Bedsole obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Name, date of obit, date submitted, submitted for the USGenWeb archives by: Bedsole, Cecil Reinken 6 May 2009 May 2009 Jerry Nelson Bedsole, George W. 4 May 2003 May 2003 Don Johnson *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on: 5/6/2009 BEDSOLE, CECIL REINKEN Mrs. Cecil Reinken Bedsole, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, died at Hood Memorial Hospital on Sunday, May 3, 2009, surrounded by her family. She was 88, a native of Baton Rouge and a resident of Hammond. She graduated from Baton Rouge High School in 1937 and LSU in 1941 where she worked as a secretary to the LSU dean of men. After marrying and moving to Hammond she was secretary to Luther H. Dyson, president of Southeastern Louisiana College (now SLU). She was a retired real estate agent and former member of Les Mesdames and other campus, civic and church organizations. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Hammond and the United Methodist Women. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Robert G. and Brenda Bedsole Ricks, of Amite; two sons, G. Alan Bedsole, of Hammond, and Robert L. Bedsole, of Baton Rouge, and his special friend, Marcia Colvin; five grandchildren, Mike Ricks, Rachel, Laura and Joseph Bedsole, of Baton Rouge, and Robert W. Ricks, of Amite; four nieces, Barbara Griffin Wiltshire and husband Rick, of Richmond, Va., Jane Griffin DeMatteis and husband Denny, of Raleigh, N.C., Jan Woods Gray and husband Bob, of Dothan, Ala., and Betty Sue Woods Rash and husband Bobby, of Slocomb, Ala.; nephew, David Griffin and wife Mary, of Raleigh; and numerous other family members. Preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, George W. Bedsole, retired department head emeritus of the department of sociology, social welfare and criminal justice and professor emeritus of sociology at SLU; parents, Granville B. and Bertie Dixon Reinken; sister, Nell Reinken Griffin and husband Percy; brother-in-law, Vergil L. Bedsole; sister-in-law, Blanche Bedsole Woods and husband Hubert; and three nephews, Hubert "Tump" Woods, Edward Woods and Jimmy Woods. Friends will be received Wednesday, May 6, from noon until service at 2 p.m. at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Hammond. Entombment in Greenlawn Mausoleum. The family extends a special thanks to all of her wonderful friends, neighbors and caregivers. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the George and Cecil Bedsole Criminal Justice Scholarship through the Southeastern Louisiana Development Foundation, SLU Box 1073, Hammond, LA 70402. An online guestbook and family forum are available at http://www.harrymckneely.com. *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on: 5/4/2003 BEDSOLE, GEORGE W. George W. Bedsole, a retired department head emeritus of sociology, social welfare and criminal justice, and professor emeritus of sociology at Southeastern Louisiana University, passed away in Hammond surrounded by his family at 5:45 p.m. Friday, May 2, 2003. He was 83 and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. A native of Slocomb, Ala., he was born Nov. 9, 1919, and attended the University of Alabama. He later transferred to LSU, where he completed his graduate degrees. He accepted a teaching position at Southeastern in 1947, where he taught for 38 years. He retired in 1983 after serving as department head for 15 years. He worked diligently to establish the Criminal Justice and Social Welfare programs at Southeastern and was proud of the national recognition these programs and the many graduates brought to SLU. Throughout his tenure at SLU, he taught not only sociology, but geography, economics and graduate courses in the department. His criminology classes looked forward to their annual visit to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola to see the facility first hand. He was a former member of Pi Gamma Mu, the Southern Sociological Society, the Southeast Division of the Association of American Geographers, a member of the Capital Area Agency on Aging during its first year, an honorary charter member of the Louisiana Sheriff's Association, and an honorary member of the Blue Knights of America. He was a member of First United Methodist Church of Hammond, and worked with many Hammond area organizations before he retired. Survived by his wife of 60 years, Cecil Reinken Bedsole; a daughter and son-in-law, Robert G. and Brenda Bedsole Ricks of Amite; two sons, G. Alan Bedsole of Amite and Robert L. Bedsole and wife Krispin of Baton Rouge; five grandchildren, Michael and Robert W. Ricks of Amite, and Rachel, Laura and Jason Bedsole of Baton Rouge; a nephew, Hubert Woods Jr. and wife Bille of Lake Charles; and two nieces, Jan Woods Gray and husband Bob of Lake Charles and Betty Sue Woods Rash and husband Bobby of Slocomb. Preceded in death by his parents, G.W. Bedsole and Bannie McKnight Bedsole; a sister, Blanche Bedsole Woods; and two brothers, Vergil Lee Bedsole and Wilmer Bedsole. Visitation at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Hammond, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday. Visitation in the funeral home chapel from noon until service at 2 p.m. Tuesday, conducted by Dr. Win Welford and Dr. George Hess. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the George W. Bedsole Criminal Justice Award Scholarship Fund, Southeastern Louisiana University Development Foundation, SLU Box 1073, Hammond, LA 70402 or to a favorite charity. *************************************************************************** File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/tangipahoa/obits/obitssur/bedsole.txt