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Miss Grace became ill in 1957 and died in office, as had her father twenty-six years earlier. Her husband, Fred Dent Sr., sought the register's office in the 1959 Democratic primary, running on the intra-party ticket of [[Mayor]] deLesseps Story Morrison, Sr. (1912-1964) of New Orleans, but he was defeated by Ellen Bryan Moore.<ref>"Chep Morrison And Ticket Here Monday," ''Minden Herald,'' September 17, 1959, p. 1.</ref> It was odd that Dent would have run with Morrison considering Miss Grace's fierce attacks against U.S. Representative Hale Boggs in the 1951 governor's race, considering that Boggs had once been a law partner of Morrison.

Miss Grace became ill in 1957 and died in office, as had her father twenty-six years earlier. Her husband, Fred Dent Sr., sought the register's office in the 1959 Democratic primary, running on the intra-party ticket of [[Mayor]] deLesseps Story Morrison, Sr. (1912-1964) of New Orleans, but he was defeated by Ellen Bryan Moore.<ref>"Chep Morrison And Ticket Here Monday," ''Minden Herald,'' September 17, 1959, p. 1.</ref> It was odd that Dent would have run with Morrison considering Miss Grace's fierce attacks against U.S. Representative Hale Boggs in the 1951 governor's race, considering that Boggs had once been a law partner of Morrison.

In addition to her husband, Miss Grace was survived by a son, Fred C. Dent Jr. (1937–2010), a captain in the [[United States Army]] Special Forces who wore the Green Beret. Dent Jr., the father of actress Catherine Dent (born 1965), was a former state commissioner of financial institutions and headed the group Tax Busters.<ref name=fcdobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=fred-columbus-dent&pid=145338037|title=Obituary of Fred Columbus Dent Jr.|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=September 14, 2010}}</ref> He ran as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] for the [[Mayor]]-Presidency of East Baton Rouge Parish in 2000 but polled less than 6 percent of the votes in the nonpartisan blanket primary. Victory went to another Republican, Bobby Simpson of Baker.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 7, 2000.</ref> The Dents also had a daughter, Joelyn Dent Collins of [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Virginia]].<ref name=fcdobit/>​

In addition to her husband, Miss Grace was survived by a son, Fred C. Dent Jr. (1937–2010), a captain in the [[United States Army]] Special Forces who wore the Green Beret. Dent Jr., the father of actress Catherine Dent (born 1965), was a former state commissioner of financial institutions and headed the group Tax Busters.<ref name=fcdobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=fred-columbus-dent&pid=145338037|title=Obituary of Fred Columbus Dent Jr.|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=September 14, 2010}}</ref> He ran as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] for the [[Mayor]]-Presidency of East Baton Rouge Parish in 2000 but polled less than 6 percent of the votes in the nonpartisan blanket primary. Victory went to another Republican, [[Bobby Simpson]] of Baker.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 7, 2000.</ref> The Dents also had a daughter, Joelyn Dent Collins of [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Virginia]].<ref name=fcdobit/>​

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The Dents are interred at St. John's Cemetery in Plaquemine.<ref name=fcdobit/>​

The Dents are interred at St. John's Cemetery in Plaquemine.<ref name=fcdobit/>​