Mozelle Womack Plaisance, passed away Sunday, January 17, 2016, at Pelican Bay Assisted Living Center from complications of Alzheimer’s with Lewy Body Dementia. She was born on November 21, 1929, in Beaumont, to Ruth O’Quinn Womack and Will T. Womack, Jr. The picture above is Mozelle at 75 and she was just as beautiful on the inside as all who knew her can attest to.
Mozelle is survived by her sister, Elodie Womack Picou and her husband, Tony; children, Charlotte Plaisance Fontenot and her husband, Jimmy, of Beaumont; Cheryl Plaisance, of Broussard, Louisiana; Edmond Plaisance and his wife, Lynn Bertrand, of Morgan City, Louisiana; and Susie Plaisance McDermand and her husband, Wayne, of Beaumont; and grandchildren, Sabrina Plaisance Sia and her husband, Dan, of Las Vegas, Nevada; Jerome Plaisance, and his sons, Jaxon and Jaden of Morgan City, Louisiana; and Amanda McDermand and Casey McDermand, of San Antonio.
Mozelle is preceded in death by the love of her life of fifty-four years, Carl Plaisance, founder of Suburban TV and Les Enfants Art Gallery in Beaumont, and Townhouse Gallery in New Orleans, Louisiana; her second husband, John Kanon, of Friendswood; and parents, Ruth and Will T. Womack, Jr.
A gathering of Mrs. Plaisance’s family and friends will be from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Sunday, January 24, 2016, at Broussard’s, 1605 North Major Drive, Beaumont. A private Memorial Mass will be held at a later date. Cremation arrangements were handled by Broussard’s Crematorium, Beaumont.
The family would like to thank the entire staff at Pelican Bay Assisted Living Center, Synergy Home Care, and Harbor Hospice caregivers that treated their beautiful mother with grace, dignity and respect.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Carl and Mozelle Plaisance Scholarship in Art at Lamar University Foundation, P.O. Box 11500, Beaumont, Texas 77710.
