Berthelot studied in the continuing education program at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and completed the course in real estate there in 1975.
[2][self-published source] Berthelot recalls that when he became mayor, the city had to borrow $75,000 from the Bank of Gonzales at 4 percent interest to renovate two water towers.
We're probably in the best financial shape of any city our size in the United States," said Berthelot late in 2008 as he prepared to turn over his office to Barney Arceneaux, the current mayor.
[3] Shortly after the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, Mayor Berthelot, Gonzales Police Chief Bill Landry and Gonzales Fire Chief Butch Browning delivered a fire truck donated by the state of Louisiana to municipal firefighters in New York City.
[4] Berthelot and his wife, the former Paula Chauvin, have four children, Kim, Shelley, Kelley, and Brad, and five grandchildren, Payton, Reid, Lennon, Gabe, and Grant.