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Diane Melerine on her wedding day at St. Robert Bellarmine Parish, 1979. This is the only…

Studio portrait of a bride in a sleeveless lace wedding gown with gloves, a long tulle veil, and a cascading floral bouquet, water staining visible on the aged photograph.

Collection

Do You Know What it Means

Diane Melerine on her wedding day at St. Robert Bellarmine Parish, 1979. This is the only wedding photo that survived storm damage. She married David Melerine, Sr. from Chalmette (his father is from Delacroix Island and his mother is from New Orleans, near Mercy Hospital).

Diane Melerine lived at 2720 Jackson Blvd., Chalmette, LA, before the storm. Her house was flooded by nine feet of water.

Original title

Item 25494

Citation

“Diane Melerine on her wedding day at St. Robert Bellarmine Parish, 1979. This is the only…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/25494.