13 things about Beaumont, Texas nurse Gilder Boulard

Gilder Ray Boulard is from Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, United States. The Port of Beaumont, a deep-water port in the city, is the fourth busiest port in the country.

Beaumont is also home to Central High School and Lamar University. Boulard attended both schools.

In 1976, Joe Tortorice Jr. founded Jason’s Deli in Beaumont. In 1998, Clayton Christopher and David Smith founded Sweet Leaf Tea Company in the city.

BIOGRAPHY

Boulard is an American registered nurse and a U.S. Army veteran. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He is Cornelius Boulard and Barbara Boulard‘s son.
2. Aside from Beaumont, he has lived in other parts of Texas including Houston.
3. He has lived in different parts of Oklahoma, USA including Fort Sill and Lawton.
4. He has one daughter.
5. He has six siblings namely Corbrielle Boulard, Corneel Boulard, Yolanda Boulard, Neal Boulard, Trina Boulard and Cortenee Boulard.
6. In 1995, he graduated from Central High School.
7. From December 2000 to May 2005, he attended Lamar University where he earned his bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering and technology.
8. In November 2003, he obtained his Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) certification.
9. In October 2007, his first child Grayson Boulard was born.
10. From December 2008 to April 2012, he attended Lamar University where he earned his bachelor’s degree in nursing.
11. On November 3, 2014, he started working at PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Beaumont in Beaumont.
12. In 2023, he was arrested in Texas.
13. In February 2025, he turned 48.

TIMELINE

2021

• On November 11, 2021, PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Beaumont took to social media to pay tribute to him and four other employees who are U.S. Army veterans.

2023

• On May 17, 2023, he and six other men were arrested when they showed up at a motel in Beaumont as part of a joined human trafficking operation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and the Beaumont Police Department in the Golden Triangle in Texas.
• On October 17, 2023, he was indicted for soliciting a prostitute/other payor person under 18 years of age for an incident that occurred on May 17, 2023.