Leon Basco, Obituary, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Kim Wise
Source: Riser Funeral Home
Date: September 2004



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Obituary of Leon Basco
May 13, 2004

Services for Leon Basco, 83, of Columbia will be held at 10 
a.m., Thursday, May 13, 2004 from the Grayson Baptist Church
with Rev. Jay Morgan, Rev. Cecil Gregory, Rev. Alan Miller and
Rev. James Carson officiating.  Interment will follow in the Welcome 
Home Cemetery in Grayson.
    
Mr. Basco was born on February 21, 1921 in Gorum, La. to 
the union of Napoleon and Elizabeth Martin Basco and died Tuesday, 
May 11, 2004 at St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe.
    
He graduated from Northwestern State College in Natchitoches
and Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.  He was principal
of Homer Elementery School in Homer for 14 years and principal
of Caldwell Parish Junior High School in Columbia for 19 years.
He was a Boy Scout Master Leader for 24 years where he earned
the Silver Beaver Award.  He was a 50 year member of the Kiwanis
International and served as past Lt. Governor for La., Miss, and 
West Tennessee Districts.  He served in the Army Air Corps during
World War II  and was a Shriner and member of the Columbia Masonic 
Lodge #164 in Columbia.  He was a member and deacon of the Grayson 
Baptist Church.
   
Survivors include his wife: Helen Alexander Basco of Columbia,
his sons and daughters-in-law:  Stephen and Cindy Basco of Ruston,
Tommy and Sharon Basco of Columbia and Nathan and Tracy Basco
of Columbia and his grandchildren: Amanda Allbritton and her husband:
Craig, Melissa Gardner and her husband: Jason, Stephanie Basco,
Lance Leihr, Jessica Basco, Nathan Basco and Alex Basco.
    
Pallbearers will be Jason Gardner, Craig Allbritton, Lance Leihr, 
Nathan Basco, Tim Bates, Richard Alexander, Curtley Alexander and 
Alex Basco.
    
Visitation will be Wednesday from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. at Riser 
Funeral Home in Columbia and Thursday from 9 a.m. until time of services
at Grayson Baptist Church.