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|residence=Metairie, Louisiana

|residence=Metairie, Louisiana

|spouse=Alma J. Loisel McNamara

|spouse=Alma J. Loisel McNamara

|children=Four children<br>

|children=John Price McNamara<br>

Nancy Ann McNamara Miller<br>

'''Parents''':<br>

'''Parents''':<br>

Henry D. and Ruby Price McNamara

Henry D. and Ruby Price McNamara

McNamara resided in the large unincorporated community of Metairie with his wife, the former Alma J. Loisel. The couple had two sons, John Price McNamara and Dwight Loisel McNamara (1967-2005), and two daughters, Joni McNamara Parent and Nancy Ann McNamara Miller (died 2014).<ref name=obituary>{{cite web|url=http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=abel-john-mcnamara-buddy&pid=173357455&fhid=17429|title=Hon. Abel John "Buddy" McNamara Obituary|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=December 3, 2014}}</ref>

McNamara resided in the large unincorporated community of Metairie with his wife, the former Alma J. Loisel. The couple had two sons, John Price McNamara and Dwight Loisel McNamara (1967-2005), and two daughters, Joni McNamara Parent and Nancy Ann McNamara Miller (died 2014).<ref name=obituary>{{cite web|url=http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=abel-john-mcnamara-buddy&pid=173357455&fhid=17429|title=Hon. Abel John "Buddy" McNamara Obituary|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=December 3, 2014}}</ref>

McNamara's brother, Patrick J. McNamara (1940-2023) was a film and stage [[actor]], theatre director, voice and acting teacher, and tournament poker player. Over a long career, Patrick McNamara worked with major [[Hollywood]] directors such as [[Steven Spielberg]] and Brian De Palma. He co-starred in Spielberg's ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obits.nola.com/us/obituaries/nola/name/patrick-mcnamara-obituary?id=44075983|title=Patrick J. McNamara obituary|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=February 12, 2023}}</ref>

McNamara's younger brother, Patrick J. McNamara (1940-2023) was a film and stage [[actor]], theatre director, voice and acting teacher, and tournament poker player. Over a long career, Patrick McNamara worked with major [[Hollywood]] directors such as [[Steven Spielberg]] and Brian De Palma. He co-starred in Spielberg's ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obits.nola.com/us/obituaries/nola/name/patrick-mcnamara-obituary?id=44075983|title=Patrick J. McNamara obituary|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=February 12, 2023}}</ref>

McNamara died at his home in 2014 of progressive supranuclear palsy. He was interred on December 6 at Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans.<ref name=obituary/>

McNamara died at his home in 2014 of progressive supranuclear palsy. He was interred on December 6 at Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans.<ref name=obituary/>