Dr. Charles “Charlie” Bollich, PhD., 95, of Beaumont, died Thursday, June 16, 2022. He was born on September 9, 1926, in Mowata, Louisiana, to Edna Boudreaux and Anthony Bollich. Charlie served in the United States Navy during World War II. He retired from the United States Department of Agriculture as a Rice Breeder after over thirty years.
Over the course of his career, Charlie received many prestigious awards. In 1983, he was awarded the United States Department of Agriculture Award for Superior Service. In 1994 he was inducted in the Agriculture Research Service Science Hall of Fame by the United States Department of Agriculture. That same year, the C.N. Bollich Endowment Program by Texas A&M University was created in his honor. In 1995, in was inducted into the Louisiana State University Alumni Hall of Distinction.
After retirement, he was a rice research consultant, developing rice for the United Nations. Charlie served as a past president of Texas Archeological Society and a member of the Louisiana Archeological Society. He was considered an expert on the pottery of Southeast Texas and Louisiana. The Museum of the Gulf Coast in Port Arthur is home to some select pieces of his archeological findings.
Survivors include his sons, Andrew Bollich and his wife, Jamie, of Beaumont; and Paul Bollich and his wife, Sally, of Collierville, Tennessee; grandchildren, Alyson Stewart and her husband, Michael; Stephen Bollich; Susan Johnson and her husband, Aaron; and Kathryn Bollich-Ziegler and her husband, Michael; great-grandchildren, Sam, Dylan, Charlie, Riley, and Teddy; brother, James Bollich of Lafayette, Louisiana; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of other relatives and friends.
Charlie is preceded in death by his parents; wife of forty-nine years, Peggy Bollich; brothers, Andrew, Stephen, James, Elmo, and Al; sisters, Gloria, JoAnn, and Sis; and special nephew, J.G. Atteberry.
A gathering of Dr. Bollich’s family and friends will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., with a Rosary recited at 6 p.m., Friday, June 24, 2022, at Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin Avenue, Beaumont.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m., Saturday, June 25, 2022, at St. Anne Catholic Church, 2715 Calder Avenue, Beaumont. His interment will be at 3 p.m., Saturday, June 25, 2022, at St. Lawrence Cemetery, 29031 Crowley Eunice Highway, Crowley, Louisiana.
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