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Battle, Orrin McRee, Jr    21 Dec 2006    Dec 2006    Jerry Nelson 

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge):  12/21/2006

BATTLE, ORRIN McREE, JR. "DUTCH"
Dutch Battle, a longtime resident of the Hammond/Ponchatoula area, died
Monday, Dec. 18, 2006, near his home in Summit, Miss., due to injuries
sustained in an auto accident. Visitation at First United Methodist Church,
Hammond, on Friday, Dec. 22, from 10 a.m. until memorial service at noon.
Jones Family Funeral Services is charge of arrangements. He was born on
July 28, 1948, in Houston. Dutch, a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War,
served on the USS Ponchatoula. He was a graduate of Southeastern Louisiana
University and was an avid hunter. He was involved in the Columbia Theater
Players and the Ponchatoula Kiwanis Club. After a long career in the
insurance business, Dutch followed his passion for motorcycles and, at the
time of his death, worked for Harley Davidson of Hammond. He rode with his
friends, the Magnificent Seven, and together they made the journey to
Sturgis, S.D., for Bike Week. He is survived by his wife, Susan Cadwallader
Battle; daughters, Reagan and her husband, Craig Johnson, of Hammond, and
Lindsay and her husband, James Lirette, of Ponchatoula; brothers, Dr. Pat
Battle, Summit, and Byron Battle and his wife, Margarita, Queretaro,
Mexico; sisters-in-law, Janet and her husband, Dr. Bill Gunnell, Summit,
and Laney Crampton, Madison, Miss.; brothers-in-law, John Cadwallader,
Baton Rouge, the Rev. Douglas Cadwallader, Houston, and Roy Crampton,
Jackson, Miss.; grandson, Gideon Johnson, Hammond; nephews, Jeffrey Battle
and his wife, Julie, Gainesville, Ga., Jason Battle and his wife, Laura,
Memphis, Tenn., Jesse Battle, Hattiesburg, Miss., Lars Battle, Queretaro,
and Will Gunnell, Summit; and niece, Adrienne Palermo and her husband,
Nick, O'Fallon, Mo. He was preceded in death by his parents, Orrin M. and
Laura Groner Battle, Pass Christian, Miss.; niece, Allyson Gunnell, Summit;
and nephew, Eric Battle, Alexandria, Va. In lieu of flowers, contributions
may be made to the Allyson Gunnell Scholarship Foundation, Southwest
Mississippi Community College, Summit, MS 39666. 

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