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Tribute to Dixie Basketball Camp and Country Club, the Colonel Joe Dean Jr. has passed

Posted on 8/17/26 at 4:51 pm
Posted by CockyTime
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 8/17/26 at 4:51 pm
Joe Dean Jr passes away

Sad day for anyone that went to camp. Joe Dean Jr was a legend once he took the camp over from Joe Dean Sr. R.I.P.

"Every day in Africa, a lion wakes up..."
This post was edited on 8/17/26 at 5:40 pm
Posted by Ryan3232
Valet driver for TD staff
Member since Dec 2008
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Posted on 8/17/26 at 5:01 pm to
Damn, this hits hard. Those were some of my greatest memories as a kid.

RIP Joe
Posted by Bayou_Tiger_225
Third Earth
Member since Mar 2016
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Posted on 8/17/26 at 5:03 pm to
That camp was not for the weak spirited
Posted by junior
baton rouge
Member since Mar 2005
2714 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 5:08 pm to
no ac and carpet floors- still overall a good experience
Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger
Bat'n Rudge
Member since Oct 2004
64326 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 5:10 pm to
My brother used to go to Lakeside Oaks Basketball Camp and Country Club run by Joe Dean and Brad Brian. That was in the late 1960's when going towards Prairieville was like going to another dimension.
Posted by More beer please
Member since Feb 2010
46857 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 5:20 pm to
Damn RIP
Posted by NorthEndZone
Member since Dec 2008
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Posted on 8/17/26 at 5:30 pm to
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
Member since May 2012
62027 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 5:37 pm to
quote:

no ac and carpet floors- still overall a good experience

I went straight to the nba not to brag
Posted by CockyTime
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2015
3400 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 5:41 pm to
quote:


no ac and carpet floors- still overall a good experience


Until you got to play in the all star games on the main floor
Posted by Fat Fingers
Member since Nov 2010
582 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 6:06 pm to
Joe and his wife, Ellen, attended my church in Birmingham. No finer people in this world. Sad news.
Posted by tigerforever7
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2012
1269 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 6:12 pm to
“Sweat, sweat, we love sweat sir!”
Posted by michael corleone
baton rouge
Member since Jun 2005
6731 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 6:58 pm to
“Love it when it’s hot, hate it when it’s not”
Posted by WaydownSouth
Stratton Oakmont
Member since Nov 2018
11462 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 8:44 pm to
Me and my pals paid the counselors like $25 to put us on the same 3 v 3 team.

So they lined us all up appropriately so we'd all be selected. We ended up going like 0-6 in group play

ETA: Also we had an iron in the room to iron our sheets so we didn't have to get up on stage for a punishment
This post was edited on 8/17/26 at 8:46 pm
Posted by TigerTatorTots
The Safeshore
Member since Jul 2009
82370 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 10:07 pm to
Damn that sucks to hear. So many memories at that camp
Posted by evil cockroach
27.98N // 86.92E
Member since Nov 2007
9523 posts
Posted on 8/18/26 at 5:46 am to
He was a pretty good color guy for college basketball games on tv
Posted by TeddyPadillac
Member since Dec 2010
30851 posts
Posted on 8/18/26 at 6:32 am to
Rip to the Colonel.

I still love sweat sir. Going to put some on my cornflakes this morning.
Posted by ellesssuuu
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2016
3207 posts
Posted on 8/18/26 at 6:35 am to
There’s an energy crisis in America. Flush it flush it.
Posted by CockyTime
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2015
3400 posts
Posted on 8/18/26 at 6:49 am to
Forgot about the energy crisis, good stuff
Posted by MFTPC
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Posted on 8/18/26 at 6:59 am to
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This post was edited on 8/18/26 at 7:16 pm
Posted by greenbean
USAF Retired - 31 years
Member since Feb 2019
6665 posts
Posted on 8/18/26 at 7:11 am to
Time for string music from Starkville (or whatever SEC town).
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