Obit: Mr. Hale Roath Shadow, 1999, Lincoln Parish, LA 
Submitted by: Dorothy Rinehart Taylor, 111 Racove Drive, West Monroe, LA 71291


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The News Star Thursday, August 19, 1999
                              
                   MR. HALE ROATH SHADOW
                  Kilpatrick Funeral Home
                         Ruston, LA
  
  RUSTON, LA - Services for Mr. Hale Roath Shadow, age 86, of
  Ruston, LA, will be 10:30 AM Friday, August 20, 1999 at
  Trinity United Methodist Church with Rev. Fred Wideman
  assisted by Rev. Jimmy Pyles, Dr. Douglas L. McGuire, Dr.
  Merlin W. Merrill and Rev. Rolly Walker officiating. 
  Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery under the direction
  of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Ruston.
  
  Mr. Shadow died Sunday, August 15, 1999 at his residence. 
  
  Mr. Shadow was born in Mesa County, CO March 28, 1913.  He
  spent his early childhood in Minden, LA.
  
  He was owner of the Ruston Coca-Cola Bottling Company.  He
  was prominent in the bottling industry serving on state and
  national levels.
  
  He served 20 years as councilman-at-large for the Ruston
  City Council.  He was president of the Ruston Chamber of
  Commerce, Ruston Kiwanis Club, and the Ruston Girl Scout
  Council. He has served on the Greater Tech Foundation of
  Louisiana Tech University and on an advisory committee for
  Grambling State University.
  
  He was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, was a
  lay speaker, a Gideon.  He was a member of the Executive
  Committee of the North Louisiana Ashram.  He was a life
  member of the Full Gospel Businessmen's Fellowship
  International. He received the Robert E. Russ Award and the
  Service to Mankind Award.
  
  Mr. Shadow is survived by his wife of 63 years: Margaret
  Glasscock Shadow of Ruston, LA; two daughters: Anita and
  husband Phil Lawson of Little Switzerland, NC and Loretta
  and husband Jim Owens of Ruston, LA; and five grandchildren.
  
  Memorials may be made to your local church, the charity of
  your choice, or Trinity United Methodist Church.
  
   The family will receive friends at the funeral home on
  Thursday between the hours of 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM.