Birth date: Sep 12, 1930 Death date: Jun 19, 2020
Rita Derise Dearing, age 89, passed peacefully on the afternoon of June 19, 2020, in Covington, Louisiana. Known as Mom and Mamere to her eight children, seventeen grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren, she was the young Read Obituary
Ann......How richly blessed you were to have such a loving and giving family. How fortunate you all were to have your active mother’s’ presence near you for so many years. You will grieve and miss her nearby for many years, however the sweet, fun times you shared will take over your thoughts of her, and be with you from now on.
Sandi Hatten Walters
MHS. Class of ‘72
I hope memories of your mom bring you and your siblings much comfort Kay. SO impressed she was such an active tennis player into her 80's. How awesome! From Kim Lawrence Winkler from APO in our LSU days..
We couldn't have been more blessed to have such a sweet neighbor in Mrs. Rita. She was so kind to let our son use her tennis court while he trained as a junior tennis player and extended her generosity to my husband for which made his daily quarentine life a bit better! I am sad that I didn't get spend time with her before she left us and she and I planned to meet sometime in the near future! We will miss our sweet neighbor but take comfort in knowing that she has gone home to be with her father in heaven and Mr. Howard. We plan to make a donation in her honor to the Samaritan Center.
The Edney Family
Condolences to all of her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Rita’s obituary was amazing. I enjoyed reading about how things were when she was growing up. She is a very special lady. My she Rest In Peace with the love of her life🙏
Dear Ann (Whitman), just reading your mom’s obit is so enlightening about you and your family. She had such a full life. I know she will be terribly missed. Prayers for comfort and for the repose of her beautiful soul. Elaine Bindo
So many years ago, so many memories. I've thought about Covington so often and the wonderful times we all had together. Tennis was such fun with our little team, but knowing Rita through tennis was a delight. She was such a sweet person. Years ago, I was with my sister at Oakborne Country Club. We looked through some old memorabilia and there was Rita as a former Club Champ. She'll always be in my memories. Chery Payne Whiddon
Thoughts and prayers to Rita’s family. I hope Rita is sitting at a card table in heaven and gets every wild card in the deck. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Kathie Neuner
