John A. Kennedy

New Iberia " Funeral services will be conducted for John A. Kennedy, 83 on Monday, September 26, 2011 at 10:00 AM in the David Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Johnny Ward, Pastor of the Delcambre Baptist Church, officiating. Masonic Rites will be conducted after the services. Interment will be on Monday, September 26, 2011 at 4:00 PM in the Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Natchez, MS.

Visitation will be on Sunday, September 25, 2011 from 4:00 PM until 9:00 PM and will resume on Monday, September 26, 2011 at 8:00 AM until services.

A native of Stonewall, MS and a resident of Broussard, LA and a former resident of New Iberia, LA, Mr. Kennedy passed away on Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 5:39 PM in a Lafayette hospital.. He was a salesman in oil field sales where he worked for Rebel Rentals for many years and was currently employed with Pipe Pros and Dishmon & Bennett Specialty Company. Inc. both in Broussard. He was a veteran of World War II and the Korean Conflict and he received an Honorable Discharge from the United States Marine Corp. and National Guard of Mississippi and a Reserve of the Army of the United States. He was a member of the Delcambre Baptist Church in Delcambre, LA. He was a Mason and a member of Aurora Lodge 193 F&AM and Shriners International.

He is survived by his wife Maudry Romero Kennedy of New Iberia; his daughters, Tracy M. Perry of Washington, MS and Debbie M. Kiss and her husband Joe of Huntsville, TX; his son Barron Kennedy, Sr. and his wife Heather of New Iberia; his brother, Preston Stoney Kennedy and his wife Betty of Laurel, MS; his grandchildren, Jason Exelby of Natchez, MS, Danielle Lively and her husband Robert of Ft. Benning, GA, Joshua Kiss of Lake Jackson, TX, Kristen Hoover and her husband Brad of Pearland, TX, Laura Hicks of Atlanta, GA, Barron Kennedy, II and Luke Kennedy both of New Iberia and 10 great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, John Z. and Orie Strickland Kennedy; his son, John Kenny Kennedy, Jr.; his brothers, Hubert, Carl and Bennie Kennedy and his sister, Faye K. Guillot.

David Funeral Home of New Iberia, 1101 Trotter St. (337) 369-6336 is in charge of local arrangements and Laird Funeral Home of Natchez, MS, 408 N. Union St. (601) 442-3636 is in charge of interment services in Natchez, MS.