Obituaries:  James Bruce, Sr., Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       B-620
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 11, 1986
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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James Bruce, Sr.

  Funeral services for Mr. James R. Bruce, Sr., were held at 10
a.m., Saturday, September 8, in the Magnolia Missionary Baptist
Church of Coushatta. The Rev. Donnie Cox, and Phil Evans
officiated. Presenting the obituary during the service was Dale
Morvan. Burial with full military honors, were in Springfield
Cemetery, Coushatta. Services were under the direction of
Blanchard-St. Denis of Natchitoches.

  Bruce, 72, of Marthaville, died at 3 a.m., Thursday, in the
Senior Citizen Nursing Home, Coushatta.

  He was a retired mess steward with the Army, a veteran of World
War II, and a native of Marshall, Texas.

  Survivors include his wife, Iwilla C. Bruce of Marthaville; five
sons, James R. Bruce, Jr., and David Marcus Bruce, both of
Coushatta, Donald Wayne Bruce of Leesville, Bobby Glenn Bruce of
St. Petersburg, Florida, and Richard M. Bruce of Robeline; three
daughters, Diane Kilgore of Marthaville, Janice Morvan of
Logansport, and Regina N. Prewitt of Natchitoches; 19
grandchildren; and five great grandchildren.

  Pallbearers were military servicemen.