Reginald Kelly Melancon, 28, died on April 27, 2014, in New Orleans. He was born March 11, 1986, and attended Eleanor McMain Senior High School. The family named in the notice includes his parents Wanda G. Melancon and Christopher Smith Sr., grandparents Gloria Mae Smith, the late Bernice Madear Hamilton, Victor Kelly Melancon, and Kermit Smith, siblings Christopher Smith Jr. and Jamal Smith, and many aunts, uncles, godparents and nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held May 3, 2014, at Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home in New Orleans with a private burial afterward.

A separate listing at the National Gun Violence Memorial records a 28-year-old Reginald Melancon dying on April 26, 2014, in Texas. It is not known whether that entry refers to the same person as Reginald Kelly Melancon of New Orleans. No details about the circumstances of the death, arrests, or suspects are provided.

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