Obituaries:  Gerald Ray Colton, Sabine Parish       C-435
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 21, 1985
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Gerald Ray Colton

  Services for Mr. Gerald Ray Colton, 55, of Ruston, were held at
10 a.m., Wednesday, November 20, at the Kilpatrick Funeral Home
Chapel in Ruston. The Rev. Clint Davis officiated. Burial was at
Forest Lawn Cemetery in Ruston.

  Mr. Colton died Monday, November 18, 1985, at Lincoln General
Hospital in Ruston, after a brief illness. He was a native of
Converse, La., and had lived in Ruston for many years. Mr. Colton
was a carpenter with Triad builders in Ruston, and a veteran of
the Korean Conflict. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in
Vienna, La., and the Ruston Loyal Order of the Moose.

  He is survived by his wife, Margie P. Colton of Ruston; one
daughter, Deborah C. Hatch of Birmingham, Ala.; one brother,
Marlin L. Colton of Shreveport, La.; one sister, Vivian Craig of
Converse, la.; three grandchildren; and a number of nieces and
nephews.

  Pallbearers were Jerry Magliolo, Jerry Rogers, James McGivney,
H. J. Lowrey, Jackie White, James White.

  Honorary pallbearers were members of the Ruston Loyal Order of
the Moose, and fellow workers at Triad Builders.