James D. "Tattoo" Pellegrin Sr.,

James D. "Tattoo" Pellegrin Sr., a lifelong resident of Chauvin and Upper Little Caillou, died Friday, July 4, 2008. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to funeral time Monday at Chauvin Funeral Home Chapel. Memorial service will be at noon Monday at the funeral home. He is survived by two sons, James Pellegrin II and wife, Angel, two grandsons, Beau and Jake Pellegrin and one great-grandson, Keegan Pellegrin, and Chad Pellegrin, one grandson, Lance Naquin, two granddaughters, Candice Naquin and Destine Pellegrin and one great-grandson, Lance Naquin Jr.; one daughter, Lenette Thibodeaux and husband, Mark, two grandsons, Jordan and Shae Paul Thibodeaux, one granddaughter, Bethany Thibodeaux, and one great-grandson, Jayden Michael Thibodeaux; one brother, Terry Pellegrin and wife, Shirley, of Maryland; and one sister, Carolyn Dupre and husband, Wayne, of Houma. He was preceded in death by his parents, Fay Paul Pellegrin and Virginia Pellegrin; one brother, Kenneth Pellegrin; and his grandparents, Lucien and Helene Pellegrin