Obituary: Apr. 1945, Sabine Parish, LA  
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The following obituries or deaths are listed below:

Felix H. BUVENS
C.H. MANASCO
W.E. Jr. WORSHAM
Robert Earl ELLZEY
Luke Conerly DOWDEN


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Obituaries:  Felix. H. Buvens, Sabine Parish       B-152
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 6, 1945
Submitted by: Tammy Larche
              tammy@cp-tel.net

Felix. H. Buvens

  6 Apr 1945 - First Lieut. Felix. H. Buvens, USMN, 25, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Felix N. Buvens, Many, was killed in action in the
battle of Iwo Jima Feb. 22, according to notice received by his
parents March 26 from Lieut. General A. A. Vandergrift,
commandant of the U. S. Marine Corps.

  Lt. Buvens was graduated from Many high school in 1937 and
enlisted in the marines in July of that year. He received boot
training at Parris Island S. C. and for several years was
stationed aboard the U.S.S. Battleship Wyoming as a gunner.
Following this assignment, he was made a recruiter and served in
that capacity until February 1943 when he entered officers
training school. He was graduated from the 22nd reserve officers
class at Quantico, Va., and received his commission as second
lieutenant May 5, 1945.

  Lt. Buvens participated in the battles for Roi and Namur in the
Marshalls and Saipan and Timian in the Marianna islands. After
the battle of the Marshalls, he was promoted to the rank of first
lieutenant. He was wounded in action on Tinian and subsequently
was awarded the Purple Heart.

  Lt. Buvens was married in May 1943 to the former Miss Betty Gray
of Rome, Ga., and was the father of a baby daughter, Elizabeth
Ann, whom he had never seen. In addition to his parents, wife and
baby, Lt. Buvens is survived by two brothers, Francis of Houston,
Texas, Norman of Many
  and one sister, Bobby, also of Many.

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Obituaries:  C. H. Manasco, Sabine Parish       M-520
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 6, 1945
Submitted by: Tammy Larche
              tammy@cp-tel.net

C. H. Manasco

  6 Apr 1945 - Last rites for C. H. Manasco, age 79 years, were
held 1 p.m. last Wednesday at Mt. Carmel Baptist church. Rev. W.
G. Bailey officiated. Interment was in Mt. Carmel cemetery,
Massingill funeral home in charge.

  Surviving are two sons, Albert and Tom Manasco; sister, Mrs.
Elle Bailey, all of Many, route 4.

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Obituaries:  W. E. Worsham, Jr., Sabine Parish       W-625
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 6, 1945
Submitted by: Tammy Larche
              tammy@cp-tel.net

W. E. Worsham, Jr.

  6 Apr 1945 - Marine First Lt. W. E. Worsham, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Worsham of Florien was killed Feb. 19 on Iwo Jima, the
war department has reported. He was 26 years of age.

  A veteran of three years service with the marines, he had
participated in the invasion of the Marshalls and Marianas.

  Before entering the marines in 1942, Lt. Worsham was assistant
agromnist in charge of the Louisiana soil testing laboratory. He
held B. S. and M. S. degrees for LSU and was a member of Phi
Kappa Phi, Alpha Zeta and Sigma Xi fraternities.

  Besides his parents, he is survived by one brother, Lt. Marshall
L. Worsham, serving in Germany, and one sister, Miss Rose E.
Worsham, Baton Rouge.

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Obituaries:  Robert Earl Ellzey, Sabine Parish       E-420
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 20, 1945
Submitted by: Tammy Larche
              tammy@cp-tel.net


Robert Earl Ellzey

  20 Apr 1945 - Last rites for Robert Earl Ellzey, age 46 years,
were held 11 o'clock Monday, April 19, at Florien. Rev. Smith of
Shreveport officiated. Interment was in Sibley's cemetery,
Massingill funeral home in charge.

  Surviving: wife, two daughters and mother, all of Shreveport;
two brothers, B. F. and V. H. Ellzey, both of New Orleans, two
sisters, Mrs. T. E. Owens, and Mrs. C. R. Pugh both of
Shreveport.

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Obituaries:  Luke Conerly Dowden, Sabine Parish       D-350
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 27, 1945
Submitted by: Tammy Larche
              tammy@cp-tel.net


Luke Conerly Dowden

  27 Apr 1945 - Funeral rites for Luke Conerly Dowden, age 90
years, were held 10 o'clock Monday from Plainview Baptist church.
Rev. C. W. Williams of Many, assisted by Rev. Reed of Plainview
and Rev. V. K. Fletcher of Florien officiated. Interment was in
Plainview cemetery, Massingill funeral home in charge.

  Surviving are: wife, Mrs. Mary E. Dowden, Hornbeck; two
daughters, Mrs. F. C. Chance, Hornbeck and Mrs. F. T. Edwards,
Oak Ridge, Tenn.; four sons, G. A. Dowden, Toledo, Ore., B. F.
Dowden, Klimath Falls, Ore., S. E. Dowden, Beaumont, Texas, P. B.
Dowden, Longview, Wash.; step-daughters, Mrs. Tom J. Moore, Hugo,
Okla., Mrs. Cleo Ellzey, Florien; brother Young Dowden, Peason,
21 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren.

  Mr. Dowden was a longtime minister of Sabine parish. He died at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. F. C. Chance, Hornbeck.