Obit of S. Morgan Abel, 1943, Winn Parish & Grant Parish La
Submitted to USGENWEB by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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>From the December 10, 1943 Winnfield News-American


Funeral Services for S. Morgan Abel Held Wednesday

Former Local Resident, Brother To P. K. Abel

Funeral services for Solomon Morgan Abel of Rochelle, who died Tuesday in the
hospital were held in Monroe Wednesday morning at 8:30 o'clock with the Rev.
P. M. Caraway of West Monroe officiating and were concluded at eleven o'clock
at the Winnfield cemetery where interment was made.  The Rev. H. B. Hysell,
pastor of the First Methodist Church here, officiating at the concluding
rites.

The deceased was the land agent of the Tremont Lumber Company at Rochelle, and
he had held that position since about 1912 when he resigned as a deputy for
his brother, P. K. Abel who was then clerk of court of Winn Parish.  In 1918
he moved to Rochelle when the general offices of the Tremont Lumber Company
were transferred there.  

Mr. Abel was a member of the Methodist Church and was active in church and
civic activities of his section.  At the time of his death he was a member of
the Grant Parish school board, which he had served as president for a number
of years.  

While a resident of Winnfield he served on the Board of Aldermen during the
administration of Mayor W. F. Cooper, and at the time the old city hall, that
was destroyed in 1935, was built.  He also served as secretary of the Winn
Parish Police jury when $ 17,000 was appropriated for the construction of the
dike across Dugdemona swamp, marking the beginning of good roads in Winn
Parish.

He married Miss Belle Barr, daughter of the late Rev. and Mrs. Dan C. Barr,
prominent in north Louisiana Methodism, by whom he is survived in addition to
three sons, Morgan Abel of Philadelphia, Pa., J. Stanley Abel, New Orleans,
and S. M. Abel, Jr., Ansley; one daughter, Mrs.  W. P. Renwick, Monroe, one
brother, P. K. Abel of Winnfield, and one sister, Mrs. J. J. Mixon,
Natchitoches.

Pall bearers for the funeral services included W. T. Murry, of Rochelle, S. C.
Shaw of Colfax, A. L. Smith, H. W. Dunford, Burton H. Williams, and Houston
Smith, of Winnfield.  

(Submitted to USGENWEB by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, Winn Parish, LA.)


From: December 9, 1943 Winn Parish Enterprise

Last Rites For S. M. Abel Held Here December 8th

Soloman Morgan Abel, 66 years of age, died at the Riverside Sanitarium in
Monroe, La., Tuesday morning at 3 o'clock after a long illness.  Funeral
services were held at the Davis Funeral Home in Monroe at 8:30 A.M. Wednesday
by Rev. P. M. Carroway, of West Monroe and burial was in the Winnfield
Cemetery at 11:00 A.M. Rev. Harvey B. Hysell of Winnfield conducted the
services at the cemetery.

Acting as pallbearers were: W. T. Murray, S. C. Shaw, H. V. Dunford, A. L.
Smith, Burton Williams, and Houston Smith.

Born in Winnfield February 22, 1877, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Abel, now
deceased, Mr. Abel was educated int he local schools, after which he completed
a commercial course at Centenary College, Jackson, La.  He served as deputy
clerk of court in Winnfield before he accepted a position as land agent with
the T & G Lumber Company here in 1918.

He was a member of the town council of Winnfield under the W. F. Cooper
administration, during which period the city hall and opera house, that was
destroyed by a storm in 1935, was built.  Another public position he held
while in Winnfield was that of secretary of the police jury at the time the $
17,000 dyke across the Dugdemonia was constructed.

Since moving to Grant Parish, he has been a member of the school board, and
was one time president of the board.  He was also chairman of the welfare
board of Grant Parish.

A member of the Methodist Church, he was chairman of the Rochelle Methodist
Church official board at the time of his death.

He is survived by his widow, the former Miss Belle Barr, daughter of the late
Daniel C. Barr who was a prominent member of the Louisiana Conference of the
Methodist Church; three sons, Morgan Abel, of Philadelphia, Pa., J. Stanley
Abel of New Orleans, and S. M. Abel, Jr., of Ansley, La.; one daughter, Mrs.
W. P. Renwick, of Monroe; one brother, P. K. Abel of Winnfield; one sister,
Mrs. J. J. Mixon of Natchitoches, La.