Obit: Charles Higdon Hamel, 1953 Caddo Par., Louisiana
Submitter:  Debra W. Dame
Date: May 2000



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Obituary of Charles Higdon Hamel

Source:  The Shreveport Times Newspaper, Sherveport, LA

Monday, 12 Oct 1953, page 4-A



"C. H. HAMEL DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS"



    Charles Higdon Hamel, 77, 1112 Kings Highway, who had been in ill

health for many years, died Sunday morning in a local hospital.

    Mr. Hamel was born in Gladewater, Tex., in 1876, and was married to

Lucy Christian in 1902.  The couple celebrated their golden wedding

anniversary in April of last year.

    Funeral services will be held in Osborn's Funeral Home at 4 p.m.

Monday.  Burial will be in Forest Park Cemetery.

    The Rev. Arthur M. Depew, assisted by the Rev. K. R. Reed of the

Kings Highway Christian Church, will officiate at the services.

    Survivors include his widow; two sons, Clarence T. and Claude L.

Hamel, both of Shreveport; two grandaughters, Linda and Virginia Sue

Hamel, both of Shreveport, and two grandsons,   Father Thomas Howard and

John L. Hamel of St. Mary's, Calif.

    Pallbearers will be Dr. Leon Bain, J. L. Dudley, Robert Keoun, E. J.

Waller, W. C. Hamel and Charles Hamel.