Dan Eugene Crowell

August 10, 1952-December 19, 2009

Dan Eugene Crowell, age 57, of Slidell, Louisiana

passed away at his residence on Saturday, December 19, 2009.

Dan, a native of Long Beach, California, moved to Mississippi in 1967

and graduated from Picayune High School in 1970.

Dan served in the Mississippi National Guard

in Picayune, Mississippi from 1973 to 1979.

Dan attended Pearl River Community College

and Santa Barbara City College receiving an

Associate Science Degree in Marine Technology

and a Commercial Diving Certification in 1979.

He moved to Louisiana to begin his career in the oil fields as a diver.

Dan was employed in the commercial diving

industry for more than 20 years.

Additionally, Dan was employed to supervise clean up

activities from hurricanes and flooding in Miami, Florida and Iowa.

He is survived by his mother, Evelyn Remington;

sisters, Joyce Losey and Donna (Al) Smith;

half-brothers and sisters, Steve Remington,

Carolyn (Bob) Smith,

Robert (Marlene) Crowell,

Sandy (Larry) Demarse

James Crowell

step-sisters and brothers, Lois (Ronnie) Dossett,

Paula (Jim) Ford,

Larry (Aleta) Hinkle

Jerry (Richard) Pinkston;

twenty-two nieces and nephews.

Dan is preceded in death by:

his father, Robert W. Crowell and

step-mother, Ginger Crowell.

Dan enjoyed diving, fishing, waterskiing, sports,

and traveling with his friends and family.

He will be missed not only by his family,

but all who had been touched by his friendship.

Don’t think of Dan as gone away; his journey has just begun.

Life holds so many facets, this earth is only one.

Visitation will be on Wednesday, December 30th at 9:00 a.m.

followed immediately with a Memorial Service at 11:00 a.m. at

Picayune Funeral Home Chapel, with Bro. James Reeves officiating.