Obituaries:  R. S. "Sam" Ballenger, Sabine Parish       B-452
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 19, 1991
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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R. S. "Sam" Ballenger

  Funeral services for R. S. "Sam" Ballenger, 82, of Henderson,
were held at 2 p.m., Monday, June 17, at Crawford A. Crim Church,
with Rev. James Dawson officiating. Interment followed at New
Prospect Cemetery, under the direction of Crawford A. Crim
Funeral Home.

  Mr. Ballenger died at 8:35 p.m., Saturday, June 15, at Henderson
Memorial Hospital. Mr. Ballenger was born Aug. 12, 1908, in
Church Hill.

  He is survived by one son, Dr. Richard Wade Ballenger of
Nacogdoches; two daughters, Mrs. Diane Scritchfield of Henderson,
and Mrs. Renny Eaves of Tenaha; two sisters, Isabel Leath of
Henderson, and Anna Lou Wylie of Longview; two sisters-in-law,
Eddith Ballenger of Wills Point, and Dorothy Glasgow of Oakhill;
seven grandchildren; and one great grandchild.

  Pallbearers were Butch Manasco, C. W. Nelson, D. S. Howard,
Vernon Ralston, Jerry Wayne Smith, and Patrick Warren. Honorary
pallbearers were Bob Wylie, Jack Leath, Sonny Leath, Brent
Ballenger, and Tommy Landrum.