ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: DEPRIEST, RODNEY DON 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: The St. Tammany News, St. Tammany, La.

Posted: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 

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DEPRIEST, RODNEY DON 

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Rodney Don DePriest was born Oct. 17, 1963, and passed away at 9:15 p.m. May 5, 
2012, at AMG Specialty Hospital in Slidell.

He was a member of Old Zion Hill Baptist Church and attended Albany High School 
and LSU, where he received an associate degree in criminal justice. 
He graduated from the police academy and worked as an agent for the Louisiana 
Department of Alcohol and Tobacco, under the Department of Revenue.

He leaves behind his parents, Philip and Janis Hess DePriest; sister, Donna 
Hoover; brother, Jeffery DePriest, as well as, his nieces Janice Renee DePriest 
and Jennifer Terral Guillory and nephew, Nicholas DePriest. 
He is also survived by his great-niece, Lauren Guillory; great-nephews, Landon 
Guillory and Konnor Weiss; and a host of cousins, relatives and friends. 

Preceding him in death were his maternal grandparents, George and Martha 
Stewart Hess; paternal grandparents, Dewey and Virginia Albin DePriest; uncle, 
Valmond Hess and aunt Mary Ann Hess and their infant daughter, Deanna Hess; 
uncle, Warren Wilder; and cousins, Larry DePriest, Jerry DePriest and Bruce 
Kinchen.

Relatives and friends are invited to the funeral service at 10 a.m. today at 
Old Zion Hill Baptist Church, north of Albany, with visitation from 8-10 a.m. 

The  Rev. Charles Reitz will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Joe Wiggins. 

Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made in honor of Rodney to the American Diabetes 
Association,

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