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Samuel Joseph ``Joe'' Bergeron, Jr.

A native and former resident of Baton Rouge, he died Friday, July 18, 2008, in St. Francisville. He was 62.

He retired from the State of Louisiana, Office of Motor Vehicles, after more than 20 years of service. He attended Catholic High School, where he played basketball and baseball, and also enjoyed the nickname ``Big Bear.'' He was Valedictorian of the Catholic High School Class of 1964. He went on to attend LSU, where he was part of the baseball team.

He is survived by the mother of his only child, Kay Bergeron; his daughter and son-in-law, Janelle Bergeron Dearman and Jeramie Dearman; and his grandchildren: Dillon, Michael and Kayla Dearman.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Wilda Nell Cox Bergeron and Samuel J. Bergeron Sr.

Visitation will be at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, 825 Government St., on Monday, July 21, from noon until funeral service at 2 p.m. in the funeral home chapel. Interment will follow in Roselawn Memorial Park.