Obituaries:  Huis Thurmon Benefield, Sabine Parish       B-514
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 10, 1987
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Huis Thurmon Benefield

  Services for Mr. Huis Thurmon Benefield, 51, of Haynesville,
were held at 2 p.m., Sunday, September 6, at the Bailey Funeral
Home Chapel in Haynesville, with Elder Lowell McClain
officiating. Burial was at New Ramah Cemetery near Haynesville.

  Mr. Benefield died Friday, September 4, 1987, at the North
Claiborne Hospital in Haynesville, after a sudden illness. He was
owner and operator of Benefield Bait and Tackle in Haynesville.

  He is survived by one son, Tony Benefield of Haynesville; one
sister, Maude Holly of Haynesville; four brothers, Hershell
Benefield of Haynesville, Horace Benefield of Lindsay, Okla.,
Harvey Joe Benefield of Noble, La., Haskell Benefield of Bossier
City; also survived by several nieces and nephews.

  Pallbearers were Jim B. Johnson, Lonnie Lewis, Donald Holly,
Mickey Sims, Jim Benefield, Bill Benefield, Mike Benefield, and
Melvin Smith Jr.