Deas obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana 

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Deas, Edward L                5 May 2009    May 2009    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on:  5/5/2009

DEAS, EDWARD L.
Born Feb. 1, 1938, in Purvis, Miss., to Nader and Julia Holcomb Deas, he 
died Sunday, May 3, 2009, at his home in Hammond. He was a longtime 
resident of Washington Parish, where he coached and was a principal for 
many years. He was the beloved husband of Mary Kenney Deas, and father of 
five children from his first marriage to Jean Anderson Deas: Donna Thomas, 
Janet Thomas and Jody Deas, all of Pine, Mike Deas, of Walker, and Julie 
Leyrer, of Madisonville. Also survived by two stepchildren, Steven Link, 
of Albany, and Mary Beth Crovetto, of Ponchatoula; two brothers, William 
"Bill" Deas, of Tupelo, Miss., and Robert O. Deas, of Denver; 11 grand-
children, two great-grandchildren and five stepgrandchildren. Visitation 
at First Baptist Church, Franklinton, on Tuesday, May 5, from 6 p.m. to 
10 p.m. Visitation at the church on Wednesday from 9 a.m. until funeral 
service at 11 a.m., with the Rev. Harold Gaddy and the Rev. Donal Chance 
officiating. Burial in Rose Memorial Cemetery, Hammond. Obituaries can be 
viewed online at www.crainfh.com. 

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