LAFOURCHE and TERREBONNE PARISHES, LA. 

Obituary for MCGINN, DESMOND 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: The Daily Comet, Lafourche Parish La. and Houma Today, Terrebonne 
Parish, La.

Published: Monday, August 9, 2010 

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MCGINN, DESMOND 

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Desmond Eugene McGinn, 54, a native of Brownsville, Texas, and a resident of 
Shreveport, died Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010.

Visitation will be from 9 until mass time Tuesday at Sacred Heart Catholic 
Church. Mass will be held at 10 a.m. at the church, with burial to follow at 
Cheramie Cemetery.

He is survived by his mother, Barbara Callais McGinn; two sons, Desmond Thomas 
McGinn and Nicholas Monroe McGinn; one daughter, Mary Adrienne McGinn; one 
brother, Decatur T. Callais; one sister, Anna M. Barrios; one godson, Jeremy T. 
Shaw; one grandson, Ashton Thomas McGinn; four uncles, Evans Callais Jr., 
Terrence Callais, Gary "Black" Callais, James P. Callais, and one aunt, Gayle 
Brister, and their families.

He was preceded in death by his father, Thomas M. McGinn; grandparents, Hugh T. 
and Frances McGinn and Anna Callais; great-grandparents, Eugene and Cherita 
Chouest; and cousins Terrence Callais Jr. and Hope Danielle Callais.

Desmond loved playing tennis, building computers from components and was a 
sports writer for numerous newspapers. He served in the Marine Corps for eight 
years and attained the rank of captain.

Falgout Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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