Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....DENHAM, VIRGIE WATERS April 19, 2014
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VIRGIE WATERS DENHAM

Mrs. Virgie Waters Denham died Saturday, April 19, 2014. A celebration of her 
life will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, April 21, 2014, at the Mulhearn 
Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel. Dr. Alan Miller and Rev. Craig West will 
conduct the service. Visitation will be 10:00 AM until service time Monday in 
the Mausoleum Chapel. She will be interred with her husband, Chuck, in the 
Mausoleum, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, 
Monroe.

Mrs. Denham was born December 13, 1929, one of three children born to Mr. and 
Mrs. Virgil Waters, of Pollock, LA. After graduation from Pollock High School, 
she attended Louisiana College in Pineville, where she earned a BS degree in 
Home Economics and Chemistry, and held membership in Kappa Omicron, Nu. She 
received her Master's Degree from Northeast Louisiana University, (now ULM) in 
Monroe, and also did post graduate studies there. She interned at the Veterans 
Administration Hospital in Pineville to complete graduate requirements for 
Registration in Dietetics.

In 1957, she married Charles "Chuck" Denham of Ada, OK. They were married for 
55 years, years filled with love and service to God, country, family, and 
friends they made along the way.

She was employed as Dietician at E.A. Conway Hospital, (now LSU Health 
Sciences Center, Monroe) and at Glenwood Hospital, West Monroe. In 1973, she 
was employed by the Monroe City School System as Food Services Director, 
retiring in 1990. She was an active member in American and Louisiana Dietetics 
Associations, and a charter member of the Northeast Area Dietetics 
Association, and was recognized as one of the founders of Consultant 
Dieticians in Health Care Facilities, serving small hospitals in Northeast 
Louisiana. Mrs. Denham was a member of Ouachita Retired Teachers Association 
and a lifetime member of the Grand Order of the Eastern Star, Pollock Chapter 
#76.

Mrs. Denham was a longtime member of First Baptist Church, Monroe, LA. 
Following her retirement she served as Food Services Director for First 
Baptist. With her husband, Mrs. Denham served as a Sunday School Department 
Director, as well as Woman's Missionary Union Director, Baptist Women member, 
and singles group leader at First Baptist. She compiled and published three 
cookbooks to preserve the traditional cooking and serving memories of her 
generation.

Mrs. Denham was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; sister and 
brother-in-law, June and Ray Slayter; and brother and sister-in-law, Rudolph 
and Marie Waters.

She is survived by one son, Mark E. Denham, of Baton Rouge, LA, nieces and 
nephews, great nieces and nephews and a host of friends. 

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