Obituaries: DeWitt D. Dempsey, 1973, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From: March 15, 1973 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American D. D. Dempsey, Brother Of Local Residents, Dies DeWitt D. Dempsey, 70, a former resident of Comanche, Texas, died Friday, March 10, 1972 in the Winnfield Hospital. He was a native of LaSalle Parish. Survivors include two sons, Chelsey Dale Dempsey of Appleton, Wis., and Ronald Royce Dempsey of Beaumont, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. Lena D. Box and Ruby W. Dempsey, both of Winnfield; a brother, Thomas W. Dempsey of Shreveport, and 11 grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Hixson Brothers Funeral Chapel with the Rev. C. D. Bates officiating, assisted by Rev. Calvin Phelps. Burial was in the Dempsey Cemetery near Jena in LaSalle Parish. Pallbearers included David Christman, James Hardy Smith, Bobby R. Long, Henry Warner, Jr., D. G. Boyett, David S. Nelson, Walter Thomas, and Eugene Hubbard.