Obit: Mr. Morton John Kavanaugh, Jr, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by: Dorothy Rinehart Taylor,
111 Racove Drive, West Monroe, LA 71291




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The Ruston Daily Leader - Wednesday, January 29, 1992

MR. MORTON JOHN KAVANAUGH, JR

Services for Mr. Morton John Kavanaugh, Jr. will be held at 2  p.m.
Thursday, January 30, 1992 at St. Thomas Catholic Church with Father Bob
Sieg officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Ruston
under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home.

Mr. Kavanaugh was a lifelong resident of Ruston and died on January 29,
1992 at Lincoln General Hospital in Ruston after a lengthy illness. He
was  an insurance broker and a member of St. Thomas Catholic Church
where he was a past member of the Parish Council. Mr. Kavanaugh founded
Kavanaugh Motor Freight and served as its president for many years. He
was active in national trucking activities, serving as President and
Chairman of the Board of a conference of the American Trucking
Association. A Veteran of the Korean War, he served as a paratrooper
with the 508th R.C.T. He was one of the founders of the Ruston Dixie
Baseball program, serving as its president for two years and a coach for
ten years.

Mr. Kavanaugh is survived by his wife, Cynthia, three sons; John
Kavanaugh of Bossier City; Mark Kavanaugh and his wife, Nancy Kavanaugh
of Shreveport; and Kevin Kavanaugh and his wife, Liz Kavanaugh of
Ruston; three daughters, Lynn K. Johnson of Springdale, Arkansas; Lisa
K. Rose and husband Richard Rose of Bakersfield, California; and Kelly
K. Echols and husband, Dr. Kyle Echols of New Orleans, Louisiana. He is
also survived by his mother, Elizabeth B. Kavanaugh of Ruston and by 22
grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be grandsons, Johnny Kavanaugh, Scott Kavanaugh, John
Johnson, R. E. Phillips, Francis Kavanaugh, Al Tolbert and Bob Aillett.

There will be a Vigil service at 6 p.m. tonight and visitation will
follow.