Charles Henry Dean

Funeral service for Mr. Charles Henry Dean, 90, of Monroe, LA, will be held at 2:00PM Sunday, December 18, 2022, at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Monroe with Rev. Terry Mims officiating under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home Sterlington Rd. Monroe. Interment will follow in Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00PM until 7:00PM Saturday, December 17, 2022, at Mulhearn Funeral Home Monroe.

Mr. Dean was born in Crowville, LA, on September 20, 1932, and passed away on December 15, 2022, in West Monroe. He served in the Army National Guard for 40 Years and a Day and was the pitcher on the softball team for the National Guard for several years. Mr. Dean was a member and deacon at Emmanuel Baptist Church, where he served on numerous committees. He has been a member at Emmanuel Baptist Church since 1955 and served as chairman of the deacons for over 30 years, was the director of the Discipleship Training, and was a long-time pitcher for the church softball team.  Mr. Dean enjoyed the outdoors, fishing, hunting, gardening, and especially mowing the yard.

Survivors include his wife of 69 years, Melba Lee Dean; two daughters, Dewanna Kay Weaver and husband Dayton and Lynn Dean Freeman and husband Bobby; grandchildren, Benjamin Thomas and wife Carol, Jeremy Harrison and wife Cindy, Whitney Freeman Rogers and husband Josh, Charles Harrison, Brad Freeman, and Marc Freeman; great grandchildren, Makayla, Cameron, Adam, Lexie, Riley, Kayden, Layden, Ally, Halton, and Lily; sister, Virginia Dupuis and husband Ernest; sister-in-law, Linda Dean; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be grandsons and a great grandson.

Memorials may be made to Emmanuel Baptist Church in Monroe. (https://emmanuel-baptistchurch.org/giving)