Dempsey 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: Dempsey, John Richard 22 Oct 2006 Nov, 2006 Jerry Nelson ************************************************************************* Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on: 10/22/2006 DEMPSEY, JOHN RICHARD John Richard Dempsey, 62 years old of Wiggins, MS, died Friday, October 20, 2006, at his residence. He was born Saturday, October 14, 1944, in Manhattan, Kansas, son of the late Gerald and Winnefred Louis Travis Dempsey. Surviving are his wife, Mickey Shelton Dempsey; son, James Richard Dempsey; stepson, Zan Cockerham, daughters, Nita Leady and Nina Cockerham; brother, Albert Dempsey; sister, Geraldine Van Loy; four grandsons, 3 granddaughters, a great-grandson, many nieces, nephews, brothers and sisters-in-law. His sister, Judith Wallace, and nephew Jerry Wallace also preceded him in death. Friends will be received on Monday, October 23, 2006, from 5 p.m. until 10 p.m. and on Tuesday, October 24, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. until 10 a.m. at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Hammond, Louisiana. Services will be held in the Funeral Home Chapel on Tuesday, October 24, 2006, at 10 a.m. with Rev. James O'Keefe officiating. Interment will follow in the Cooper Cemetery, Robert, Louisiana. Email condolences to: hmckneely@i-55.com / subject line: Dempsey. *************************************************************************