Dan Gilbert Agnew Jr.

DAN GILBERT AGNEW, JR. entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at the age of 50. Dan was born November 26, 1973 to the union of Dan Gilbert Agnew, Sr. and the late Claudia Gail Sharett Agnew. Dan was baptized at Fifth African Baptist Church under the direction of the late Reverend Joseph H. Green and remained a faithful member at Fifth African B.C. under the leadership of Reverend Dale Sanders. Dan was educated in the public schools of New Orleans at Gentilly Terrace Elementary School, Gregory Junior High School and John F. Kennedy Senior High School, Class of 1993. He also attended Southern University at New Orleans. Dan worked as a cook on offshore oil rigs for many years and later at Marshall’s Department Store until his illness and dialysis treatments. He was an avid sports fan and had a variety of caps representing his favorite football, baseball and other teams as a part of his vast collection of sports memorabilia. Dan kept his love for God, his parents, children, family and friends close to his heart and was never shy about expressing his love for those who meant the world to him. He made sure everyone in his life was okay, making daily calls to see if you were all right, ending each phone call with, “I love you.” To know Dan was to love him. Even through his illness, he remained faithful, hopeful and upbeat relying on Jesus Christ to see him through. Dan was preceded in death by his mother, Claudia Agnew, paternal grandparents, Joshua Agnew and Mamie Hill Agnew; maternal grandparents, George Sharett, Sr. and Leslie Gertrude Wade Sharett; uncles: George Sharett, Jr., John Agnew, Leon Agnew and Alex Agnew; aunts: Gwendolyn A. Banks, Barbara S. Weatherspoon and Brenda J. Sharett; cousin, Karl Weatherspoon. He is survived by his children: Dan Gilbert Agnew III, Dana Giselle Agnew and Shakia Monet Agnew; his loving Father, Dan Gilbert Agnew, Sr. Also left to cherish his memory are uncles: Collier Agnew and Levi Agnew; aunts: Rosiland A. Garner, Marie A. Dalton, Sandra S. Brooks and Gilda R. Sharett, Alfreda Martin of Pulaski Tennessee; devoted cousins: John Weatherspoon of San Francisco, California and Sharett Brooks of Chicago, Illinois, Godbrother, Terrell Hunter and a host of other relatives, friends, and his beloved John F. Kennedy Cougars, Class of 1993. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the celebration of life held at Fifth African Baptist Church, 3419 S. Robertson Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70115 on Saturday, August 31, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. Visitation and viewing is from 9:00 a.m. until hour of service. Interment: Mount Olivet Cemetery and Mausoleum 4000 Norman Mayer Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70122. Arrangements entrusted to D. W. Rhodes Funeral Home, 3933 Washington Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70125.