Otis John Dean

Otis John Dean, 75, faithful servant of Christ, loving husband, father and grandfather, passed into eternal life on Wednesday evening, November 27, 2019. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019 at Eighth Street Baptist Church, 705 Skyline, Grand Prairie, Texas, 75050 where funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will follow at 11:30 a.m. at DFW National Cemetery. Pastor Jordon Tew and Rev. Fred Heath will officiate. Otis John Dean was born on November 16, 1944 the fourth of five children born to the late Charlie Enoch Dean and the late Mary Loraine London Dean in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Shortly after graduation, he would enroll in the US Air Force, serving a total of four years. His last deployment would be at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth. He elected to make the Dallas-Fort Worth area his home where he would remain for the rest of his life. He would work and retire from the US Postal Service where he was employed for more than thirty years. Never idle, he would continue working for the Texas Rangers Baseball Organization in security, and most recently for the GPISD as a crossing guard. Many remember him as an icon at his post at Corn Valley and Royal Valley. John was a faithful member of Eighth Street Baptist Church for more than forty-five years, serving in numerous capacities under three separate pastors. In his early years, he was a bus driver, picking up children for Sunday School. He would build numerous sets for specific children and church productions, and oversee various building programs. You could always find him serving as an usher or just completing any task that was made known to him. He is survived by his wife of forty years, Jane Krawiec Dean; children, Laura Dean, Anna Dean Cody and her spouse Craig, Kirk Douglas, Karie Douglas; grandson, Jeremy Dutton and his father, Michael Dutton. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by siblings, Raymond Dean, Caroline Dean Capps, Elizabeth "Betty" Dean Pearce and a younger brother. The family request in lieu of flowers that donations be given to the American Heart Association.

Otis John Dean

November 16, 1944 - November 27, 2019