Obituaries:  Mrs. Ben Asby, Sabine Parish       A-210
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 10, 1938
Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith
              tammy@cp-tel.net


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The Sabine Index - Mrs. Ben Asby

  10 Jun 1938 - Mrs. Ben Asby, age 77, passed away Tuesday
evening at 5:45 in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wallace
DeLatin, after a long illness.

  Mrs. Asby was well known in Sabine parish and was an
outstanding member of the Methodist church, being also a
member of the Methodist Missionary society.

  Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace DeLatin, Rev. L. N.
Hoffpauir officiating, assisted by Rev. J. B. Williams and
Rev. C. W. Williams.  Interment was in the Ft. Jesup cemetery
under the direction of the Dennis-Green funeral home.

  Mrs. Asby is survived by three children, two daughters, Mrs.
Lon Morris of Negreet and Mrs. Wallace DeLatin of Many, and
one son, Ross Asby of Conroe, Texas, 16 grandchildren and
three great grandchildren, also two brothers, Print Furlow
of Marthaville and C. M. Furlow of Minden, and two sisters,
Mrs. C. P. Rains of Marthaville and Mrs. Cora Mody of
Natchitoches.

  The pallbearers were:  H. B. Holland, Noah Taylor, Milton
Belisle, Marshall Petty, Jule Quayhagen and LaVerne Dailey.
The honorary pallbearers were the stewards of the First
Methodist church of Many.