Velma Marie (Michel) Breaux

Velma Marie Michel Breaux, age 88, died on May 18, 2018 at The Hospice of East Texas. From her birth near Lafayette, Louisiana on January 9, 1930, until her death, she nourished people around her with love and faith. She was known as sweet and feisty. Her pineapple upside down cake was infamous. She moved to the Tyler area in 1967. She was a devoted Catholic, a member of the Catholic Daughters, and Alter Guild of Immaculate Conception.

Left to honor Velma and remember her love are her children Linda Breaux-Mahoney(husband Jim), Hubert (Sonny) Breaux, Glenn Breaux, Danny Breaux, Ben Breaux, and Ken Breaux (wife Katie Neill); grandchildren Gina Walters, Shawn Breaux, J.P. Mahoehney, Anna Breaux, Emma Breaux, and Tommy Breaux; great-grandchildren Alex Breaux, Bailey Breaux, Samantha Breaux, Becket Breaux, Louisa, Malcolm and Henry Mahoehney; great-great-grandchildren Lily and McKenzie; and many nieces and nephews and her many close friends, especially those she'd lived with at Garden Estates in her later years.

Velma was preceded in death by her husband Hubert J. Breaux, Sr.; son Eugene Anthony; daughter Mary Angela; and parents Dewey and Georgiana Michel.

Visitation and Rosary will be held on Tuesday, May 22, 2018, from 5-7 p.m. at Lloyd James Funeral Home.

Funeral Mass will be held on Wednesday, May 23, 2018, at 10 a.m. at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Tyler.

In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to The Hospice of East Texas, whose staff were incredible in her last days.