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    Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe

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  1. Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe III (July 12, 1923 – August 23, 2016) was an American fighter ace, Democratic Party politician, insurance executive, and funeral director. As a Marine pilot in World War II he received the Navy Cross for five of the seven kills he recorded over Okinawa. After the war he entered politics, serving as a member of the ...

    • August 23, 2016 (aged 93), Biloxi, Mississippi, US
    • Heart Failure
  2. Oct 13, 2023 · Jeremiah O'Keefe is a Mississippi-based funeral home owner who fought a legal battle against the Loewen Group in Amazon Prime Video's film The Burial. He was a World War II veteran, a politician, a philanthropist, and a Congressional Gold Medal recipient.

  3. Oct 6, 2023 · Owning eight funeral parlors in Mississippi, Jeremiah O’Keefe was a conscientious man whose Irish ancestors had been in the undertaking trade since the Civil War years, according to a story ...

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  5. Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe IV (May 21, 1946 – December 3, 2007) was an American politician and businessman. Born in Biloxi, Mississippi, O'Keefe went to Notre Dame High School in Biloxi, Mississippi. He, then, served in the United States Marine Corps from 1964 to 1967. He graduated from University of Southern Mississippi in 1970 and then went to ...

    • May 21, 1946
    • .mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe (father)
    • December 3, 2007 (aged 61)
  6. Sep 26, 2023 · In The Burial movie, Ray Loewen's company, the Loewen Group, hires a hotshot black female attorney named Mame Downes (Jurnee Smollett) in response to Jeremiah O'Keefe hiring Willie Gary (Jamie Foxx). Both parties believe a black lawyer will have a better chance of winning over a majority black jury and the black judge in Hinds County, Mississippi.

  7. Aug 27, 2016 · Jeremiah Joseph O’Keefe III was born on July 12, 1923, in Ocean Springs. His father, Jeremiah O’Keefe Jr., known as Ben, ran a livery and funeral home. His mother, the former Teresa Slattery ...

  8. Oct 2, 2005 · Jeremiah J. O'Keefe, a 72-year-old white man, had been tending to Mississippi's dead at his family's funeral home since he was a boy. O'Keefe sued Loewen, portraying it as a corporate monster ...

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