Obituaries:  Leon Castleberry, Sabine Parish, La.       C-234
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 27, 1971
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net 


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Leon Castleberry

  Leon Castleberry, 70, of Florien, died Thursday morning, May 20,
in a Lake Charles hospital, after a lengthy illness.

  Funeral services were held in the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church at
10 a.m., Saturday, May 22, with the Rev. Robert Graham officiating.
Masonic graveside services were held, and burial was in the Pleasant
Hill Cemetery, under the direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  Mr. Cassleberry was a native of Spearsville, and a resident of Toro
community for the past 29 years. He was a member of the Toro Masonic
Lodge No. 253.

  Survivors include his widow; a brother, J. W. Castleberry of El Paso,
Tex.; five sisters, Mrs. Cornelia McDonald of Houston, Tex.; Mrs. Ted
Green of Spring, Tex., Mrs. Mary Odom of Bridge City, Tex., Mrs. A. E.
Chitty of Kilgore, and Mrs. Tony Wren of Fort Worth, and a number of
nieces and nephews.