Joseph Bordeaux

Joseph Wilson Bordeaux, 86, of Bladenboro, North Carolina died Friday, July 13, 2007 at his home.



Mr. Bordeaux is survived by his wife of 65 years, Esther Pait Bordeaux; six children, Linda Pait and husband, Windell, of Bladenboro, NC; Jimmy and wife, Janice, of Yorktown, Va.; Eddie and wife, Dreama, of Chapel Hill, NC; Deanna Lumsden and husband, Tom, of Newport News, Va.; Donald and wife, Deborah, of Hampton, Va.; and Timothy of Hampton, Va.; a sister, Hazel Adams; twelve grandchildren and twenty great grandchildren.



Mr. Bordeaux was predeceased by his parents, Lucy and Tillett Bordeaux and 13 brothers and sisters.



Mr. Bordeaux retired from Newport News Shipbuilding in 1983. He was a long-time deacon at Community Baptist Church.



Visitation will be held from 6:00 until 8:00 PM Sunday, July 15, 2007 at Community Baptist Church, Bladenboro, NC. The funeral is planned for Monday, July 16, 2007 at 2:00 PM at Community Baptist Church with Rev. Robert Oldman officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.



The family expresses its sincere appreciation to Community Hospice of Elizabethtown and requests that donations be sent to them in lieu of flowers. The address is PO Box 3108, Elizabethtown, NC 28337.