Obit: Clarence "Lamar" Vines, Sr., Franklin Parish, LA Submitted by Shirley Ashley ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The Franklin Sun; Franklin Parish, Winnsboro, Louisiana-- October 20, 1999 Funeral services for Clarence "Lamar"' Vines, Sr., 85, of Newellton were held Thursday at Riser First National Funeral Home Chapel in Winnsboro with the Rev. Roy Southern officiating. Interment followed in Legion Memorial Cemetery in Newellton under the direction of Riser First National Funeral Home. Mr. Vines died Tuesday, October 12, 1999 at Franklin Medical Center. He was a longtime farmer in Tensas Parish. Survivors include his wife Lorena Vines; seven children, Sonny Vines of Las Vegas, Neveda; Dorothy Harvill of Vidor, Texas; Betty Polk of West Monroe; Barbara Tatum of Winnsboro; Ann Marriott of Buffalo, New York; Lynn Vines of Zachary, Louisiana; Ken Vines of Newellton, La.; two sisters, Loraine Tatum, Newellton; Mary Polk, Crowville; 16 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Grandsons served as pallbearers.