A retired employee of Exxon Refinery's operations department and a resident of Denham Springs, he died Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008, in Denham Springs. He was 83, a native of St. Francisville and a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II. He is survived by a daughter, Felicia; and son, Samuel. Preceded in death by his father, Felix S. Braud Sr.; mother, Volida H. Braud; and sister, Coralie Braud. Arrangements by Rabenhorst Funeral Home, 825 Government St.