Pastor Cozy Len Gage, Sr

September 29, 2019

Pastor Cozy Len Gage, Sr. I've Fought A Good Fight, I've Finished My Course, I Have Kept The Faith...II Timothy, 4:7 Rayne, LA - Funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 11:00 am at Abundant Life Assembly in Rayne, LA for Pastor Cozy Len Gage, Sr., 88, who died Sunday, September 29, 2019 at residence in Rayne, LA. Interment will be in the St. Matthew Baptist Church Cemetery in Rayne, LA. Pastor Xavier Madison, Sr. and Pastor Denis Thomas, Sr. will conduct the funeral services. Pastor Cozy was born and raised in Rayne, LA then went on to serve in the United States Marine Corp.. He then moved to Baton Rouge where he worked for Exxon as a Chemical Analyist for 23 years.. In 2001 he moved back to Rayne and became Pastor of St. Matthew Baptist Church in Rayne. He was a member and supporter of the Wounded Warriors Project. Survivors include wife of 21 years, Virgie Lee Guidry Gage of Rayne, two daughters, Cathie Durand of Lafayette, Nedra Gage of Lafayette, two sons, Cozy Gage, Jr. of Baton Rouge, Xavier Madison of Baton Rouge, Great-nephew, Njema Williams of Atlanta, GA, three nieces, Rosalind L Chevalier of Lafayette, Audrey Nell L. Paddio of Lafayette, Shirley Francois of Germany, three nephews, Anthony "Tony" LaPointe of Beaumont, TX, Louis Guy, II of Lake Charles, Anthony LaPointe, Jr. of Rayne. He was preceded in death by father, Washington Gage, Jr., mother, Susie Guidry Gage, five sisters, Mable Williams, Leona Gage, Essie Gage, Gracie Wilson, Marcella LaPointe, brother, Lawrence Gage. The family requests that visitation be observed at Abundant Life Assembly Church, 400 Gossen Memorial Dr., Rayne, LA 70578 on Saturday October 5, 2019 from 8:00 am to 11:00 am. Memorial Contributions can be made in Pastor Cozy Len Gage name to St. Matthew Baptist Church, 407 W. Anding St., Rayne, LA 70578. Friends may view the obituary and guestbook online at www.gossenfuneralhome.net. Arrangements have been entrusted to Gossen Funeral Home, Inc. of Rayne, LA, (337) 334-3141. Gossen Funeral Home, Inc.