Obituaries:  Mr. John Riley Armstrong Sr., Sabine Parish       A-652
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 24, 1997
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net 


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Mr. John Riley Armstrong Sr.

  Funeral services for John Riley Armstrong Sr. of Metairie were held at the
Williams Blvd. Baptist Church in Kenner at noon on Saturday, Sept. 13.

  Burial was in the Garden of Memories under the direction of Jacob Schoen &
Sons Funeral Home of New Orleans.

  Mr. Armstrong, a native of Zwolle, died at 10:46 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10.
He was 56.

  He is survived by his widow, Ann Hebert Armstrong of Metairie; his mother,
Mary Ollie Bell; two sons, John R. Armstrong Jr. and Scott Joseph Armstrong;
a daughter, Amy Marie Bairnsfather; his in-laws, Alfred and Gloria Hebert; two
brothers, Don Armstrong of Bossier City and Manuel Armstrong of Zwolle; twelve
sisters, Lucille Patton of Arkansas, Corrine Juneau and Mable Sanchez, both of
Evergreen; Jo Ann Youngblood, Charlotte Wedgeworth, Linda Anthony and Darlene
Knippers, all of Many; Hattie Chambers, Betty Armstrong and Genevive Gordon,
all of Zwolle; Mary Campbell of Deweyville, Texas, and Nell Arterberry of
Yokum, Texas; and five grandchildren, Jennifer, Jonathan, Kenny, Bethany and
Corey Armstrong; and a host of nieces and nephews. Mr. Armstrong was preceded
in death by his father, the late Dennis Washington Armstrong, Sr., five
brothers and two sisters.

  Jacob Schoen & Son New Orleans, La.