Misty Mellon Montgomery

New Iberia – A Memorial Service will be held at 7:00 pm, on Friday, August 30, 2024, at Pellerin Funeral Home, for Misty Mellon Montgomery, 51, who passed away on Sunday, August 25, 2024, at the Calcutta House, after a two-year courageous battle with cancer.

Interment will be at a later date.

Rev. Garrett Savoie will officiate.

Visitation will be Friday from 5:30 pm until 8:00 pm at Pellerin Funeral Home.

A native and lifelong resident of New Iberia, Misty was a 1992 graduate of New Iberia Senior High, and then received her bachelor’s degree from USL, now the University of Louisiana Lafayette. She began her dedicated service with the Iberia Parish Sheriff Department in December 2014, following her time with Louisiana Probation and Parole. Detective Montgomery was a highly skilled professional, certified in Identity Theft, Interview and Interrogations, Financial Investigations, Cellphone Forensics, Oxygen Forensics, and as a Lantern Certified Examiner. 

Having a passion for law enforcement, Misty loved being a detective and serving our parish. She was extremely professional, knowledgeable and always willing to help others. Misty was an avid LSU fan.

Survivors include her husband, Shawn Montgomery; children, Tripp Montgomery (fiancé, Emily), and Ali Montgomery; sister, Marty Mellon (Jason McLean); brothers, Michael Mellon and Patrick Mellon; niece, Emeri Romero (Carson); nephew, Easton McLean.

Misty was preceded in death by her parents, Ronald and Billie Barrilleaux Mellon. and a grandmother, Melissa Montgomery.

The family would like to give special thanks to the Calcutta House and to M.D. Anderson, for their extraordinary care and compassion.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Calcutta House, 105 St. Christopher Street, Lafayette, LA 70503

Pellerin Funeral Home, 502 Jefferson Terrace, New Iberia, LA 70560 (337.365.3331)