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Dennis
Landry is proud to be a Cajun and proud to
be doing
his part to preserve Cajun
culture.
Born in 1951 in the rural
community
of Belle Rose on the banks of Bayou
Lafourche,
he spent his youth paddling his
old cypress dugout pirogue
up and down the
muddy waters of Bayou Lafourche.
Being one of six boys in a
relatively poor family, he learned
quickly
the value of hard work and education.
After being
educated in the public
schools of Assumption parish, he
went on
to work his way through college earning
not only
a B.A. but also a Master of
Education degree.
It was his
love of history and Cajun culture that inspired
him to
teach history on the elementary and
high school level.
However, he was lured from the
classroom by a better
paying job in the
booming Louisiana oilfield industry.
Dennis was then married, fathered
two wonderful sons,
built a beautiful
Cajun Colonial style home, and lived
the
“American Dream.”
In 1983, he was elected to the
Assumption Parish
School Board, served a
total of eleven years and spent two
of
those years as President.
Unfortunately circumstances
would
cause him to lose his school board office
in 1994,
his long-term marriage of twenty
years would end in divorce
in January 1998
and he would lose the home of his dreams.
However in April of 1998, Dennis
would leave his
oilfield sales job, begin
a “new life,” and focus his efforts
on
developing his property at Bayou Corne.
In addition to developing and
selling real estate in his
Sportsman’s
Paradise Subdivision of Bayou Corne,
Dennis
also got interested in the cabin
rental/bed and breakfast
business.
By the fall of 1998, the first
Cajun-style cabin was ready for
guests and
offered the area’s very first bed and
breakfast
accommodations.
By the fall of 1999, the second
cabin was
constructed, a wharf over the
bayou was built, a cypress
picket fence
was added, etc.
Improvements are constantly
being
added to the Cabins, Boat Landing and real
estate
offered for sale.
Interestingly
enough, Dennis is also a licensed
Auctioneer,
specializing in charity and
benefit fund-raising auctions.
He is known far and wide across
south Louisiana for
conducting auctions
for non-profit groups such as Ducks
Unlimited, Safari Club International,
National Rifle
Association, National
Turkey Federation, Schools, and church
fairs.
Additionally, he is also a
volunteer Ducks Unlimited
area chairman
(Pierre Part) since 1983, and is currently
recognized on the National level as a
Trustee Emeritus of
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
Dennis
really enjoys his “New Life” and
really takes great
pleasure from getting
to know his frequent Cabin guests.
He especially enjoys sharing the
beauty of the bayou country
by taking his
guests on private boat tours of the
area’s
swamps, bayou’s and lakes.
Dennis really enjoys helping his
Cabin guests get the most
out of their stay at Cajun Cabins of
Bayou
Corne!
Let’s “pass a good time on the
bayou”!
Yall
come chere… |
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