Obituaries:  Mr. Hoyt L. Birdwell, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       B-634
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Oct 11, 2000
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Mr. Hoyt L. Birdwell

  Mr. Hoyt L. Birdwell, 80, of Marthaville, died Friday, Oct. 6,
2000, at 12:20 p.m., at Willis Knighton North Medical Center in
Shreveport.

  Funeral services were held at 10 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 8, at
Jennings Chapel Congregational Methodist Church, with interment
following at Bethany Cemetery at Marthaville. The Rev. Edwin
Fenton, the Rev. David Hill, and the Rev. Brian Jennings
officiated.

  Mr. Birdwell was a native, and lifelong resident of Bethany
Community. He was a retired school bus driver for the
Natchitoches Parish School Board, and farmer. He was a member of
Jennings Chapel Congregational Methodist Church, where he was a
song leader. He led the singing for countless area revivals. He
was a World War II veteran, serving in the U. S. Army, and U. S.
Air Force. He was the last member of the original "Birdwell
Brothers Quartet", who sang at the 1984 World's Fair in New
Orleans, and numerous other places.

  Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Orene Gandy Birdwell of
Marthaville; two sons, Coy Birdwell, and Keith Birdwell, both of
Marthaville; two daughters, Naomi Ray of Plano, Texas, and Vecile
King of Marthaville; two brothers, Herman Birdwell, and Vernon
Birdwell, both of Marthaville; 10 grandchildren, Grant Birdwell,
Ben Birdwell, Savannah Birdwell, Kerry King, Joseph King, all of
Marthaville, Jenni Brown of Rison, Ark., Brandon Birdwell of
Jacksonville, Ark., Matthew Ray of Plano, Texas, Brian Ray of
Robeline, and Andrea Pickett of Provencal; three great
grandchildren, Mehhan Pickett of Provencal, Baylee Ray of
Robeline, and Kimberly Brown of Rison, Ark.

  Pallbearers were Marlin Birdwell, Brandon Birdwell, Charles
"Mott" Birdwell, Hal Birdwell, Steve Birdwell, Mike Birdwell,
Gary Birdwell, and Winston Birdwell.

  Honorary pallbearers were Robert Gentry, Jim Given, Johnny
Glover, Merwin Mitcham, Terry Waxham, Elmer Walker, John Vercher,
W. E. Dowden, George Birdwell, and Otis Gandy.

  Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home, Natchitoches, la.