Ralph Dennis Kennedy

1948 - 2019  (71 years)

• Name	Ralph Dennis Kennedy
  Born	19 May 1948	Bowie County, Texas, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Dec 2019	Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA
  Buried	12 Dec 2019	Trinity Memorial Park - Big Spring, Texas, USA
  Person ID	I16176	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family	Bertha Charlene Huitt,   b. 1 Dec 1944, Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA ,   d. 17 Feb 2022, Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Married	25 Jan 1974	Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
  Children	1. Pamela Christine Kennedy,   b. 11 Jul 1978, Fort Polk, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 16 Jul 2022, Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA  (Age 44 years)
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2025
  Family ID	F7113	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 19 May 1948 - Bowie County, Texas, USA Married - 25 Jan 1974 - Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA Died - 5 Dec 2019 - Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA Buried - 12 Dec 2019 - Trinity Memorial Park - Big Spring, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Ralph Dennis Kennedy Obituary picture

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstone of Ralph Dennis Kennedy Trinity Memorial Park - Big Spring, Texas, USA Plot: Serenity Section

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: Ralph Dennis Kennedy May 19, 1948 - December 5, 2019 Ralph Dennis Kennedy, 71, of Big Spring, passed away Thursday, December 5, 2019 in a Lubbock hospital. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Thursday, December 12, 2019, at the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel, 906 S. Gregg St., Big Spring, Texas, with Pastor Eddie Prince and Pastor Mark Smithson officiating. Interment will follow at Trinity Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at the funeral home at 906 S. Gregg St., Big Spring, Texas. He was born May 19, 1948 in Decatur, Texas to Alma and Cecil Kennedy. He married Charlene Huitt January 25, 1974 in Lawton, Oklahoma. Ralph graduated from Snyder High School in 1967 and joined the United States Army, serving three tours in Viet Nam, Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Shield. He retired July 31, 1992 as a First Sergeant. After retiring, Ralph and Charlene made their home in Big Spring. He managed Pizza Hut for a number of years. Ralph enjoyed traveling to State and National Parks, camping, watching football and loved spending time with his grandchildren. He was a member of Grace Fellowship Church of God. He was a Man of God and loved serving on the board of Grace Fellowship Church and strongly desires his family to serve the Lord Jesus Christ. Survivors include his wife, Charlene Kennedy; six daughters, Vickie Williams, Patricia Williams, Dennise Calk and husband, Dusty, Pamela Peterson and husband, Mike, and Holly Chavarria and husband, Pete, Kristina Williams and husband, Paul Wylie; one sister, Louise Kennedy; 18 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, Danny Ray Kennedy. The family suggests memorials to the Permian Basin Honor Flight at http://permianhonorflight.org/ or to the Wounded Warrior Project at https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/ Arrangements are under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home and Crematory. Online condolences may be made at www.npwelch.com (Published by Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home of Big Spring, TX)