TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for KINCHEN, MARSHALL CURTIS, SR.
  
Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from Apr. 26 to Apr. 27, 2016

Died: Saturday, April 23, 2016

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KINCHEN, MARSHALL CURTIS, SR.

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Marshall Curtis Kinchen, Sr., 93, a resident of Thibodaux, passed away April 
23, 2016. 
He was born April 24, 1922 in Ponchatoula to Henry and Rosa Kinchen. 

Curtis, as his friends and family called him, was a charter member of 
University Baptist Church where he served through the years in many capacities 
including deacon and Sunday School teacher. 

He proudly served his country during World War II, serving in the 8th Air Force 
in England and the 17th and 82nd Airborne Division in France, Belgium, and 
Germany. 
He was a graduate of Ponchatoula High School, Southeastern Louisiana 
University, Louisiana State University, and The School of Banking of the South. 
He completed other graduate work at LSU, Indiana University, and Nicholls State 
University. 
He taught at Jena High School, Ponchatoula High School, and Nicholls State 
University where he retired as a full professor and department head and was 
later named Professor Emeritus. 

Those left to cherish his memory are his wife of 68 years, Geraldine Marie 
Hollis Kinchen of Thibodaux, son, Marshall "Butch" Kinchen, Jr. of North 
Carolina, daughter Ginger Young and husband Ross of Dequincy, daughter Sherrye 
Legleu and husband Alvin of Napoleonville; grandchildren Clay and Scott 
Kinchen, Stephen Young and wife Lori, Dana George, and Ben George; great 
grandchildren Ashlie Dunn and husband Corey, Mitchell Kinchen, Addie, Allie, 
and Jamie Young, and Lilly George; sisters Shirley Hill and husband Julius of 
Pumpkin Center and Imogene Kitchens and husband Wayne of Hammond; sister-in-law 
Eleanor Kinchen of Ponchatoula; numerous nieces and nephews and many friends. 

He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Dewitt Kinchen and Henry 
Kinchen, Jr., sisters Mary Hill and Rosa Mae Traylor. 

He donated his body to the LSU School of Medicine. 

Memorial service will be Friday, April 29 at 11:00 a.m. at University Baptist 
Church in Thibodaux with visitation from 9-11 a.m. 

In lieu of flowers memorials can be made to University Baptist Church or 
Louisiana Baptist Children's Home. 

The family would like to thank the Claiborne and St. Joseph Hospice for their 
thoughtful and tender care. 

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