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==Death and legacy==

==Death and legacy==

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Kilpatrick's first wife was the former Mildred Sue Barmore (1930–2009), also known as Sue B. Cook of Shreveport. Her first husband was William Cook.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rustonleader.com/obitsarch.php?id=1269|title=Obituaries: Sue Barmore Cook (97-30-2009)|publisher=''Ruston Daily Leader''|accessdate=March 19, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref> Upon his death, Kilpatrick was survived by his second wife, the former Anne Burford of Ruston, formerly of [[Mississippi]]; four children, K.D. Kilpatrick, Jr., and wife Mitzie of Shreveport, Paula Kilpatrick Kirk and husband, Les, also of Shreveport, Richard Barham Kilpatrick of Farmerville, and Melanie Kilpatrick Jarrell Willets and husband David Willets of [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]]; a brother: Tex R. Kilpatrick and wife Carole of Monroe; a sister, Johnnie Nell "Sis" Gorton of West Monroe; thirteen grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.<ref name=obit/>​

Kilpatrick's first wife was the former Mildred Sue Barmore (1930–2009), also known as Sue B. Cook of Shreveport. Her first husband was William Cook.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rustonleader.com/obitsarch.php?id=1269|title=Obituaries: Sue Barmore Cook (97-30-2009)|publisher=''Ruston Daily Leader''|accessdate=March 19, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref> Upon his death, Kilpatrick was survived by his second wife, the former Anne Burford of Ruston, formerly of [[Mississippi]]; four children, K.D. Kilpatrick, Jr., and wife Mitzie of Shreveport, Paula Kilpatrick Kirk and husband, Les, also of Shreveport, Richard Barham Kilpatrick of Farmerville, and Melanie Kilpatrick Jarrell Willets and husband David Willets of [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]]; a brother, Tex R. Kilpatrick and wife Carole of Monroe; a sister, Johnnie Nell "Sis" Gorton of West Monroe; thirteen grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.<ref name=obit/>​

Services for Kilpatrick were held on March 17, 2010, at Trinity United Methodist Church. Honorary pallbearers included state Senator Neil Riser, a mortician from Columbia in Caldwell Parish, former Senator Randy Ewing of Quitman in Jackson Parish, and Farmerville [[Mayor]] Stein Baughman.<ref name=obit/>​

Services for Kilpatrick were held on March 17, 2010, at Trinity United Methodist Church. Honorary pallbearers included state Senator Neil Riser, a mortician from Columbia in Caldwell Parish, former Senator Randy Ewing of Quitman in Jackson Parish, and Farmerville [[Mayor]] Stein Baughman.<ref name=obit/>​

Mayor Baughman, a longtime Kilpatrick friend, said that the former senator was "a great friend to many people and he was so well respected in all areas with a cross-section of people. . . . He was the kind of guy that you didn't have to see him or talk to him every day, but you knew he was there. K.D. was a man's man and he's going to be missed by so many people who he had helped in so many ways that none of us even knew about."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theinsurancenation.com/life-insurance/former-state-senator-businessman-k-d-kilpatrick-dies/|title=Former state senator, businessman K.D. Kilpatrick dies|publisher=''The Insurance Nation''|date=March 16, 2010|accessdate=March 18, 2012; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

Mayor Baughman, a longtime Kilpatrick friend, said that the former senator was "a great friend to many people and he was so well respected in all areas with a cross-section of people. ... He was the kind of guy that you didn't have to see him or talk to him every day, but you knew he was there. K.D. was a man's man and he's going to be missed by so many people who he had helped in so many ways that none of us even knew about."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theinsurancenation.com/life-insurance/former-state-senator-businessman-k-d-kilpatrick-dies/|title=Former state senator, businessman K.D. Kilpatrick dies|publisher=''The Insurance Nation''|date=March 16, 2010|accessdate=March 18, 2012; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

Ryan Kilpatrick said that his grandfather "never missed an opportunity to teach his children and grandchildren a life lesson. He always wanted us to work hard and be our best. He had a passion for life and for people. Papaw treated everyone he met with respect and compassion, no matter who they were or where they were from. One of his favorite sayings was ‘leave it better than you found it.’ My grandfather did that in life. He left it better than he found it, and I’m better and we’re better because we found him.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rustonleader.com/news.php?id=6436|author=Monica Crowe|title=Kilpatrick dies at 81|publisher=''The Ruston Daily Leader''|date=March 15, 2010|accessdate=March 19, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

Ryan Kilpatrick said that his grandfather "never missed an opportunity to teach his children and grandchildren a life lesson. He always wanted us to work hard and be our best. He had a passion for life and for people. Papaw treated everyone he met with respect and compassion, no matter who they were or where they were from. One of his favorite sayings was ‘leave it better than you found it.’ My grandfather did that in life. He left it better than he found it, and I’m better and we’re better because we found him.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rustonleader.com/news.php?id=6436|author=Monica Crowe|title=Kilpatrick dies at 81|publisher=''The Ruston Daily Leader''|date=March 15, 2010|accessdate=March 19, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref>​