Obituaries:  Eddie Lee Castie, Sabine Parish       C-230
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 2, 1972
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Eddie Lee Castie

  Eddie Lee Castie, 18, of Zwolle, was crushed to death in Zwolle,
Saturday, Oct. 28, at about 2:30 p.m.

  According to Sabine Parish Sheriff George Cook, Zwolle Marshal
Quinton Brandon notified Deputy Floyd Terrell of the accident.
Terrell notified Dr. W. W. Poimboeuf, Sabine Parish Coroner, who
instructed them to take the body to the funeral home.

  Witnesses to the accident were Larry, Tommy, and Charles West,
Lester Parrie, and Eddie Lee's brother, Charles Castie.

  The witnesses told Marshal Brandon the car had been jacked up
with a bumper jack that slipped as Eddie Castie was changing a
drive shaft on the car, and it crushed him underneath. The
further stated that they had to get another jack to get the car
up, and get Castie from under it.

  Castie had been crushed, and internal injuries caused his death,
according to Dr. Poimboeuf.

  Funeral services were held Monday, Oct. 30, at 10 a.m., in the
Memorial Baptist Church of Zwolle, with the Rev. Walker R.
Ledford officiating. Burial was in the Zwolle Cemetery, under the
direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Castie of
Zwolle; six brothers, Glen Parrie of the U. S. Navy, Albert
Castie of Shreveport, Jerry Castie of Zwolle, Jimmy Castie of the
U. S. Marines, Charlie, and Jackie Castie, both of Zwolle;
paternal grandmother, Mrs. Susie Castie of Zwolle; and maternal
grandmother, Mrs. Artie Downs of Zwolle.

  Pallbearers were his brothers.