Britton obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana 

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Britton, Robert B.           21 May 2003    Jun 2003    Christine Shannon

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Obituary published in the Kentwood News-Ledger:  5/21/2003 

BRITTON, ROBERT B. 
Robert B. (Bob) (Daddy Bob) Britton died Saturday, May 10, 2003 at St.
Dominic Hospital in Jackson. He was 89, a native of Russellville, Ala., and
a resident of Jackson, MS. Religious services were held at Ott and Lee
Funeral Home in Brandon, interment in East Fork Baptist Church Cemetery in
Kentwood, conducted by Rev. Robert Lee and Rev. Danny Smith. He is survived
by his wife, Trenia Alford, Jackson, MS; his children, Susan B. Pennell,
Long Beach, Ms., and Scott R. Britton, Jackson; step-children, Tammy Lee,
Alabama and Shane Langston, Pearl; grandchildren, Tara Chez, Katie Leigh
and Devin Reade Britton. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert
Aldo and Annie Gardner Britton. Pallbearers were Paul Montjoy, Minor
Buchanan, Guy Buckley, Darwin Givens, Shane Langston and Mike Woodruft.
Louisiana Sheriffs' Association and an honorary member of the Blue Knights
of America (sic). He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of
Hammond. Religious services were held at Harry McKneely and Son in Hammond
conducted by Dr. Win Welford and Dr. George Hess, He is survived by his
wife Cecil Reinken Bedsole; a daughter and son-in-law, Robert G and Brenda
Bedsole Ricks, Amite; two sons, G. Alan Bedsole, of Amite and Robert L.
Bedsole and his wife, Krispin, of Baton Rouge; five grandchildren, Michael
and Robert W. Ricks, Amite, Rachel, Laura, and Joseph Bedsole of Baton
Rouge; a nephew, Hubert Woods Jr. and his wife Bille of Lake Charles; and
two nieces Jan Woods Gray and her husband Bob of Lake Charles and Betty Sue
Rash and her husband, Bobby of Slocomb, Ala. He was preceded in death by
his parents, G.W. and Bannie McKnight Bedsole; a sister, Blanche Bedsole
Woods and two brothers, Vergil Lee and Wilmer Bedsole. He died of
complications from Alzheimer's. (I realize this obit seems to be a
combination of two, but I have transcribed it just as it appears in the
newspaper.) 

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