Mary Kirby Chadwick's Obituary
Mary Kirby Chadwick, 93, entered peacefully into rest on 24 May, 2023 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Mary was born on February 17, 1930 in Victoria, Virginia to Stephen Hiram. and Adelaide Anderson Kirby.
Visitation will be held Saturday, May 27, 2023 from 5:00PM until 8:00PM in the chapel of Labby Memorial Funeral Home in DeRidder.
Mary graduated Valedictorian from Victoria High school and went to work for the Army at Fort Lee, Virginia. She married the late LT COL (retired) Clyde C Chadwick of Ontario, Virginia and they had 1 son, Stephen, of Deridder, La. As an Army family they lived all over the United States moving from Virginia to Georgia, to Puerto Rico, New York, Washington (state), California, Colorado and finally to Louisiana. Mary occasionally worked in sales of custom leather and jewelry when not being a homemaker, wife and mother. She attended the First Presbyterian Church in DeRidder and was a member of the order of the Eastern Star.
Left to cherish her memory are her younger sister Shorty Smith of Louisville, KY, her son Stephen of DeRidder, and numerous nieces and nephews around the country.
Mary was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers Richard, Charles and Stephen (Bun) a sister Katherine (Dink), and her faithful husband of over 56 years, LT COL (ret) Clyde C. Chadwick.
The family requests no flowers but donations in her name to the First Presbyterian Church in DeRidder or to your own church.
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