==Death and family==
De Pingre' died in [[Shreveport]] of a lengthy illness. Services were held on September 21, 2007, at the First Baptist Church, with the then pastor [[Wayne DuBose]] officiating. Interment was at Gardens of Memory Cemetery in Minden. Survivors included his wife, the former Patricia Lee "Pat" Catron (1927-2021), a former home demonstration agent who left that position to work with her husband in the printing business.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://press-herald.com/patricia-lee-catron-de-pingre/|title=Patricia Lee de Pingre'|publisher=''[[Minden Press-Herald]]''|date=October 7, 2021}}</ref> He had a son, Benny Louis de Pingre' (1954-2023).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://press-herald.com/benny-louis-de-pingre/|title=Benny Louis de Pingre' obituary|publisher=''The Minden Press-Herald''|date=March 17, 2023}}</ref> He also had and a daughter, Margaret Ann Willis of Irving in Dallas County, Texas, the widow of James Willis.<ref name=obit/>
Daughter-in-law Jerri Lynn Ray de Pingre' (born 1959) was the 1977 "Miss Minden" pageant winner. An educator-turned-businesswoman, she ran unsuccessfully in 2011 as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate for the Webster Parish District 10 seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives, having lost, 55 to 45 percent, to the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Gene Reynolds]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Jerri_Ray_de_Pingre|title=Jerri de Pingre'|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=April 11, 2020}}</ref> who no longer holds the seat now filled by [[Moderate Republican]] [[Royce Wayne McMahen]] of Springhill. Thereafter, she served as executive director of the South Webster Chamber of Commerce, in which capacity, she started the Leadership Minden program.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://press-herald.com/leadership-webster-graduates-16/|title=Leadership Webster graduates 16