ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: BATISTE, DENNIS MARK, JR

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

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

Posted: Monday, July 30, 2012 

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Dennis Mark Batiste Jr., 32, of Taos, Mo., died Wednesday, July 25, 2012.

The former Mandeville resident was raised in Lacombe and graduated from 
Mandeville High School, where he was a football team captain who received an 
award for honesty and leadership. 
When he was 15 years old, he started working in restaurants, which led him to 
his wife. 
In 2003, he moved to Jefferson City, Mo., where he started working in 
carpentry. 
The apprenticeship school graduate was the Possible Supply founder and owner 
and a Grace Evangelical Free Church member. 
The children’s baseball and football coach and high school football referee was 
a proud Louisiana State University and New Orleans Saints supporter. His 
greatest passion was spending time with his children, but he also was known for 
his cooking, particularly of Cajun food.

He is survived by his wife, Jessica Marie Verslues; their children, Ariona 
Marie, Elijah William and Judah Harold Batiste; his mother, Paulette Butler 
Batiste of Mandeville; father, Dennis Mark Batiste Sr., of Lacombe; sister and 
brother-in-law, Susan and Robert Brown of Tampa, Fla.; brother, Ryan Batiste 
and fiancée Victoria Thomas of Abita Springs; grandparents, William and Verna 
Butler and Adrian and Violet Batiste; father and mother-in-law, Dale and Emilie 
Verslues; brothers-in-law and their spouses, Jason and Dinah Verslues, Mark 
Verslues, Matt and Tara Verslues and Derek Verslues, and nieces and nephews, 
Christian “CJ” Harper, Sebastian, Sadie, Mackenzie, Jacob, Hailey and Kamryn.

The funeral services will be today at 11, with visitation starting at 9 a.m., 
at the First Baptist Church, 1895 U.S. Highway 190, Mandeville. 
Interment will follow in the Mandeville Cemetery.

Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Mark Batiste Children’s Educational 
Fund, care of Jefferson Bank, 700 Southwest Blvd., Jefferson City, MO 65109.

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