PRESTON MELANCON Obituary: Terrebonne Parish, La.

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Source: Houma Courier, Houma, Terrebonne Parish, La.

22 Aug 2005

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August 16. 2005 2:53PM

Preston Melancon

Preston Melancon, 84, died Friday, Aug. 12, 2005.

Visitation will be from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday and from 8 a.m. to funeral time 
Saturday at Dion Hall in Catahoula. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday 
at Dion Hall, with burial in Our Lady of the Lake Cemetery in Catahoula.

He is survived by one son, Douglas J. Melancon and wife, Brenda, of Houma; one 
brother, Clifton Melancon and wife, Shirley, of Lafayette; three grandchildren, 
Ben Melancon and wife, Denice, of Houma, Pamela Melancon LaForge and husband, 
Derrick, of Houma, and Jessica Melancon of St. Martinville; and two great-
grandchildren, Matthew Derrick LaForge and Morgan Elizabeth Melancon, both of 
Houma.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Gertrude Comb Melancon; his parents, Henri 
and Mathilde LeBlanc Melancon; one son, Lercy Melancon; one brother, Steven 
Melancon; and one sister, Yoland Melancon Curry.

He was a U.S. World War II Army veteran and a member of the American Legion Post 
No. 293 in Catahoula. He was an honorary member of the Catahoula Fire Department 
and a member of Jenkin's Memorial Baptist Church in St. Martinville.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Jenkin's Memorial Baptist 
Church, P.O. Box 96, St. Martinville, LA 70517.

Pellerin Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.