Eugenie "Jeannie" Ann Bourque Melancon

September 26, 2016

Eugenie "Jeannie" Ann Bourque Melancon Rayne, LA - Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at a 2:00 pm Mass of Christian Burial at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rayne for Eugenie "Jeannie" Ann Bourque Melancon, 76, who died Monday September 26, 2016 at Rayne Guest HomeNursing Home in Rayne LA Interment will be in the St. Anthony Cemetery in Lake Arthur, LA. Rev. Samuel Fontana, Associate Pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church will be the Celebrant of the Funeral Mass. Survivors include three sons, James "Rusty" Russell Melancon, Jr., Quentin Melancon and wife Debbie, Shawn Melancon and wife Lisa, six grandchildren, Joshua Melancon, Nicholas Melancon, Thomas Melancon, Amber Melancon, Cody Robinson, Joshua Pellissier, seven great-grandchildren, Kealy Smith, Briley Page Melancon, Grant Pellissier, Aryana Pellissier, Kaden Marshall, Jordan Marshall, Makaila Rene Joiner, brother, Overton "Boo" Stelly, II She was preceded in death by father, Ferl Bourque, mother, Veda Aunne Holloway Stelly, step father, Overton J. Stelly, I. Pallbearers will be Joushua Melancon, Nicolas Melancon, Thomas Melancon, Cody Robinson, Joshua Pellissier. Honorary Pallbearers will be James "Rusty" Russell Melancon, Quentin Melancon, Shawn Melancon, and Overton "Boo" Stelly, II. A Rosary will be prayed Tuesday at 7:00 pm in Gossen Funeral Home in Rayne LA. The family requests that visitation be observed in Gossen Funeral Home in Rayne LA on Tuesday September 27, 2016 from 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm and on Wednesday September 28, 2016 from 8:00 am to 1:30 pm. Jeannie was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Louisiana Notary Association, St. Joseph Ladies Altar Society, American Legion Auxiliary, VFW Ladies Auxiliary, Le Cemite' Des Archives De La Louisiana, Southwest Louisiana Genealogical Society, Inc. (Lake Charles, Baton Rouge), Pointe de I'Eglise Genealogical and Historical Society of Acadia Parish. Friends may view the obituary and guestbook online at www.gossenfuneralhome.net. Arrangements have been entrusted to Gossen Funeral Home, Inc. of Rayne, LA, (337) 334-3141. Gossen Funeral Home, Inc.