Obituary of Grady U Inzer Sr. former resident of Richland Parish Louisiana as 
published in the Richland Beacon News,October 28, 2004
Submitted by for the USGenWeb Archives by Dot Golliher, 11/16/2004



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Grady U. Inzer Sr.

Grady Ulas Inzer Sr.,85, December 14, 1918-October 17, 2004, was 
Bron in Possum Trot, Arkansas near Cale.

The eldest son and third offspring  of seven children born to Joseph and
Ora Inzer. Grady grew up during the Great Depression and the family
sharecropped  for a time, then purchased acreage in Rayville Louisiana
where they farmed mainly cotton. During high school he played football,
was a 4H member and raised championship hogs. After graduating form
Rayville High he joined the Air Force at the start of World War II, Grady
was Crew Chief on the flight Jines at Barksdale Air Force Base and in the 
21h Bomb Group sent to the Phillipines. Grady survived the Batann Death 
March, and Japenese concentration camps for 3Y2 years as an MIA POW.

After receiving an Honorable Discharge at the rank of Master Sergeant he
attended Baylor University where he graduated with a law degree. After
passing the Bar exam he settled in Longview, TX where he practiced law as 
a criminal defense attorney for 39.5 years in which time he won many well
known cases including winning appeals to the United Supreme Court. Grady
was a member of White Oak Baptist Church, a past National Commander of 
the XPOW National Convention, charter member of Masonic Lodge 1396, 
member of the Sharon Temple, active in the Boys Scouts of America and treasurer 
for many years of troop 225 and member of the Order of the Arrow, a 
champion weightlifter when in the military and enjoyed hobbies and the outdoors,

Grady Ulas Inzer Sr. was preceded in death by daughters, Thelma Helen Inzer
and Josephine Inzer-Eaton; sisters Lorna Marr. Nelly Savage and Louise Hudgins; 
and survived by his wife, Charlotte Inzer; children, Grady Inzer Jr.,Bobby Inzer,
John Inzer, Frances Bowen, Matthew Collier; three grandchildren, seven great
grandchildren;  stepchildren Dedra John and Richard Anderson; eight 
step-grandchildren; sister, Nelma Powell; brothers, Eugene Inzer and Laverne Inzer;
many nieces and nephews, and extended family of friends and sponsored
children.

Funeral services were conducted at 10 a.m. in the Chapel of Lakeview Funeral
Home with the Rev, Wade Duck officiating.  Burial followed in Lakeview
Memorial Gardens