Bruce Hubbard

A Mass of Christian burial will be held for Bruce Hubbard, 73, of Clinton, at 10 a.m. on Tuesday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church.

He died on Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City.

Palma Bruce Hubbard was born June 3, 1942, to Palma Taylor Hubbard and Christine (Bennett) Hubbard, in Rayville, La. He attended school at St. Paschal Catholic School until the eighth grade, and graduated from West Monroe High School in West Monroe, La.

Hubbard joined the military in the early 1960s. In the late 1960s he was employed with MGM Music Company and met many musicians from that era. He worked for Pepperidge Farm Bread Company in Memphis, Tenn. until the mid-1980s, when he moved to Lexington, Ky. and operated his own bread company.

He moved to Clinton in 1993. He married Kimberlyn Kaye Klump on Oct. 4, 1995, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. He owned his own spice and catering service which was called Kimberlyn Foods. His spice blends were sold at United Grocery Stores for many years. He also catered weddings, social events, school events, church banquets and all kinds of parties around the area. He was famous for his Cajun cooking, and took his Louisiana Cooking Wagon all over the state.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Harold Hubbard.

He is survived by his wife; daughter Barbara Miller and husband Robert; son Palma Bruce Hubbard Jr. and wife Polly; four grandchildren, Emmaline Miller, Blake Miller, Charles Miller and Andrew Miller; a brother, Dennis Lane Hubbard and wife Cheryl; and many nieces and nephews.

A rosary will be held at 6 p.m. on Monday at Kiesau Memorial Chapel.

Services will be officiated by Father Thomas Pudota. Interment will follow at Lone Star Cemetery, in Rocky, under the direction of Kiesau Lee Funeral Home.