Eddie "Boo Boo" Melson

Eddie “Boo Boo” Melson, 74 years old, passed away on October 28, 2025. He was born on August 4, 1951 in Savannah, Tennessee to Lillian Holt Melson and Edd “Revious” Melson. He worked Courthouse Security as a Deputy Sheriff for the Livingston Parish Sheriff Office. He owned Eddie Melson Equipment LLC and was a truck driver for many years before returning back to Livingston Parish. He was the president of the Blue Knights LA IX Club.

Eddie is survived by his daughter, Carolyn Louise Melson Dillon (Brent); son, Eddie “Bren” Melson, II (Leslie); grandchildren, Brittany (Anthony), Ra’Lee (Kierra), Chase (Megan), Lauren (Trey), Brookelyn, Kaitlyn (Bryan), Bubba (Theresa), Taylor (Christian), Bayle'e, Sarah (Michael), and Sadie Mae; great grandchildren, Sierra, Beau, Sterling, Kennedy, Chase, Lincoln, Duce, Natalee, Nash, Kashton, Langston, Beaux, Oakley, Hadleigh, Presley, and Cambren; sisters, Alice Melson Wiley and Cheryl (Marvin) Ratcliff; brother, Donny Melson (Pamela); along with a host of nieces, nephews, friends and coworkers.

Eddie is preceded in death by his parents, Edd and Lillian Melson; grandparents; brother, Jerry Melson; best friend, Lucious Alleman; and great grandchildren, Jessie Rose Broussard and Zayden Matthew Harvey.