Barbara Ann Dugas

Breaux Bridge - A Funeral Service will be held at 2:30 pm on Tuesday, October 10, 2017, at Pellerin Funeral Home in Breaux Bridge for Barbara Ann Dugas, 80, who passed away on Sunday, October 8, 2017. The family requests that visiting hours be observed at the funeral home from 9:00 am until time of services on Tuesday. Pastor Robert Lyons will officiate at the Funeral Service. Interment will follow at Calvary Cemetery in Lafayette. Barbara was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and friend. She enjoyed going to the casino and gambling. She loved giving attention to and caring for all her animals. Barbara, most of all, enjoyed being with her family and will be dearly missed by all who knew her. She is survived by her sons, Nathan Melancon (Lou), Patrick Melancon (Connie), Lawrence Melancon (Theresa), Leland Melancon (Deana) and Isaac Dore; daughters, Rita LeBlanc, Amanda Melancon (Betty), Christine Melancon, Samantha Dore (Perry); 20 grandchildren; 41 great grandchildren; 1 great-great grandchild on-the-way; and her sisters, Betty Dugas and Shelia Purkey. She was preceded in death by her father, Bennett Dugas; mother, Rita Darby; son, Darryl Melancon; and her companion, Chester Trosclair. Pallbearers will be James Melancon, Jake Melancon, Bryce Melancon, Darryl Melancon, Jr., Lawrence Melancon, III, and Isaac Dore. Honorary pallbearers will be Edwin LeBlanc, III and Nathan Melancon, Jr. The family would like to give special thanks to Heart of Hospice for the love and care given to Barbara in her time of need. Pellerin Funeral Home of Breaux Bridge, 211 Berard St., Breaux Bridge, LA 70517, (337-332-2111) is in charge of arrangements. To view on-line obituary, sign guestbook and view video tribute, go to www.pellerinfuneralhome.com