Dr. Oren Dean Hedrick

Dr. Oren Dean Hedrick Funeral services for Dr. Oren Dean Hedrick will be held Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at 10:00 am in the chapel of Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home. Rev Tommy Rush and Rev Calvin Cantrell will officiate the service. Interment will follow in Memory Lawn Cemetery. The Hedrick family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday, June 10, 2008, between the hours of 5:00 pm to 9:00pm. Dr. Hedrick, 77, passed away Saturday, June 7, 2008. He was born in Mineral Springs, AR on November 24, 1930 to the late Jim Jordan Hedrick and Iva Pearl Stapp Hedrick. He served as Baptist Minister for 40 years and was the Pastor at Central Baptist Church of Robeline for the last seven years. Dr. Hedrick is also a former president of the Southern Baptist Association of Winn Parish. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and also was a veteran of the United States Army. He was a loving Christian, husband, father, and grandfather. He will be remembered for his kindness, understanding and his straight-forwardness with everyone that he met. A dedicated Christian and man of God, he will be missed by his family, friends, and piers. We love you Pop. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bernie King Hedrick; Three Daughters, Peggy Hedrick Prince and her husband James "Buddy"; Anita Hedrick Benson and her husband Jerry; and Sheila Hedrick Garcia and her husband Ray. Eight Grandchildren, Nikki Steinert Murphy and her husband Derek, Ricky Steinert, Amanda LaCaze, Jerry "JJ" Benson, Jr., Wendy Benson Chriss and her husband Wayne, Kristina Benson Hutchison and her husband Jeremy, Trint Miguez and his wife Taylor, and Zack Owens; and eleven great grandchildren. “As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. St. John 10:15”