Obituaries:  Johnnie Paul Burleson, Sabine, Vernon Parish       B-642
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 15, 1991
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Johnnie Paul Burleson

  Funeral services for Johnnie Paul Burleson, were held at 2 p.m.,
Friday, May 3, in the First Baptist Church of Hornbeck, with the
Rev. Harvey Hoffman officiating. Burial followed in the Self
Cemetery, under the direction of Hixson Funeral Home in
Leesville.

  Mr. Burleson, 63, of Hornbeck, passed away, Wednesday, May 1, in
the Rapides General Hospital in Alexandria.

  He was born in Hornbeck, and was a retired Master Chief, US
Navy, with service in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. He was preceded
in death by his parents, John and Nancy Burleson; one son, Barry
A. Burleson; and two brothers, Oscar and Benny Burleson.

  He is survived by his wife, Doris Brister Burleson of Hornbeck;
three sons, Ronald W. Burleson of Marietta, Georgia, Johnnie P.
Burleson Jr. of Birmingham, Alabama, Robert K. Burleson of
Shreveport; two daughters, Sheryl B. Roach, and Darla B. Swanson,
both of Pineville; two brothers, C. D. Burleson of Shreveport;
two sisters, Lorena Stringer of Hornbeck, and Geneva Anderson of
Stanley; and ten grandchildren.