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Shirley Maddie

April 13, 1948 — January 16, 2022

Melville - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Shirley Coulon Maddie at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 20, 2022, at St. John Catholic Church in Melville.  Father Stephen Ugwu will celebrate the Mass.  Rite of Committal and internment will follow in the St. John Catholic Church Cemetery.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, January 20, 2022, from 9:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. in the Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home in Melville.  A Rosary will be prayed at 11:00 a.m. in the funeral home.

THE FAMILY REQUESTS ALL VISITORS PLEASE WEAR A MASK WHILE VISITING IN THE FUNERAL HOME AND WHILE ATTENDING THE MASS IN CHURCH.

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Shirley Coulon Maddie, age 73, on Sunday, 16, 2022, at her residence in Livingston, La.

Mrs. Maddie was a native of Palmetto and Melville before moving to Baton Rouge and eventually Livingston, La.  Shirley loved to cook, being a wife to her companion of 54 years, Salvador Maddie, and a mother to her three children.  She loved her grandchildren and her great-grandchildren dearly.  Shirley was always a caretaker, someone willing to help others when needed and her beautiful smile and heart will be greatly missed by all of us.

Survivors include two sons, Salvador Maddie, Jr. (Tami Mclin Maddie), Shane Maddie (Becky Bennett Maddie); one daughter, Stephanie Maddie Turner (Milton Kerry Turner); four grandchildren, Emily Maddie Bohall (Ben), Kaitlyn Turner Harrell (Bradley), Evan Maddie and Anthony Maddie and two great-grandchildren, Harper Kate Bohall and Oliver Sean Harrell, one brother, Kenneth Coulon.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Lyman and Violet Hall Coulon and her sister-in-law, Audrey Williams Coulon.

Pallbearers will be Shane Maddie, Anthony Maddie, Kerry Turner, Salvador Maddie, Jr. Evan Maddie and Bradley Harrell.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in Shirley Maddie's name to the charity of your choice or the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative at www.michaeljfox.org.

Family and friends are invited to sign and view the online guestbook at www.lafondardoin.com.

LaFond-Ardoin Funeral Home of Melville, 607 1st Street, Melville, LA 71353, (337) 942-2638, has been entrusted with the funeral arrangements.

To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Shirley Maddie, please visit our flower store.

Service Schedule

Past Services

Visitation

Thursday, January 20, 2022

9:00am - 12:30 pm (Central time)

Lafond Ardoin Funeral Home (Melville)

607 1st St, Melville, LA 71353

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Rosary

Thursday, January 20, 2022

11:00am - 11:30 pm (Central time)

Lafond Ardoin Funeral Home (Melville)

607 1st St, Melville, LA 71353

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Mass

Thursday, January 20, 2022

1:00 - 2:00 pm (Central time)

St. John Catholic Church

318 1st St, Melville, LA 71353

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Rite of Committal

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Starts at 2:00 pm (Central time)

St. John Catholic Church Cemetery (Melville, LA, Lafond - Ardoin Funeral Home of Melville)

LA

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