Obituaries:  Orval Ordis Britt, Sabine, Vernon Parish       B-630
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 5, 1984
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Orval Ordis Britt

  Services for Mr. Orval Ordis Britt, 69, of Leesville, were held
at 2 p.m., Friday, March 30, at the Beauregard Funeral Home
Chapel in Leesville. The Rev. Lewis Ormsted officiated. Burial
was at Leesville Cemetery.

  Mr. Britt was deceased on arrival at Byrd Memorial Hospital in
Leesville, at 12:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 28, 1984. He was a
native of Pleasant Hill, La., and had been a resident of
Leesville for 40 years. He was a member of the Grace Methodist
Church of Leesville, where he had served on the Board of
Stewards, and was a past chairman of the board. He was active in
the Civilian Club of Leesville, in which he was a charter member,
and served as the first president of the organization. Mr. Britt
worked in promoting his favorite organization, the Association of
Retarded Citizens. He was associated for many years with
Continental Trailways, and was a retired Leesville businessman.

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jewel Turner Britt of
Leesville; one son, Ronald T. Britt of Anacoco, La.; one
daughter, Mrs. Barbara Ann Swart of Ruston, La.; one sister, Mrs.
Orla Dickerson of San Antonio, Texas; and a grandson, Wesley
Swart of Ruston.