Obituaries:  Mr. Raymond D. Birdwell, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       B-634
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 3, 1999
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Mr. Raymond D. Birdwell

  Mr. Raymond D. Birdwell, 77, of Marthaville, died Sunday, Jan.
31, at Willis-Knighton Medical Center in Shreveport.

  Funeral services were held at 1 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 2, at
Jennings Chapel Congregational Methodist Church in Marthaville,
with interment following at Bethany Cemetery in Marthaville. The
Rev. I. D. Noble, the Rev. Marvin Free, and the Rev. David Hill
officiated.

  Mr. Birdwell was a native of Marthaville. He was a member of
Jennings Chapel Congregational Methodist Church, and a veteran of
WWII. He retired from the La. Dept. of Hwys., and was a caretaker
of the Bethany Cemetery. Mr. Birdwell was one of the original
members of Birdwell Quartet. He was the bass singer, and had sung
at the World's Fair.

  Survivors include his widow, Myrle Birdwell of Marthaville; one
son, George Birdwell of Marthaville; two daughters, Virginia
Sandifer of Shreveport, and Audrey Sims of Haughton; and three
brothers, Herman Birdwell, Vernon Birdwell, and Hoyt Birdwell,
all of Marthaville.

  Pallbearers were Harold Birdwell Jr., Carl Birdwell, Marlan
Birdwell, Coy Birdwell, Mervin Birdwell, Bruce Birdwell, Stacy
Birdwell, Mike Birdwell, Doug Birdwell, Chad Sims, and Brad
Sandifer.

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