TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for  HEMPHILL, ROBERT  

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from March 26 to March 27, 2013

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HEMPHILL, ROBERT 

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Robert Timothy Hemphill, 60, a native of Atlanta, Ga., and resident of Houma, 
died Monday, March 18, 2013.

Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. until funeral time 
Thursday at Chauvin Funeral home. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday 
at the funeral home.

He is survived by his wife of 31 years, Maria Lyla Arrazatte Hemphill; 
children, Cheleste Hemphill Gottschalk and husband, Jurgen, Robert Jonathan 
Hemphill and fiancee, Renee Authement, and Alina-Marie Katherine Hemphill; 
grandchildren, Jaiden Thomas Hemphill, Jenna Sophia Hemphill, Charlotte Rea 
Gottschalk and Robert Henri Gottschalk; his beloved and devoted mother, Mary 
Lee Hemphill; siblings, JoJeana Hemphill Gage, Sherwin Hemphill, Ervin Hemphill 
and Kerry Hemphill; nieces and nephews, Robert Andrew, Christy, Lila, Renee, 
Isaac, Nyalie, Robert Carson, Anna, Kayla, Braeden, Tia, Rachel and Allison; 
and great-nieces and nephews, Lauren, Hunter, Piper, Clara Grace and Gabriel.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert Thomas Hemphill and Eleanor 
Stout Hemphill.

Monday, March 18, 2013, the world lost a man that made an impression on 
everyone he met. He never broke a promise, had an unshakable true and honest 
character, and lived by his moral conviction. He worked to achieve knowledge 
that impressed the most intelligent of people. He had a passion for books and 
history and was always searching for more information. He would always say, "If 
you don't know the answer, find it." This is the man who taught us that it's 
okay to be "different," and that love isn't just a word, it's a deed. He taught 
us to have goals, to work hard for what we want to achieve, and to be strong 
even when it feels impossible. George Bernard Shaw said it well when he said, 
"Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to this 
country and to mankind is to bring up a family." And that's exactly what Robert 
Hemphill dedicated his life to - family.
"For without family, you have nothing."

Chauvin Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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