TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for MELANCON, LARRY 
  
Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Source: Thibodaux Funeral Home, Thibodaux, La.

Died: Sunnday, September 21, 2014

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MELANCON, LARRY 
    September 21, 2014

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Larry Melancon was a resident of the South Louisiana Community Home in 
Labadieville. 
He was born in Thibodaux on November 11, 1953 and died on September 21, 2014. 
He was 60 years old.

Visitation will be Wednesday, September 24, 2014 from 6PM until service time at 
Thibodaux Funeral Home. A prayer service will be at 7:30PM at the funeral home. 
Visitation will also be held on Saturday, September 27, 2014 from 9AM until 
service time at Young's Funeral Home in Jonesville, LA. A prayer service will 
be at 11AM at the funeral home, 

with burial in Manning Cemetery in Harrisonburg, LA.

Larry is survived by his five brothers and their spouses, Earl, Jr. and Pam, 
Reggie and Brenda, Ronnie and Rhonda, Craig and Stephanie, and Steven Melancon, 
along with many nieces and nephews.
Larry was preceded in death by his father, Earl Melancon, Sr. and his mother, 
Dell Knapp Melancon of Thibodaux, LA, his paternal grandparents, Sonny 
Augustine Melancon and Julia Sanchez Melancon of Thibodaux, and his maternal 
grandparents, William C. Knapp, Sr. and Amelia Frith Knapp of Harrisonburg, LA.

From a medical perspective, Larry could not verbally communicate or readily 
express pain, but from a human perspective, he spoke volumes to those he met 
during his 60 years of life. The one constant description of Larry by his many 
caregivers was his easy-going demeanor and his smile. Larry loved to take long 
rides and listen to country music while eating French-fries and snickers. Larry 
spoke to us through his smiles and through his eyes. After a visit with him, 
you left a better person with deep soul-searching knowledge that life is 
precious and needs to be fully lived. We will miss him, but now he is with his 
mom and dad, and probably talking a lot.

The Melancon family wants to thank his many caregivers, especially those 
associated with the South Louisiana Community Home. We also want to thank the 
Labadieville emergency responders and Assumption Sheriff's Office who so 
quickly came to his aid.

The Family request that flowers not be sent. Instead, please consider donating 
in his name to a charity of your choice. 

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