Obituaries:  Mr. Thomas Lucien "Luke" Andries, Sabine Parish       A-536
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 10, 1998
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Mr. Thomas Lucien "Luke" Andries (Photo)

  Mr. Thomas Lucien "Luke" Andries, 88, of Jackson, Miss., a
retired executive, died of respiratory failure, Wednesday, June
3, 1998, at St. Dominic/Jackson Memorial Hospital.

  Services were held at St. Therese Catholic Church, with burial
in Lakewood Memorial Park.

  Mr. Andries was a native of Many. He served an apprenticeship
with L & A Railroad in 1938. At Shreveport Trade School, Mr.
Andries taught welding to shipbuilders prior to World War II.

  He had lived in Jackson, Miss., since 1946. He pioneered the
welding business in central Mississippi. Opening Andries Welding
Supply in 1946, and AAA Cylinder Gasses in 1963. He began
Southern Equipment Supply Co. in 1966, a wholesale welding
warehouse.

  He was a fourth degree Knight in the Knights of Columbus, and
was past governor of the Loyal Order of the Moose, Jackson Lodge
1426.

  Survivors include widow of 59 years, Doris Phares; four
daughters, Lucille Phillips, Mary Jane Mason, Linda Walshock, and
Janet Keys, all of Jackson, Miss.; three sons, Jim Andries of
Yazoo City, and John Andries, and Mike Andries, both of Jackson,
Miss.; two brothers, Hubert Andries, and Harold Andries of Many;
one sister, Irene Gandy of Many; 19 grandchildren; and five great
grandchildren.