomach cancer at the age of eighty. He had been able to fulfill his desire to be active until the end of his life. Adras and Blanche LaBorde are interred at Alexandria Memorial Gardens.<ref name=bio/>
He died of stomach cancer at the age of eighty. He had been able to fulfill his desire to be active until the end of his life. Adras and Blanche LaBorde are interred at Alexandria Memorial Gardens.<ref name=bio/>
LaBorde and his wife, the former Blanche Bordelon (1913–2004), had a daughter Joyce (born 1934), and two sons, Adras Paul II (1943–1972) and Michael Anthony (born 1947).<ref name=bio/> Joyce LaBorde became a kindergarten teacher and married Albert Joseph Cessac (1931–2012), a native of Perry in Vermilion Parish. They had seven children, who have all married in turn: Cheri (Cessac) McBurnett and husband Mark, Stephen Cessac and wife Darsha, Kenneth Cessac and wife Laura, Denise (Cessac) Long and husband Mike, Kevin Cessac and wife Mary, Nannette (Cessac) Baucom and husband Danny, and Chris Cessac and wife Jeanne Sinclair.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obitsforlife.com/obituary/450726/Cessac-Albert.php|title=Albert Joseph Cessac|publisher=obitsforlife.com|accessdate=January 24, 2012}}</ref>
LaBorde and his wife, the former Blanche Bordelon (1913–2004), had a daughter Joyce (born 1934), and two sons, Adras Paul II (1943–1972) and Michael Anthony (born 1947).<ref name=bio/> Joyce LaBorde became a kindergarten teacher and married Albert Joseph Cessac (1931–2012), a native of Perry in Vermilion Parish. They had seven children, who have all married in turn: Cheri (Cessac) McBurnett and husband Mark, Stephen Cessac and wife Darsha, Kenneth Cessac and wife Laura, Denise (Cessac) Long and husband Mike, Kevin Cessac and wife Mary, Nannette (Cessac) Baucom and husband Danny, and Chris Cessac and wife Jeanne Sinclair.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obitsforlife.com/obituary/450726/Cessac-Albert.php|title=Albert Joseph Cessac|publisher=obitsforlife.com|accessdate=January 24, 2012}}</ref>
==Legacy and honors==
==Legacy and honors==
*LaBorde received the Edward J. Meeman Conservation Award by the Scripps-Howard Foundation for "distinguished journalism in the field of conservation."<ref name=bio/>
*LaBorde received the Edward J. Meeman Conservation Award by the Scripps-Howard Foundation for "distinguished journalism in the field of conservation."<ref name=bio/>
*On January 28, 2012, LaBorde was posthumously inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame, based in Winnfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20120129/NEWS01/201290325/La-Political-Hall-inducts-former-Pineville-mayor-5-others |title=La. Political Hall inducts former Pineville mayor, 5 others |author=Warren Hayes |publisher=''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk'' |date=January 29, 2012; no longer on-line.</ref>
*On January 28, 2012, LaBorde was posthumously inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame, based in Winnfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20120129/NEWS01/201290325/La-Political-Hall-inducts-former-Pineville-mayor-5-others |title=La. Political Hall inducts former Pineville mayor, 5 others |author=Warren Hayes|publisher=''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk'' |date=January 29, 2012; no longer on-line.}}</ref>
==References==
==References==