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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 3
BY SENATOR PERRY
A RESOLUTION
To express the sincere condolences of the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana upon the
death of Pervis "Pee Wee" Meaux, World War II veteran and Vermilion Parish
police juror, and to remember his many contributions made on behalf of his
community, state, and country.
WHEREAS, it is with deep regret that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana has
learned of the passing of an extraordinary member of the Greatest Generation, Pervis "Pee
Wee" Meaux, at age ninety-three, who passed peacefully at his residence on June 6, 2018;
and
WHEREAS, a native and resident of Abbeville, Louisiana, Pervis Meaux was born
on August 27, 1924, to Whitney and Lucille Mouton Meaux; and
WHEREAS, at a very early age, he served as a seaman with the Merchant Marines,
but as he attained the age of eighteen, he volunteered to serve his country in the United
States Army as a mechanic on one of the famed Higgins boats LCM (landing craft
mechanical) in the south Pacific, where he lived, worked, and fought in unpleasant
conditions during WWII in places such as Borneo and New Guinea, in the name of freedom,
duty, honor, and country; and
WHEREAS, Pervis "Pee Wee" Meaux's character was strengthened by the
experience of war, and upon his return to Louisiana, the place that he loved, he resolved to
get on with living, to grow, thrive, make a good life for himself, and to be blessed with a
family; and
WHEREAS, he married Rosalie Richard and they started Pee Wee's Pest Control in
Abbeville; and
WHEREAS, Pee Wee Meaux was elected to serve the Vermilion Parish community
as a police juror and was re-elected to serve several terms; and
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WHEREAS, he and his wife, Rose, were so proud of their son, Fr. Glenn, who
founded and today continues to serve the Catholic Mission in Haiti; and
WHEREAS, after fifty-three years, he lost his wife, Rose, to cancer; he then married
Ophelia "Fee" Miguez-Meaux and grew to know her family as his own; they were married
fourteen years before her death in April 2018; and
WHEREAS, he loved and spent much time with his grandchildren; and
WHEREAS, he was preceded in death by his wife, Rosalie Richard Meaux, and his
wife, Ophelia "Fee" Miguez-Meaux; and his parents; and
WHEREAS, he is survived by his sister, Laura Meaux Carret; children, the Reverend
Glenn Marshall Meaux, and Ginger Meaux Mathy and her husband, Mike; his grandchildren
Sam Mathy and Hannah Mathy; stepchildren, Larry Miguez and his wife, Katrina; Marsha
Langley and her husband, Leon; Kent Miguez and his wife, Lorene; Steve Miguez and his
wife, Tamra; and his stepchildren's families; and
WHEREAS, Pervis "Pee Wee" Meaux was a quiet man, very small in stature but
huge in heart, who cared deeply about those he knew and did all he could to make their lives
a little easier; he spent his life being of service to his family, friends, neighbors, community,
and country; he will be greatly missed; and his legacy will continue.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby express sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the death of Pervis "Pee Wee"
Meaux, World War II veteran and Vermilion Parish police juror.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana does
hereby posthumously recognize the military service of Pervis "Pee Wee" Meaux in the
United States Army as a veteran of World War II in the Pacific Theater and for his
meritorious contributions to the freedom of all citizens of the United States, which shall not
be forgotten, and that this acknowledgment reflects his unselfish sacrifice to duty, honor, and
country.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
family of Pervis "Pee Wee" Meaux.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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