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Dorothy Melancon Dove, was born in Lafayette, Louisiana to Mitchel and Rena Melancon on June 20, 1922 and passed away June 2, 2009 at the age of 86 in Port Arthur after a brief illness.
Funeral service will be 2:00 PM Friday, June 5, 2009 at Broussard’s in Nederland with interment to follow at Calvary Cemetery in Port Arthur. A gathering of family and friends will be from 5 to 8 PM Thursday at the mortuary.
She leaves behind two brothers, Russell “Beau” Melancon of Spurger, Charles “Bones” Melancon of Nederland and two sisters, Elaine Karr of Spokane, Washington and Barbara Ann Rutherford of Nederland. She was preceded in death by four brothers, Irvine, Roland “Goosie”, Donald and Lester “Reko” Melancon, and one sister Gloria Letulle.
