Obituaries:  Mr. Speight Caldwell, Sabine Parish       C-434
Source:  The Shreveport Times, Shreveport, La., May 23, 2000
Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith
              tammy@cp-tel.net


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The Shreveport Times
  
  23 May 2000 - Graveside services for Mr. Speight Caldwell, 78,
will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, May 24, 2000 at Gardens of
Memory. Officiating will be Rev. Randy Riley, assisted by Rev.
David Worthington.
  
  Visitation will be Tuesday, May 23, 2000 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, Minden, LA.
  
  Mr. Caldwell, a retired educator, died Sunday, May 21, 2000 in
Shreveport, LA. He was born in Negreet, LA and was a resident of
Shreveport, LA. Mr. Caldwell was a graduate of Negreet Hight
School Class of 1939 and LSU Baton Rouge in 1947. He was a 1st
Lt., Infantry, United States Army. Mr. Caldwell received the
Bronze Star medial for heroic achievement in action on April 25,
1945. He was an educator in Webster Parish retiring in 1981, a
member of the Broadmoor Baptist church and a volunteer with the
American Rose Society.
  
  He was preceded in death by his wife, Arnell Evans Caldwell,
brother, Buford Caldwell and sister, Roma Jean Caldwell.
  
  Survivors are son, Keith Speight Caldwell, Shreveport, LA; two
sisters, Maxine Simmons, Ruston, LA and Willa Dean Randolph,
Jefferson, Texas; one brother, Glen Caldwell, Pelican, LA, three
grandchildren, Jonathan Caldwell, Brandon Caldwell and Joshua
Caldwell