Sheffield obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana 

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Sheffield, Charles Harwell      21 Aug 2011    Sep 2011    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on:  8/21/2011

SHEFFIELD, CHARLES HARWELL
Home is the Sailor, Home from the Sea, and the Hunter, Home from the Hill! 
Born Jan. 3, 1940, in Baton Rouge, he died Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, in 
Columbia Falls, Mont., after a long illness with Lewy Body dementia. He 
grew up in Kentwood and graduated from LSU. Upon graduation, he joined the 
U.S. Navy and served on the aircraft carrier USS Shangri-La CVA38. After 
four years of active duty, he continued serving in the Navy Reserves and 
retired after 30 years with the rank of captain. He worked as a stockbroker
for Merrill Lynch in New Orleans, moved to the U.S. Virgin Islands and then 
returned to Kentwood to own and operate the Sheffield Insurance Agency and 
the Sheffield Real Estate Agency. He was a member of the Kentwood Volunteer
Fire Department and served as president of the Kentwood Rotary Club. After 
retirement, he and Gail lived in Slidell, Ponchatoula and Covington and 
finally in Kalispell, Mont. Preceded in death by his parents, Fred and 
Ollie Sheffield, who were of Kentwood; and a niece, Michele Garon, who was 
of Hamilton, Mont. Survived by his wife of 48 years, Gail Kemp Sheffield, 
of Kalispell; brother, Henry Sheffield and wife Kathleen, of Baton Rouge; 
sister, Sally Garon and husband Claude, of Hamilton; nephew, Jason 
Sheffield and wife Jeanne, of Charlotte, N.C.; and four nieces, Abigail 
Sheffield, of Gretna, Molly Sheffield, of New Orleans, Anne Gannon and 
husband Brian, of Lakeside, Mont., and Julie Garon, of Hamilton. He is 
also survived by grandnephew and grandniece, Jack and Ivy Gannon, of 
Lakeside; and a grandniece, Josephine Sheffield, of Charlotte. He was a 
member of Sigma Chi fraternity and a charter member of the Harrell
Plantation Hunting Club in Kentwood. His later years were devoted to 
actively controlling the deer, wild turkey, feral pig and fish 
populations. Charlie was a good man and he never met a stranger. Family 
and friends will be notified of the date and place of a celebration-of-
life gathering to be held in Kentwood. In lieu of flowers, a memorial 
donation to the Lewy Body Dementia Association (ldba.org) would be 
appreciated.  

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