Obituaries:  Lawrence Carroll "Jiggs" Blunt, Sabine, DeSoto Parish       B-453
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 3, 1983
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Lawrence Carroll "Jiggs" Blunt

  Services for Mr. Lawrence Carroll "Jiggs" Blunt, 81, of Grand
Cane, were held at 2 p.m., Sunday, October 30, at Drewett
Memorial Chapel in Mansfield, La. The Rev. Guy Murphrey
officiated. Burial was in Friendship Cemetery near Grand Cane.

  Mr. Blunt, a native and lifelong resident of Grand Cane, died at
7:30 a.m., Friday, October 28, 1983, at DeSoto General Hospital
in Mansfield, after a lengthy illness. Before his retirement, Mr.
Blunt owned and operated the Blunt Sawmill for 30 years. He was a
member of the Friendship Baptist Church.

  He is survived by his wife, Pearl Blunt of Grand Cane; four
sons, L. C. "Bubba" Blunt, and Johnny Blunt of Grand Cane, Jimmie
Blunt of Edmond, Okla., Jerry Blunt of Shreveport, La.; three
daughters, Mrs. Frances Scruggs of Joaquin, Texas, Mrs. Linda
Lasher of Shreveport, La., and Mrs. Debra Bing of Converse, La.;
one sister, Mrs. Izora Brashier of Grand Cane; and twelve
grandchildren.