Gene Dempsey

Gene Dempsey, 81, of Waco, went to be with his Lord after a long fight with cancer, Sunday, November 1, 2015. Graveside funeral services will be 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 4, at Chapel Hill Memorial Park, Waco. The family will receive visitors 6 – 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 3, at Pecan Grove Funeral Home, 3124 Robinson Drive, Waco.

Gene served his country in the Korean War on the USS Lofberg DD-759. He was preceded in death by a son, Gene, Jr. and a daughter Jenny Mae; four brothers, and one sister.

Gene is survived by his wife, sweetheart, and best friend of 51 ½ years, Patricia Dempsey; children Cheryl Brown and husband Clay, Nathan Dempsey and wife Viola, Ella Marie Cameron, and Nena Carter and husband Chris; nine grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren.

Special thanks to nurses Kelsey and Brandy at Texas Home Health Hospice and to his special friends Wendell Reese and Marsha Roddy for being there for him.

In lieu of flowers, memorial may be made in Gene’s name to his church he loved, Turning Point Church, 2708 N. Robinson Drive, Waco, 76706, or Texas Home Health Hospice, 8300 Central Park Drive, Waco, 76712.