DeWayne was my eldest brother for my entire life, always a staunch supporter of our family values and a friend to all. He loved to collect The Three Stooges memorialbilia, Coca Cola collector items, and watched The Price is Right with our Mother each day while on the phone with her. A booklet full of the poetry he wrote was found in his apartment after his death. His untimely death has left such a void in our lives, family reunions are just not the same without him.



Obituary from the Dickson Shopper, Dickson, Tennessee;

A family-centered funeral service for Oscar DeWayne Lamirand, age 50, was held Thursday, April 7, 2005 at the Taylor Funeral Home with Warren Medley, Reverand Maurice P. Murphy and Reverand Gaetan Tremblay officiating. Interment was held in the Rock Church of Christ Cemetery of Dickson, Tennessee. Oscar passed away on April 4, 2005 while in the Muhlenberg County Community Hospital in Greenville, Kentucky. He was born in Pottawatamie County, Oklahoma to Romona Geraldine McGraw and Marvin J. Lamirand. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his grandparents, Robert Henry and Lena Lantha(DeHeart) McGraw and Oscar O. and Lillie Mae (Newell) Lamirand and by one sister, Janet Marlene Lamirand.

Survivors include : Joyce and Wandle Brock of McCloud, Oklahoma; Randy and Rhonda Pickens of Newberry Park, California; Robby and Donna Pickens of Dickson, Tennessee; Chip Lamirand of Ft. Worth; Texas, Helen and Maurice Murphy of Burns, Tennessee; Linda and Ruben Caban of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Kathy and Gaetan Tremblay of Clarksville, Tennessee; and Lillie and Mike Swaw of White Bluff, Tennessee; Janice Brock Holka, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Wanda Brock Garton, Terrytown, Louisiana; Jim Bob Brock, Oklahoma City, OK; and Charles Brock of Pasadena, TX. Uncle T.J."Bill" Lamirand of Shawnee, OK; his Howell cousins in Fort Worth, TX: Carl "Bubsy", Houston "Hootie", Debbie and Karlan. He leaves behind several nieces and nephews; Julie, Justin, Jason Pickens, Shane and Cheryl Tremblay; Daniel and Stephen Swaw; Matthew, Mitchell and Marisa Caban; and Abigail, Matthew and Elizabeth Murphy; several aunts and uncles.
Copied with permission from the Shawnee News-Star:
April 7, 2005:

Former Shawnee resident Oscar DeWayne Lamirand, 50, died Monday, April 4, in Greenville, Ky.
Visitation will be 12 p.m. to 2 p.m today.

Service will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Chapel of Taylor Funeral Home in Dickson, Tenn., with the Rev. Maurice Murphy II and the Rev. Gaeton Tremblay officiating. Burial will be at Rock Church Cemetery under the direction of Taylor Funeral Home of Dickson, Tenn

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"The People We Love Most Are Forever In Our Hearts"

Some people touch our lives
And become a part of us forever.
Even when they are no longer with us.
We still think of them as being close.
We still feel their warmth, and remember
Special things they said and did,
And times we shared.

And sometimes, we hurt because
they aren't with us; we miss them
so intensely and think of things
we wish we'd said.
But we can find strength
in the impact they made
on our lives, we are so much richer
for our association with them.
We can smile, and celebrate
the realization that love
is unlimited by distance or time,
and that our hearts will forever hold
the people who fill our thoughts.

~by Shelby Lewis Jones


"But how do you thank someone, who has taken you from crayons to perfume?" ~ movie, To Sir, With Love