Obituaries of JUNE 1991 Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.

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Daily Comet, June 21, 1991
Submitted by: Chris Tidwell

City leader John Pugh dead at 75

John Foley Pugh, former Thibodaux attorney and community leader, died
today.

He was 75. Pugh was a native of Napoleonville and a Resident of
Thibodaux since 1940. He served as city attorney for Thibodaux from 1947
to 1956.

He also served on the Lafourche Parish Selective Service Board from 1967
to 1976 and was a member of the board of commissioners of Thibodaux
Hospital and Health Centers, service district 3, for 25 years.

He was also a member and past commander of the VFW, the American Legion
and Walter Lanier Masonic Lodge 307. Pugh received an undergraduate and
Saw degree from Louisiana State University, where he was a member of the
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity and Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. He
served in Europe during World War II as a major in the 76th Infantry
Division, where he received the Bronze Star medal. After his discharge
in September 1945, he returned to Thibodaux to resume his law practice.
Pugh was a member of the Rotary Club for many years, a past president
and member of the Boston Club, a member of the American Bar Association,
the Louisiana Bar Association and the Lafourche Parish Bar Association.
He served on the Louisiana Commission on Human Relations, Rights and
Responsibilities in 1965.

He also served on the Louisiana Bar Association's Commission for
Professional Responsibility between 1969 and 1979 and in 1986 was named
an Honorary Nicholls State University Alumni.

He was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church.

He is survived by his wife; three sons John F. Pugh Jr. and Robert Pugh
of Thibodaux and Lawrence Pugh of New Orleans; he is the brother of Dr.
William W. Pugh of Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Dr. George W. Pugh of Baton
Rouge.

He was preceded in death by his brother, Judge Thomas B. Pugh. Sunday
visitation is from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Landry's Funeral Home in
Thibodaux. Monday visitation will be from 10 a.m. to the 11 a.m. funeral
time at St. John's Episcopal Church.

In lieu of flowers, donations to the St. John Episcopal Church and
Cemetery Endowment Fund is preferred.
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