Caddo Obits: Gosdin, John Harlon; 2/10/2008
Date Submitted: 11 Feb 2008
Submitted By: Peggy Hale
Contact: peggyviv4@aol.com
Source: The Shreveport Times

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John Harlon Gosdin

SHREVEPORT, LA- Funeral services for John Harlon Gosdin, 75, will be held at 
9:30 a.m., Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at Rose-Neath Southside Chapel with Masonic 
Rites. Officiating will be Father Ben Songe. Interment will follow in Pleasant Hill 
Cemetery, Pritchett, TX.

The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Monday, February 11, 
2008 at the funeral home.

Mr. Gosdin was born in Red River, OK to Jewell and Thelma Gosdin. He passed away 
February 10, 2008 after a lengthy illness. He was a member of St. Matthias Epsicopal 
Church. He was a member of Joppa Masonic Lodge #362, Mithra, Scottish Rite and El 
Karubah Shrine. He also was a member of the American Legion Post 14. He was in the 
US Army during the Korean conflict. He was a Baker for Holsum Bakery.

Mr. Gosdin was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Debbie Fondren; son, John 
Gosdin, Jr.; and brother Maurice Gosdin. 

Left to cherish his memory is his wife of 58 years, Pat Gosdin; son, Bill Gosdin; 
daughter, Dusta Killgore; two grandchildren, Katie Killgore and Michelle Killgore; 
great-grandchild, Abby Kilgore; sisters, Jean Arrington, Joyce Mask, Shirley Rutledge 
and Carolyn Dortch; brothers, Calvin Gosdin and James Gosdin; and a number of nieces, 
nephews, and a host of friends.

In lieu of flowers the family wishes memorials be made to the Shriner's Hospital for 
Children. Rose-Neath Funeral Home