Todd Coleman Brizzard

HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE A BEAUTFIUL MAN WITH A BEAUTIFUL SOUL? A SOUL WITH SUCH GREAT AND UNWAVERING FAITH IN GOD …A STEADFAST AND TRUE HUSBAND AND FATHER? TO US, HIS WIFE, DAUGHTERS, SONS AND GRANDSON, HE WAS OUR ROCK, OUR EXAMPLE OF HOW TO LIVE LIFE IN STRIDE WITH YOUR FAITH AS YOUR STRONGHOLD AND YOUR FAMILY AS YOUR ANCHOR. ON APRIL 10TH, OUR FAMILY WAS FOREVER CHANGED WITH THE PASSING OF OUR BELOVED TODD COLEMAN BRIZZARD. IN HIS NEARLY 73 YEARS OF LIFE ON THIS EARTH, HE MADE SUCH AN IMPACT IN THE LIVES OF ALL OF US WHO WERE BLESSED TO BE A PART OF HIS FAMILY AND THOSE WHO WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO CALL HIM FRIEND. OUR TODD WAS AN EXAMPLE TO FOLLOW. HE WAS MAN ABOVE ALL MEN. WITH HIS KIND WAYS AND FIESTY SPIRIT HE SHOWED US THAT PEOPLE WITH FAITH DO NOT GIVE UP. IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS, HE DID NOT LET HIS ILLNESS STOP HIM. HE CONTINUED TO FIGHT, TO LIVE AND TO SHOW ALL WHO KNEW HIM THAT IN THIS JOURNEY, YOU MUST LIVE EACH DAY WITH JOY AND SHOW LOVE TO THOSE CLOSEST TO YOU. HE NEVER ALLOWED HIS ILLNESS TO WAVER HIS HAPPINESS. OUR TODD COLEMAN BRIZZARD WAS A LOVING HUSBAND AND FATHER; A GOOD-SPIRITED, FAMILY ORIENTED, LOVING AND KIND MAN WHO HAS LEFT A LEGACY OF LOVE, STRENGTH AND FAITH ABOVE ALL FOR HIS CHILDREN AND HIS GRANDSON TO EMULATE. OUR HEARTS ARE HEAVY WITH THE LOSS OF TODD BUT WE REJOICE IN THE CELEBRATION OF HIS NEW LIFE IN HEAVEN. HE HAS SHED HIS ARMOUR OF FLESH; A FLESH THAT COULD TAKE NO MORE BUT A SPIRIT THAT CONTINUED TO FIGHT ON. HE IS NOW A SPIRIT OF LIGHT AND WILL WATCH OVER THOSE OF US HE LOVED THE MOST FROM ABOVE. ALTHOUGH WE MISS HIS HANDSOME FACE, HIS CAJUN ACCENT, HIS STRONG HUGS AND LOVING KISSES, WE ARE PROUD OF THE STRONG AND COURAGOUS FIGHT HE FOUGHT AGAINST CANCER AND THE GOOD AND HONEST LIFE HE LIVED. WE LOVE YOU TODD COLEMAN BRIZZARD….LOVE YOU FOREVER! After mass the family will be receiving friends at their home. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations made in Todd's memory to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Donations may be made online at www.stjude.org (prima_119@hotmail.com)or by phone at 800-805-5856.