Ivan Mallery Jr.

St. Martinville - Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 5, 2007, at Notre Dame Catholic Church in St. Martinville for Ivan Mallery, 79, who died Friday, April 27, 2007 at St. Martinville Rehab and Nursing Center in St. Martinville. Interment will follow at Queen of Peace Cemetery in St. Martinville. Ivan was a cowboy at heart. ?His motto was to ""Kick like a bull"". ?He loved wrestling, football - ""The 49er's"", and Pick 3. Survivors include his brothers, Morris Mallery, Sr., and his wife, Bessie Mae, Victor Mallery, and his wife, Lucy, all of St. Martinville, and Larry Mallery and his wife, Mary, of Houston, TX; his sisters, Doris Mallery, Edmonia Batiste and her husband, Eric, all of St. Martinville, and Mary Fields Etienne and her husband, Warren, of Galveston, TX; three godchildren, Gilda Prescott, R.B. Willis, and Clarence Porter; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, Edmonia and Ivan Mallery, Sr.; his brothers, Merrick and Calvin Mallery; his sisters, Myrtle Porter and Dorothy Francois; his brother-in-law, Robert Francois, Sr.; and his godchild, Stacey Price. The family requests that visiting hours be observed at the church from 7:00 a.m. on Saturday and continue until time of service. A rosary will be recited at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday. Pallbearers will be Jermaine Etienne, Robert Francois, Jr., Ronald Porter, Michael Mallery, Alwood Francois, and Larry Mallery, Jr. Honorary pallbearers will be Morris Mallery, Sr., Larry Mallery, Eric Batiste, Morris Mallery, Jr., Merrick Mallery, Von Mallery, Victor Mallery, Calvin Mallery, Clarence Porter, Hilliard Porter, and David Francois. Pellerin Funeral Home, 337.332.2111, is in charge of arrangements.