Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....GREGORY, CARL H February 2, 2006
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News Star World - Feb  4,  2006
MR. CARL H. GREGORY 

Mulhearn Funeral Home 

West Monroe, LA

Funeral services for Mr. Carl H. Gregory, 70, of West Monroe, LA will be held 
at 2:00 PM, Saturday, February 4, 2006 at the New Chapel Hill Baptist Church 
in West Monroe, LA with Rev. Charles Dupree and Rev. Phillip Smith III 
officiating. Burial will be in the Mulhearn Memorial Park Mausoleum under the 
direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home West Monroe.
Gregory passed away quietly on the morning of February 2, 2006 after a brief 
illness.
Mr. Gregory worked for the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office under Sheriff 
Bailey Grant as a deputy for twenty plus years with another three years in the 
United States Army as a Sergeant. In 1964, Mr. Gregory or Gregory as his 
friends and colleagues called him, started the first Canine Patrol Unit in 
Ouachita Parish. His dog, "Rock" was responsible for many apprehensions and 
accomplishments as noted by the Monroe News Star. He was later killed in 
action, which was a very moving moment with Gregory and Sheriff Bailey Grant 
as they buried "Rock" in quite a fitting ceremony next to Gregory's house. In 
1969, he graduated from the FBI Academy headed by J. Edgar Hoover. His 
graduation ceremony has a picture of Mr. Gregory shaking hands with J. Edgar 
Hoover and President Richard Nixon. He returned to Ouachita Parish and was 
Sheriff Grant's Superintendent until he retired in 1980. One of his favorite 
accomplishments was his work with the Boy Scout Explorer Post under the 
Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office. Gregory personally trained deputies for 
service at Ouachita Parish for a number of years. Later as his work began to 
be noted, other parishes led him to initiate and start the North Delta Police 
Academy, which he headed for five years. Since his retirement, this program 
continues to operate training some of the finest police officers in Louisiana. 
His legacy lives on.
Mr. Gregory is preceded in death by his daughter, Tommy Sue Gregory Smith; 
parents, John W. and Ethel Gregory and brother, Buddy Gregory.
Survivors include his wife, Lena Gregory; daughter, Sharon Kay Gregory Long 
both of West Monroe, LA; son-in-law, Rev. Phillip Smith III; step-children, 
Vevia Lynn Pearson Strum of Jefferson City, MO and John Stanford Pearson of 
Farmerville, LA; grandchildren, Melissa Anne Smith, Jodie Lynne Smith, Tammie 
Leigh Smith Arender, John Mitchell Harrell Jr. and Michael Thomas Harrell; 
step-grandchildren, Robin Pearson Knight, Heather Pearson, Pace Pearson, 
Patrick Goodwin, Ryne Goodwin, Hannah Taggart and Brenton Newberry; seven 
great grandchildren; brother, Roy Lee Gregory of Mandeville, LA.
The Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office Honor Guard Detail will serve as 
pallbearers.
Honorary pallbearers will be Ricky Martin, Mike Harrell, John Harrell, John 
Pearson, Dewey Wood, Harper McKay and Virgil Hobgood.
Visitation will be from 1:00 PM until service time at the church on Saturday.


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