A retired teacher with the East Baton Rouge Parish school system, she died at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, 2011, in New Iberia. She was 92, a resident of New Iberia and native of Olla. Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, 825 Government St., on Friday, March 11, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Visiting continues Saturday in the funeral home chapel from 9 a.m. until religious service at 11 a.m. Interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park. Survived by a son, Dr. Vernon Sledge Melancon and his wife, Cathy, of New Iberia; grandson, Matthew Sledge Melancon, of Seguin, Texas; granddaughter, Aleta Meshelle "Shelley" Bertram and her husband, Troy, of Round Rock, Texas; and four great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by her parents, Edward M. Sledge and Annie Pearl Harelson Sledge; son, Ronnie "Rat" Roumain Melancon; and two brothers, Edward "Flay" Sledge and Dr. Roy Sledge. Memorial donations may be made to Heart of Hospice, 201 W. Vermillion St., Lafayette, LA 70501, (337) 232-8159, or Goodwood Baptist Church, 7125 Goodwood Ave., Baton Rouge, LA 70806, (225) 925-8232.
