Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....LANE, LAMAR WADSWORTH October 18, 2015
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LAMAR WADSWORTH LANE

A Going Home Celebration for Lamar Wadsworth Lane, Sr. will be held Tuesday, 
October 20,

2015. Visitation will be from 1:00 until 3:00 at First Baptist Church, 
Rayville. Funeral Services

will follow at 3:00 p.m. under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Homes, Dr. 
David Lane will bring the

message, Mr. Mason Lane will lead the music accompanied by fellow 
grandchildren. Dr. Eddie

Wren will lead the graveside message with military burial at Rayville Masonic 
Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be his five sons and son-in-law.

Honorary Pallbearers are: Lasley Thomason, Tom Allen, Todd Morris, Wendell 
Shoemaker,

Russell Shoemaker, Elvin Hayes, Brother Robert Stroud, and Perry Ellington.

In lieu of flowers please make memorials to the Louisiana Baptist Children's 
Home.

Lamar Wadsworth Lane, Sr. was born July 3, 1920, in McComb, Mississippi, the

third and youngest child of Jesse William Lane and Florence Wilson Lane. From 
his parents he

learned a respect for all persons, faith in God, and the value of a job well 
done. His father, a

locomotive engineer, inspired Lamar's lifelong work ethic. His mother led him 
to Christ as a

boy and throughout his 95 years he sought to honor and please his parents and 
his Savior.

After graduating from Jackson Central High School in 1938, Lamar began a 
promising career

with Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. Lamar resigned his career 
following the

December 7 Attack on Pearl Harbor and volunteered into the U. S. Army Air Corp, 
December

16, 1941. During the war years he rose to rank of Staff Sargent, serving as 
Drill Instructor,

Insurance Liaison, and Chief Clerk in Headquarters for the 466th Bombardment 
Group of the

Mighty Eighth Air Force based at Attlebridge, England. Each day, Lamar 
personally compiled

the names associated with the terrible loss rates for American bomber crews of 
the 466th as well

as the strength report for the entire base population of over 9,000 men. Lamar 
recalled the

horrors of crash landings, bombed out British and German cities, homeless 
civilians, readiness

for Nazi infiltration, Nazi strafing, V1 and V2 attacks. 1,000 plane allied 
raids, burial details, and

the tragic emotional traumas of returning flight crews. Lamar personally 
compiled the names of

more than 15,000 combined troops from the captain's bridge of the HMS Queen 
Mary while

crossing the Nazi submarine infested Atlantic. While in England, Lamar was a 
member of the

466th boxing team and became the novice champion of Station 130. Following the 
surrender of

Germany, Lamar was preparing to be shipped out to the South Pacific for the 
invasion of Japan

when the Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima ended World War II. Lamar was

honorably discharged September 19, 1945 and three days later enrolled into Ole 
Miss on the G I

Bill, graduating Ole Miss Pharmacy School in 1949.

Lamar met Gladys Diamond on a "blind date" arranged by mutual friend Bettie Jo 
Jones

(Franklin). Lamar and Gladys were married six months later. Gladys told him she 
always

Wanted 13 children but since they got a late start at 28 and 32, she would 
settle for 10. Lamar

simply said "children are a gift from the Lord, I want as many as the Lord sees 
fit to give us."

During their fifty year marriage great memories were made with their six 
children. Nearly 50

years of Lamar's life was spent at Lanes Drug Store where he taught each of his 
children many

lessons of life, and the common needs of all manner of people and the value of 
the human

struggle. Lamar summoned all his experiences for the service of his fellow man 
as a pharmacist

in Rayville. He considered this his ministry as well as a means of provision 
for his family.

Lamar retired at the age of 78 and with Gladys, as they lovingly entertained 
broods of

grandchildren.

Just months after the death of his beloved Gladys, Lamar encountered the love 
and care of

another wonderful woman……his new daughter-in-law, Jennifer Worley Lane. Being 
of kindred

and gentle spirit, Lamar and Jennifer bonded immediately. Dan and Jennifer and 
Lamar were a

family for the next 11 years in their country home in Rayville. The escapades 
of his three new

grandsons throughout these twilight years were reminiscent of his own children 
and brought

everyone such joy. Jennifer cared for him as a mother cares for one of her own 
and for this, her

devotion can never be measured.

Lamar was a member of many organizations during his life: Eagle Scout, Red 
Cross

Lifeguard, WWII Veteran, Ole Miss Alum, Sigma Chi Fraternity, Registered 
Pharmacist, Fifth

District Pharmacy Officer, 32nd Degree Mason, VFW, American Legion, Ordained 
Deacon, but

the most treasured aspects of his long life have been his marriage to his 
wonderful Gladys, and

being father to their dearly loved children and "Granddad" and "Poppy" to 21 
grandchildren and

one great granddaughter.

Lamar is preceded in death by his wife of 50 years Gladys Diamond Lane, his 
parents, his

Brother Jesse, sister Frances, and half-sister Ethel Mae, as well as numerous 
other family and

in-laws and dear friends.

Survivors include his sisters-in-law: Helen Diamond and Bette Diamond, his six 
children:

Miriam Lane Davey and Rex, Lamar Wadsworth Lane, Jr. and Heather, Matthew 
Wilson Lane

and Beverly, Andrew Durham Lane and Melinda, David Mark Lane and Lea Anne, and 
Daniel

Diamond Lane and Jennifer. His twenty one grandchildren: Lane Davey, Helen 
Davey, Trey

Lane and Brittany, Katherine Lane Deitzway and David, Ellie Lane, Macey Epp, 
Luke Lane,

Ben Lane, Laura Lane, Hannah Lane, Leah Lane, Drew Lane, Rachel Lane, Mark Lane 
and

Catherine, Marybeth Lane, Melanie Lane, Madison Lane, Mason Lane, Daniel Lane, 
Isaac Lane,

Noah Lane and one great granddaughter Eloise Lane. Other survivors include 
numerous nieces

and nephews and relatives, (The Diamonds, The Kozels, The Lanes, The Crouts, 
The Pinkstons,

The Durhams, The Russells, The Worleys and many others.) And of course his 
special friend

Doris Hubbard and many former employees including "Miss Geneva" Adcox.

The Family of Lamar Lane, Sr. expresses tremendous appreciation to so many 
persons that

have made his most golden years so wonderful. Thank you to his church family at 
First Baptist

Church Rayville. Thank you to his sitters: Henrietta Dorsey, Jackie Hayes, 
Janice Hayes, Huey

McDowell, Vera White, Louis Higgins and Evelyn Banks. Thank you to his doctors 
and their

Respective staffs: Kevin Carlisle, Roland Ponarski, Davis Thompson, James 
Eppinette, Jean

Germany and everyone at Richardson Medical Center. Jeff Counts, K C Sirmon, Dr. 
Crooks and

Glenwood Hospital. Thank you to his friends and Richland Council of Aging for 
your many

hours of devotion and enrichment, he loved "The Council". Thank you to all his 
friends near and

far and a community whose prayers and gestures of assistance have made his last 
years so

rewarding to him and his family. A most sincere Thank you. 

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