Obituaries:  James Artis Coburn, Sabine Parish       C-165
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 8, 1995
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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James Artis Coburn

  Funeral services were held for Mr. James Artis Coburn, 72, of
Florien, at 3 p.m., on Saturday, February 25, 1995, at the Middle
Creek Baptist Church, under the direction of Blanchard-St. Denis
Funeral Home. Rev. Owen Lofton, and Rev. Jimmy McDonald
officiated the services. Interment followed at the Mt. Carmel
Cemetery in Florien.

  Mr. Coburn died on Thursday, February 23, 1995, at the Sabine
Medical Center.

  Mr. Coburn was a native of Middle Creek, La. He was an ambulance
orderly and medic in the US Army. He was also a member of the
Middle Creek Baptist Church. He was retired from State Forestry
Service as Tireman.

  He was preceded in death by his wife, Doris Ann.

  She is survived by three sons, Malcolm Eugene Coburn and his
wife Rose of Colmesneil, Tex., Kenneth Leo Coburn and his wife
Jan of Florien, James Ray Coburn and his wife Ramona of Vowells
Mill, La.; one daughter, Betty Sue Weldon and her husband Sherman
of Lone Star, Tex.; two sisters, Ruby Gandy of Florien, and Debby
Mullin of Fullerton, Miss.; two brothers, Joe Coburn, and Mark
Coburn, both of Fullerton, Miss.; four grandsons, Douglas Eugene
Coburn, Thomas Lyn Coburn, Justin Ryan Coburn, and Joshua Blake
Coburn.

  Pallbearers were Kevin Harrington, Norman Harrington, Thomas
Lynn Coburn, Leslie Coburn, Otis Franton, and Douglas Coburn.
Honorary pallbearers were Justin Coburn, and Joshua Coburn.