Lamar Eugene "Birch" Birchfield's Obituary
Full military honors will be rendered at close of visitation at 3 pm.
Lamar the son of Mary Elizabeth Dickerson was born on July 9, 1946 in Louisville, Kentucky. He passed away on Tuesday, March 06, 2018, in DeRidder, LA.
He lived with his mother until the age of seventeen when he joined U.S. Army from which he retired after twenty years of service. While in the Army he served one tour of duty in Germany and two tours in Vietnam during the war. After retiring from the Army he was an ROTC Instructor for another twenty years. He enjoyed wood carving as a hobby.
He is survived by his wife of forty-one years, Frances Pauline “Jones” Birchfield of DeRidder, LA; 1 son, Kevin Birchfield of Laurinburg, NC; 3 step-sons, Kirk LeMoine of Florien, LA, Rodney LeMoine of Erath, LA, Frank E. LeMoine of Kaplan, LA; 1 step-daughter, Paula LeMoine Davis (Roger); 3 sisters, Pat Struemp (John) of Jackson, MS; Regina Birchfield of Shreveport, LA, Karen Birchfield of Louisville, KY; 8 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren.
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