Son and one of twelve children born to Winfred Shirley Speights and Velma Earleene Ulmer Speights. He served in the U.S. Army as a Combat Medic in Vietnam in 1968-1969 and was a member of the Dak To Defenders, 299th Engineering Battalion. He was awarded the Army Commendation Medal for his heroism in the Republic of Vietnam. He was awarded a Purple Heart, but refused the award stating that the men he witnessed hurt, wounded, and dying deserved it so much more than him. He retired from Olin Chlor Alkali in St. Gabriel after 39 years. On April 11, 1992, he married Lanell Martin Speights at Southside Baptist Church. He was a long-standing member of Christ Covenant Church (formerly Southside Baptist) and Sharon Baptist Church in Port Allen, and served as a deacon at both churches. He was preceded in death by his parents; infant sister, Velma Aileen Speights; brother, David Ellis (Pete) Speights; grandparents, Jessie T and Bessie M Ulmer. and Roy and Elizabeth Speights; sisters-in-law, Cele and Patsy Speights; and brothers-in-law, Jerry Day and Gary Lott. Surviving are his children, Aleisha Speights Gravois (Hank), Marshall Speights (Erin), Tiffany St. Pierre (Jade), and Ashleigh Delaune (Dusty); granddaughters, Mya Gravois, Sam and Andi Speights, Brittanie and Allie St. Pierre, and Emma Hebert; and grandsons, Layton and Rylan Delaune, and Conner Gaydos; and siblings, Clara Speights Easterly (Arno), Robert "Bobby" Speights (Veta), David "Pete" Speights (Patsy), Shirley Ann Speights Delaughter (Calvin), Lesley and Katie Speights, Linda Gail Speights Lott (Gary), Maudie Speights Stephenson, Winfred "Tootie" Speights Day (Jerry), Jessie "Joe" Speights (Ollie), and Beth Speights Swanson (Terry).
Son and one of twelve children born to Winfred Shirley Speights and Velma Earleene Ulmer Speights. He served in the U.S. Army as a Combat Medic in Vietnam in 1968-1969 and was a member of the Dak To Defenders, 299th Engineering Battalion. He was awarded the Army Commendation Medal for his heroism in the Republic of Vietnam. He was awarded a Purple Heart, but refused the award stating that the men he witnessed hurt, wounded, and dying deserved it so much more than him. He retired from Olin Chlor Alkali in St. Gabriel after 39 years. On April 11, 1992, he married Lanell Martin Speights at Southside Baptist Church. He was a long-standing member of Christ Covenant Church (formerly Southside Baptist) and Sharon Baptist Church in Port Allen, and served as a deacon at both churches. He was preceded in death by his parents; infant sister, Velma Aileen Speights; brother, David Ellis (Pete) Speights; grandparents, Jessie T and Bessie M Ulmer. and Roy and Elizabeth Speights; sisters-in-law, Cele and Patsy Speights; and brothers-in-law, Jerry Day and Gary Lott. Surviving are his children, Aleisha Speights Gravois (Hank), Marshall Speights (Erin), Tiffany St. Pierre (Jade), and Ashleigh Delaune (Dusty); granddaughters, Mya Gravois, Sam and Andi Speights, Brittanie and Allie St. Pierre, and Emma Hebert; and grandsons, Layton and Rylan Delaune, and Conner Gaydos; and siblings, Clara Speights Easterly (Arno), Robert "Bobby" Speights (Veta), David "Pete" Speights (Patsy), Shirley Ann Speights Delaughter (Calvin), Lesley and Katie Speights, Linda Gail Speights Lott (Gary), Maudie Speights Stephenson, Winfred "Tootie" Speights Day (Jerry), Jessie "Joe" Speights (Ollie), and Beth Speights Swanson (Terry).
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