Ouachita-Union County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....POST, GLEN FLEMING  JR. November 14, 2008
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News Star World - November 15, 2005
GLEN FLEMING POST JR.

Kilpatrick Funeral Home

Farmerville, LA

Funeral service for Mr. Glen Fleming Post Jr., age 80, of Farmerville, LA will 
be held 2:00 P.M. Sunday November 16, 2008 at Darbonne Church of Christ in 
Farmerville, LA. Officiating the service will be his Grandson Luke Post. 
Interment will follow at Port Union Cemetery in Farmerville under the 
direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home.

Mr. Post was born August 24, 1928, and passed away November 14, 2008 following 
a brief illness.

Mr. Post was a member of Darbonne Church of Christ.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Rachel and Glen Post, Sr, and brother: 
Ben F. Post.

Mr. Post graduated from Marion High School in 1945. A recognized athlete, he 
attended college on an athletic scholarship and excelled in football, 
baseball, and boxing. He went on to play in the Big Eight Baseball League 
where he earned the MVP award for five years. He signed a contract to play for 
the Detroit Tigers but decided to marry his sweetheart, Mary Turbeville, and 
stay in north Louisiana. In addition to his degree in education from Louisiana 
Tech, he earned a Masters in School Administration from the University of 
Arkansas. He became a teacher and coach at Bernice High School for two years 
and coached fifteen years at Marion High School. He won numerous district 
championships and a number of state championships in baseball and basketball. 
He eventually became director of North Central Vocational Technical College 
from which he retired. He then owned and operated a food businesses in 
Farmerville, Louisiana, for almost thirty years. Big Daddy was an elder at the 
Darbonne Church of Christ where he loved and was loved by many. He had an 
amazing number of friends and influenced the lives of many over the years. He 
was an avid deer hunter and loved spending time in the woods hunting and 
preparing to hunt. Big Daddy loved his family dearly, and he will leave a void 
that will be difficult to fill. His family, though, is confident that he has 
gone to be with the Lord whom he loved greatly.

He is survived by his wife Mary Turbeville Post, son: Glen Post III, and wife 
Cynthia of Farmerville; daughters: Mary Kay Lee and husband Ricky, Judy Orten 
and husband Jamie, and Jeanie Carpenter and husband Lyndon all of Farmerville, 
LA.; grandchildren: Rich Lee and wife Holli, Brad Post and wife Ashley, Luke 
Post and wife Olivia, Mary Louisa Lee McMahon and husband Brodie, Matt Post 
and wife Lisa, Julie Orten Smith and husband Cullen, JoJo Orten Willis and 
husband Ryan, Landon Bain Carpenter, and Joe Chandler Carpenter, and soon to 
be born, Jennalyn Carpenter, and eleven great grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Joe Pickle, Tommy Futch, Ronny Blazier, Jimmy Blake, Ray 
Alexander, Dwight Long, David Post, and John D.Turbeville.

Honorary Pallbrearers will be J.A. Auger, Dr. Guthrie Jarrell, Thurmon Webb, 
men of the Darbonne and Fairview churches of Christ.

Visitation will be held from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Saturday November 15, 2008 
at Darbonne Church of Christ.

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society.






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