Ronald "Ronnie" Joseph Bourgeois

Ronald “Ronnie” Joseph Bourgeois went to his eternal rest with the Lord on October 26, 2025. He was preceded in death by his parents, Mary Louise Bourgeois and Howard Joseph Bourgeois, his brother, Michael Joseph Bourgeois and sisters-in-law Sharon Compton and Vicki Batarseh. He is survived by his beloved wife Candy Dianne Bourgeois, son Brent Joseph Bourgeois and wife Tracy, son Lance Joseph Bourgeois and wife Ellen, and grandchildren, Cole Joseph Bourgeois and wife Brandy, Taylor Joseph Bourgeois, Mason Joseph Bourgeois and fiancée Sara Rester, and Anna Katherine Bourgeois. He is also survived by his sister Linda Bourgeois Goetting and husband Robin, his sister-in-law Becky André Bourgeois, brothers-in-law Monther Batarseh and Bobby Compton, and multiple nephews and nieces.

Ronnie was born on December 17, 1943 in Port Allen, Louisiana. He graduated from Catholic High School in 1961 and then went on to receive a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from LSU. He married the love of his life, Candy Dianne Hamilton, in 1967. While completing his college education, he began working for Anco Industries, where he invested the majority of his work career, eventually becoming Executive Vice President of the company. He was also the Co-Founder and President of Basic Industries, Co-Founder of Distribution International, and later in his career, the Founder and CEO of Louisiana CSI, where he worked alongside his partners Sonny Anderson and Scott McClean, and Co-Founder of CSI Coatings. He was also proud to serve as a Member of the Board of Directors of Famco Enterprises. Everyone who knew Ronnie was aware that he exhibited the utmost integrity in everything he did. For those looking for a mentor, he proudly served in that role, launching them into greater effectiveness in whatever direction they pursued. He was a trustworthy and dedicated employee and a faithful and loving friend. His generosity, warmness, and welcoming spirit was experienced by so many people as he opened his home and served many meals to beloved friends and acquaintances. Ronnie had a special love for his fellow graduates from Catholic High Class of ‘61, and he kept contact with that group until the very end. We want to thank all of them for the many kind and supportive messages to him in his last days with us. Ronnie was involved in several churches throughout his life in Baton Rouge including The Chapel on the Campus, Community Bible Church, and later The Chapel in the Oaks. He faithfully served in church and particularly loved his days working with the kindergarten class along with his wife Candy. However, without a doubt, Ronnie’s greatest pride and joy on this earth as well as the focus of his love, devotion, energy, time, investment and attention, was his family, especially his beloved wife, sons, daughters-in-law, and grandchildren. To his own acknowledgment, he would not be the person he is without Jesus and owes everything he has to Him. The love and devotion he had for his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ transformed his life, allowing him to live the life that he lived.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend visitation at 10:30 am with celebration of life service following at 11:30 am on Saturday November 1, 2025 at Rabenhorst Funeral Home at 825 Government St.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Gideons International. Ronnie came to trust Christ as His personal Savior as a result of reading a Gideon’s Bible in a hotel room back in the early 1970s. Due to this, the trajectory of his family changed forever, as Ronnie, along with Candy, built a legacy of faith in the Lord that has lived on in the families of their sons and grandchildren.