Biography of Theodore Joseph Gabb, Jr.; Jefferson Parish, Louisiana              

Submitted By N.O.V.A., July 13, 2005 



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Jul 2005*





'TEDDY' GABB, EX-LEADER OF N.O. PLANNING PANEL

Theodore Joseph "Teddy" "T.J." Gabb Jr., a retired businessman and former 

chairman of the New Orleans City Planning Commission, died Saturday of 

heart failure at Kenner Regional Medical Center. He was 62.



Mr. Gabb was born in New Orleans and lived in Kenner.  He graduated from 

St. Stanislaus High School in Bay St. Louis, Miss., attended Virginia 

Military Institute and received a degree in economics from Tulane

University. He was an Army veteran.



He was the founder of Teddy's Grill. He also was active in investments,

construction and real estate development.



Mr. Gabb was named to the City Planning Commission in 1966 and remained on 

the panel for several years, including an unprecedented three years as 

chairman in the early 1970s.



While on the commission, Mr. Gabb made headlines in 1969 when he urged the 

city to buy and operate New Orleans Public Service Inc. as a solution to the 

city's financial problems and a way to head off a five-cent increase in 

transit fares.



In 1971, he opposed the lifting of a moratorium on scattered-site public 

housing, saying the program had not achieved either integration of 

neighborhoods or improved living conditions for the residents.



He was a past chairman of the hospitality department of Phillips Junior 

College.  He retired in 1989.



Survivors include his wife, Fay Tapie Good Gabb; a son, Craig Thomas Gabb; a

daughter, Ronda Mary Gabb; a sister, Linda M. Gabb; and two grandchildren.



Services were private. Jacob Schoen & Son Funeral Home handled arrangements.





Source:  Times Picayune  12-2-1997