Woman of Destiny

Picked cotton as a teenager on the family farm and went back to school at the age of 65 to take over the family business in operation since 1958. A woman of destiny, matriarch, successful entrepreneur and Living Legend. LaBelle Demby known for her kind spirit talks about life, business and the need for compassion.

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Count Time Podcast Living Legend LaBelle Demby

Woman of Destiny

 

Selected quotes and notes from Count Time Podcast with LD Azobra Interview with LaBelle Harleaux Demby

In October of 1958, Henry Demby, Sr. along with his only son, Henry Demby, Jr. started the business Demby & Son Funeral Home.
 
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The wife of the late Henry Demby, Jr. LaBelle Demby began considering taking the head position at the funeral home after the passing of her husband in 1989. At the age of 65, Mrs. LaBelle enrolled at Delgado Community College in New Orleans, Louisiana. After completing the required courses and passing the State Boards, she is enjoying her life as owner and director of Demby & Son Funeral Home.
 
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Emma Jean,Theresa Mae and Labelle Marie Harleaux
 
Good evening. Good evening. Good evening it’s 4:00 PM. Stand up it’s count time, time for every man and woman to stand up and be counted. Welcome to another edition of Count Time podcast. I am brother LD Azobra. Thank you for joining us today.
 
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As you always know, we always have very, very special individuals on this show. And we got someone that is near and dear to me, my dear friend Kin folks who I met many, many years ago So we have Ms. Labelle Demby here today from out of Donaldsonville, Louisiana. Welcome to Count Time

LHD
Okay. Hi, I’m Labelle. And so good to have my friend here today, Mr. Lyman. And it’s just a pleasure having him at my home today to interview me about my past and future.

LaBelle

LD
And I met her many years ago while I was at LSU with her kin people, a guy named Demitri Williams. And we were roommates, and he brought me through here one day to visit with you. Do you remember those days?

LHD
Yes, I do remember those days. I do remember that the day that you and Demetri came. I was really excited about both of you were football players. I was really excited and talked about it for a long time afterwards.

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LD
Oh, you do remember that was a long time ago. He thought very highly of you

LHD
Yes. Demetri was my Godchild. But he did come by and interviewed me for a magazine, and he took a picture of me and it appeared in the magazine.

LD
That’s what his wife Robin was doing, La Rouge, I forgot the name. His wife was doing a magazine back right after Hurricane Katrina. Now let’s talk about you now. Where are you from? Where did you grow up in?

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LHD
I grew up in Erwinville, Louisiana. We went to school. You used to call it grade. You went from Prima grade to fourth grade.

LD
You must gone to a Catholic school. I never heard that.

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LHD
No. Prima grade, you call it prima. That was the grade before. It’s like. No, I guess like high school, Head Start. Like preschool. We went to school in the Church. St. Peter Baptist Church in Erwinville. We would walk to school. We had some neighbors that was a little bit older than us, and they would bring us to school and bring us back home. It wasn’t that much difference in our ages, but I was a little bit younger. The Church is still there.

Woman of Destiny