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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>​

Kilpatrick was not related to state Senator [[Virginia Shehee|Virginia Kilpatrick Shehee]] of [[Shreveport]], who until her death owned a chain of funeral homes in northwestern Louisiana.

Kilpatrick was not related to state Senator [[Virginia Shehee|Virginia Kilpatrick Shehee]] of [[Shreveport]], who until her death owned a chain of funeral homes in northwestern Louisiana. [[Neil Riser]], an incoming state representative and a departing state senator operates funeral homes in Caldwell and LaSalle parishes.

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