TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for MCMAHON, PHILIP 
  
Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2, 2015

Died: Monday, Sept. 28, 2015

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MCMAHON, PHILIP 

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Philip John McMahon, 84, a native of New Orleans and resident of Houma, died at 
noon, Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. 

Visitation will be from 8:15 a.m. until funeral time Friday, Oct. 2, at St. 
Francis de Sales Cathedral. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. 
Friday at the church, 

with a private burial at St. Francis de Sales Cemetery II at a later dater. 

He is survived by his spouse, Beverly Wilson McMahon; sons, Webster McMahon and 
wife, Vickie, Neal McMahon and wife, Michelle, and Philip McMahon and wife, 
Lynn; daughters, Sharon McMahon Mailey and husband, Jim, and Susan McMahon 
Palmer and husband, Matt; brothers, Dan McMahon and wife, Polly, and John 
McMahon and wife, Barbara; sister, Nancy McMahon Pecot and husband, Charles; 
and grandchildren, Justin, Matthew and Andrew Palmer, Mallory, Peyton, Taylor, 
Philip, Mary and Julie McMahon. 

He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry George McMahon and Neenah 
Webster McMahon; brother, Henry George McMahon; and granddaughter, Genevieve 
Mailey. Philip was a parishioner of St. Francis de Sales Cathedral. 

He was a graduate of Baton Rouge High School and L.S.U. Law School. He served 
in the U.S. Army, 3rd Infantry Division, and is a veteran of the Korean 
Conflict. He was 
a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, D.K.E. Fraternity, a member 
and chairman of the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana and he served on the 
Board of Directors for the Regional Military Museum in Houma. He was a board 
member and past president of the Terrebonne Parks and Recreation (T.P.R.), past 
president of the Terrebonne Quarterback Club, served on the Board of Directors 
for Coastal Conservation Association (C.C.A.) and past member of the Terrebonne 
Parish Bar Association. 
Philip practiced law as an attorney at the McMahon and McCollum Law Firm. 

Special thanks and appreciation go to Elmay Hotard for her many years of 
dedicated service. The family would like to give special thanks to Miss Roslyn 
and staff at Southeast VA War Veterans Home in Reserve and also recognize 
Ersula Jones for all her support and care. ]

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in his name may be made to: Regional 
Military Museum, 1154 Barrow Street, Houma, LA 70360. 

Chauvin Funeral Home in Houma is in charge of arrangements.

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