TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for KENNEDY, COLUMBUS   

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from January 23 to January 24, 2013

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KENNEDY, COLUMBUS 

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Columbus Kennedy, 75, a native of Thibodaux and resident of Thibodaux and New 
York, died Monday, Jan. 21, 2013.

Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until funeral time Friday at Third Zion Baptist 
Church in Raceland. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday the church, with 

burial in the Young Men's Benevolent Cemetery in Lafourche Crossing.

He is survived by his brother, Henderson Kennedy Jr.; wife, Delores P. Kennedy; 
companion, Mona Sylvester; son, Columbus Dwayne (Clemence) Kennedy; uncle, 
George Allen; aunt, Gloria Walker; devoted grandson, Tevin Kennedy; longtime 
friend, Minnie Eley; devoted niece, Gail Bartholomew; stepchildren, Andre 
Wallace and Myia Sylvester; and a host of grandchildren, nieces, nephews, 
cousins and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his loving parents, 
Henderson Kennedy Sr. and RoseLee Allen Kennedy; brothers, Raymond Kennedy and 
William Kennedy; and sisters, Geraldine Robinson and Shirley Mae Kennedy.

He was a member of Third Zion Baptist Church. He was a captain at the Lafourche 
Parish Sheriff's Office. He was a Worshipful Master with Empire Lodge No. 5, a 
member of Mt. Nebo Chapter Royal Arch Masons, a member of the Jesse M. William 
Lodge of Participation, a Sir Knight in Nazarene Commandery of The Knights 
Temple, a member of St. James Consistory, and a member of Etemenanki Temple 
Noble of the Mystic Shrine. He was elevated to the Sovereign Grand Inspector 
General of the 33 and last degree. He was also a U.S. Air Force veteran.

Kennedy Funeral Home in Raceland is in charge of arrangements.

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