Dewey Temple

Funeral services for Dewey H. Temple, 80, of Hornbeck, were held December 13 at the Oak Grove Baptist Church in Hornbeck with the Reverends Buddy Freeman and James Hickman officiating. Burial followed in the Oak Grove Cemetery, under the direction of Labby Memorial Funeral Home of Leesville. Dewey, the son of Aubrey and Velma Morison Temple, was born February 8, 1935, in Anacoco. He passed away Thursday, December 10, 2015, in Alexandria. Dewey started off working as a truck driver for Piggly Wiggly, and then went to work in the logging business as owner and operator of Temple Trucking. He loved fishing, driving trucks and logging. He was a devoted Christian who loved his family. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Loretta Temple; sons, Dannie Temple and Dewey Temple, Jr. and brother, Aubrey Temple, Jr. He is survived by his son, Dickey Temple and wife, Donnis, of Hornbeck; grandchildren, Kandie Beasley and husband, Luke, Tonya Hickman and husband Scotty, Danielle Calhoun and husband Jessie, Bobby Coleman, Buster Temple, Dannie Temple, Jr., Lacey Sandel, Carrie Brown and husband, Joey, Wendy Battaglia and husband, Scott and Brentley Terrell and wife, Catherine; 25 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. Words of comfort may be expressed to the Temple Family at www.labbymemorial.com