Minnie Adele “Dimples” Hemsell, 86, of Lafayette, LA, died Friday, December 31, 2004 in Louisiana.
Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Monday, January 3, 2004 at Broussard’s, 700 W. Saratoga Highway in Kountze with burial to follow at Jordan Cemetery in Honey Island. A gathering of family and friends will be from 5:00 until 8:00 P.M. Sunday at the funeral home.
A native of Sour Lake, she has lived in Washington, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida and Texas.
Mrs. Hemsell was a member of Blanchard Baptist Church in Blanchard, Texas and became a Christian at the age of 10 in First Baptist Church of Beeville, Texas. She has taught Sunday School Classes, Training Union Classes and Girl Auxiliary. She was also a den mother of Cub Scouts in Palestine, Dallas and Lafayette. Her interests were cooking, especially date loaf and peanut butter fudge. She also enjoyed reading novels particularly historical novels, traveling all over the U.S. She flew over the Grand Canyon in a helicopter in her late 70’s with Murial Elias. She was also interested in sports including NASCAR. Her favorite was Jeff Gordon, and keeping up with her husband’s friends from his sports days at Greenville, Texas from high school as well as Wesley Junior College, Texas Tech and football even in World War II.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Chester Rippy Hemsell; her daughter, Marjorie Ann “Motise” Buen; brothers, T.J. Chessher and Hugh Chessher Jr.; sisters, L.T. Chessher Means and Melva Dan Chessher Parker.
She is survived by her sons, Frank Clarkson and his wife Barbara of Lubbock, Chester Rippy Hemsell and his wife Melinda of Youngsville, Louisiana and Robert Lynn Hemsell and his wife Kelli of Lafayette, Louisiana; eleven grandchildren, nine great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren.
