Melvin John LAMOTTE

Lamotte Sr., Melvin John A resident and native of Port Allen, he died at 8:45 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, 2005, at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. He was retired from Allied Signal with 33 years of service. He was 67 and a U.S. Army veteran. Visiting at Holy Family Catholic Church, Port Allen, from 8 a.m. Wednesday, March 2, until recitation of the rosary at 10 a.m. Religious service at the church at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, conducted by Monsignor Robert Berggreen. Interment in Southern Memorial Gardens. He is survived by six daughters and three sons-in-law, Michell and Kenneth Pierce Sr., Deborah and Anthony Smith, Angela, Patrice and Danielle Lamotte, and Charmaine and Arthur Leatherman, all of Port Allen; son, Melvin John Lamotte Jr.; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Yvonne and Alvin Guerin and Barbara and Larry Franklin, all of Baton Rouge; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Roosevelt Jr. and Patricia Lamotte, Downey, Calif., and Raymond and Suzanne Lamotte, Port Allen; four grandchildren, Cpl. Preston and wife Shannel Smith, Parris Island, S.C., Revay Smith and Kenneth Pierce Jr., both of Port Allen, and Jasmine Lamotte, Midland, Ga.; seven sisters-in-law and three brothers-in-law, Igene Brown, Shirley Goudeau and Byrdlee Richard, all of Melville; Doris and husband Michael Greenhouse, Marksville, Julia and husband Osborn Christon Sr., Palmetto, Juliette Ponton, Fort Worth, Texas, Jerrydean Hicks, Port Allen, and brother-in-law Odie Posey, Baton Rouge; and a host of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Celia Goudeau Lamotte; parents, Roosevelt Sr. and Mabel Lamotte; and a sister, Lois Posey. Pallbearers will be Alvin Guerin Jr., David Ponton Jr., Anthony Ponton Sr., Steven Posey, Ronald Posey and Kurt Guerin. Honorary pallbearers are Roosevelt Lamotte Jr., Raymond Lamotte, Michael Greenhouse, Osborn Christon Sr., Alvin Guerin Sr., Larry Franklin, Odie Posey and Claude Patin. He was a 1956 graduate of Cohn High School and he attended Southern University. He was constable of Ward 4 and an assistant chief of the Lobdell Volunteer Fire Department. Hall's Mortuary, Port Allen, is in charge of arrangements. Published in The Advocate on 2/28/2005