Obituaries:  Mr. Lester J. Achord, Sr., Sabine Parish       A-263
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 24, 1999
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Mr. Lester J. Achord, Sr.

  Mr. Lester J. Achord Sr., 77, of Zwolle, died Friday, Feb. 12,
at Heritage Manor in Napoleonville.

  Mr. Achord, a retired instrument technician with Exxon, was a
native of Baton Rouge. A U.S. Navy veteran of WWII, he was a
member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Zwolle, K. C. Council
4818 in Zwolle, Zwolle-Ebarb VFW Post 5187.

  Funeral services were held at 12 noon, Monday, Feb. 15, at Welsh
Funeral Home Chapel, with interment following at Resthaven
Gardens of Memory in Baton Rouge. Father Maynard Hurst
officiated.

  Survivors include his widow, Jeanette "Jan" Achord; stepmother,
Josephine Achord; two daughters, Terry Nabi of Cedar Park, Texas,
and Becky Ballien and her husband Gary of Baker; five sons and
spouses, Lester and Jo Ann Achord Jr., Ricky and Linda Achord,
all of Baton Rouge, David "Randy" and Dewanna Achord of
Napoleonville, Walter "Dub" Achord of Natchez, Miss., and Mike
and Marsha Achord of Marion, Ill.; three brothers, Leighton, and
Elgene Achord of Baton Rouge, and Chester Achord Jr. of
Springfield; 13 grandchildren; and 12 great grandchildren. Mr.
Achord was preceded in death by his parents, Gertrude and Chester
Achord Sr.; one sister, Verna Raborn; and one brother, Jerome
Achord.

  Pallbearers were his grandsons, Lester Achord III, Steven,
Russell, Dale, and Mikey Achord, and Lynn and Sharif Nabi.
Honorary pallbearers were granddaughters, Lisa Pitts, Regina
Breard, Misty Fuller, Danielle Holloway, Sheri Moss, and
Christina Achord.

  In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. Joseph
Catholic Church Improvement Fund, P.O. Box 8, Zwolle, La. 71486,
or a charity of one's choice.

  Welsh Funeral Home, Baton Rouge, La.