Obit: Luch Christian Hamel, Caddo Par., Louisiana Submitter: Debra Dame Date: May 2000 Source: "The Shreveport Times" Newspaper, Shreveport, LA Sunday, 9 April 1961, page 5-A ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Obituary of Lucy CHRISTIAN HAMEL (Mrs. Charles Higdon HAMEL) "MRS. HAMEL'S RITES TODAY" Funeral services for Mrs. Charles Higdon Hamel of 1112 King's Hwy., will be held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Osborn Funeral Home Chapel, with Dr. W. E. Wright, pastor of Kings Highway Christian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Forest Park Cemetery. Mrs. Hamel, 79, died at 12:45 a.m. Saturday in P & S Hospital after a lengthy illness. Her husband died several years ago. A native of Shreveport, she was the daughter of C. M. and Nancy Hendrick Christian, who were also natives of this city. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Woman's Department Cllub and King's Highway Christian Church. She is survived by a son, Clarence T. Hamel of Shreveport; a sister, Mrs. A. Nicolas of Berkelely, Calif.; a brother, C. M. Christian of Shreveport, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Charles M. Hamel, Chris Hamel, Robert Keoun, Jr., Dr. Leon Bain, W. M. Daniel, Jr., and F. C. MacCleary.