Obituaries:  Rurel J. Boswell, Sabine Parish       B-240
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 7, 1994
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Rurel J. Boswell

  Funeral services for Rurel J. Boswell, 76, were held Wednesday,
Dec. 7, at 10 a.m., in the Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home
Chapel in Natchitoches.

  Msgr. Norman Buvens of Many, officiated. Burial followed in
Memory Lawn Cemetery.

  Mr. Boswell of Natchitoches, died Sunday, Dec. 4, at 9:20 p.m.,
at the Schumpert Medical Center, Shreveport.

  Mr. Boswell was born in Many, and was a resident of Natchitoches
for 45 years. Mr. Boswell was a retired welder with Local #247 in
Alexandria. He was a member of the Many Masonic Lodge #411 F &
AM, the Shreveport Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, and was a
Baptist. He was an avid hunter and fisherman.

  Survivors are his wife of 53 years, Peggy Davis Boswell of
Natchitoches; three daughters, Connie Boswell Whitford and
husband Mike of Natchitoches, Susan Boswell Murphy and husband
Kenny of Alexandria, and Rebecca Boswell Alost and husband Mike
of Shreveport; two sisters, Agnes B. Johnson of Lakeland, Fla.,
and Shawnee B. Osborne of Longville; four brothers, James
Vanderbilt of Sonoma, Calif., Truett Boswell of Mandeville,
Grover Boswell of Longville, and Kearney Boswell of Lakeside,
Calif.; seven grandchildren, Michael Whitford Jr., Amy Whitford,
Jennifer Whitford, Ashley Murphy, Kenneth Murphy Jr., John
Michael Alost, and Melissa Alost.

  Pallbearers were Mr. Boswell; nephews, Jimmy Lafitte, Gary
Lafitte, Bruce Lafitte, Chris Davis, James Boswell, and G. C.
Boswell.

  Honorary pallbearers were Irby L. Knotts of Natchitoches.