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Kelly Pugh Obituary
Kelly Joe Pugh, 81, passed away at his home on Thursday, April 13, 2023, surrounded by his loving family. Kelly was a native of Memphis, Tennessee, and a resident of Bourg, Louisiana. He moved to Thibodaux, Louisiana to play college baseball on a scholarship for Nicholls State University. Kelly met the love of his life; Winona Lee Pugh at Nicholls and they were married for 58 wonderful years. In addition to playing baseball, Kelly earned a masters plus thirty in education at NSU.
Kelly was a loving husband and devoted father and grandfather who enjoyed fishing, reading, building anything, playing music on his guitars, watching his favorite sports teams and relaxing at his camp in Cocodrie. He retired from the Terrebonne Parish School Board after 33 years of dedication. Kelly was a teacher and a coach at St. Joseph's High School, Terrebonne High School and Houma Junior High School and positively impacted the lives of countless students both in the classroom and on the athletic fields. Kelly was inducted into the Nicholls State University Hall of Fame and the Terrebonne Athletic Hall of Fame and was a member of the Louisiana Retired Teachers and the Terrebonne Retired Teachers organizations.
Kelly is survived by his wife, Winona Lee Pugh; two children, Michael Kelley Pugh and wife Angela Boudreaux Pugh, Lori Pugh Morgan and husband John Paul Morgan; Five grandchildren, Malorie Pugh, Shelby Pugh, Jackson Morgan, Jacob Morgan and Lilah Morgan; Two sisters, Sandra Messer and Carolyn Pugh; In Laws, Wina and Lynn Giroir, Bart Lee and Lynn Lee, Juanita and Mike Murphy, Karen LeBourgeois, Jane Dumond and many friends he considered family.
Kelly is preceded in death by his parents, Chester G. Pugh and Inez Williams Ross; stepfather, William Ross; Father-in-Law, Raymond Lee; Mother-in-Law, Hazel Lee.
Family and friends are invited to attend a visitation on May 6, 2023, from 9 A.M. until a memorial service at 11 A.M. at Chauvin Funeral Home. Burial will follow at St. Francis Cemetery #2.
The family would like to extend a special thank you to Dr. Thomas "Greg" Chaisson, Bayou Home Care and Haydel Hospice.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to St. Jude Childrens Hospital or a scholarship fund or charity of your choice.
Chauvin Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Kelly Pugh.
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Jack Porche
April 26, 2023
Coach Pugh, I thank you, my Aunt Rosemary Porche & Aunt Betty Hebert (& Mr. Kenneth Royston) - ALL TERREBONNE PARISH TEACHERS - for the ULTIMATE GIFT of touching my life & steering me in the right direction. My very best wishes and condolences go to your lovely wife and All-American Family. I know that I have a "special love" for the month of August because of you Sir and "10 & IN!" is STILL MUSIC TO MY EARS TO THIS DAY but not so much the words "Bear Crawl!" From every step up and down Terrebonne Tiger Stadium and the cleat marks left in the mud of those hallowed practice grounds behind HJH, where we learned to fight a thousand battles to function as a TEAM, I have you to THANK, as I charged off into the world and in four Active-Duty, overseas tours, through three seperate wars, I could still hear the thunder of your voice in a dozen desperate moments. "To know that even one life has breathed easier because you've existed. This is the meaning of success." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
-#77 Jack Porche "Powderpuff" Class of 1982. KXOR/WTGI/WKJN/WNOE FM DJ, Russian Linguist - Intel Asset- USN SDV-1, SEAL Team 3, DEVGRU, USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62), USS BELLEAU WOOD (LHA-3), USS BUFFALO (SSN-715), USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19), VQ-1, "Hainan Island Incident" & Loss of Russian SSGN "KURSK." AA-Russian, Presidio of Monterey DLI/FLC, BS Regents College, New York, MPA & Second Master's -Economics, University of Oklahoma, & Ed.D. ABD, Education Leadership, Rossier School of Education, USC, Los Angeles. Screenplay: "Sea Eagles" - LA Writer's Guild. Retired PADI SCUBA Master Instructor, 2500+ dives, 9 Countries. Thank You, Coach Pugh. It's an HONOR & PRIVILEGE to have known you, Sir!
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Coach Jack Franks II
April 25, 2023
I was a student at Houma Jr. High School when I met Coach Pugh. I was his football manger in my 8th and 9th grade years. He impacted me so much. He challenged me to give it all I had in life and then you will be rewarded in time. As an educator and coach at present, I instill the lessons he taught me, into my students. I can re-pay him with, I appreciate all that he has done for me. He believed in me, and that I am worthy of something. He treated me like I was his own, and I will always be thankful for that. Thank you, Coach Pugh!!!!!!!!!!! Live on good man!!!!!!!!!!!
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