Obituaries:  Joe Lee Chreene, Jr., Sabine Parish       C-650
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 15, 1976
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Joe Lee Chreene, Jr. (Photo)

  A 17 year old Florien youth was killed in a one vehicle accident
early Sunday morning, Jan. 11, according to Louisiana State
Trooper James Napier of Troop H.

  Trooper Napier was the first notified of the accident at 6:52
a.m., Sunday. A passer-by sighted a wrecked pick-up truck in a
ditch, approximately 3.5 miles west of Florien on La. Highway
474.

  According to the trooper, the truck was in three pieces when
discovered. The body of Jo Lee Chreene Jr. was still in the cab
of the pick-up. Chreene was declared dead at the scene.

  Trooper Napier conducted an investigation and pieced the events
prior to the accident together. Chreene was apparently traveling
at a high rate of speed, when his truck failed to round a curve,
and went out of control. The truck hit the side of a bridge,
traveled 75 feet through the air, and nose dived into a ditch
near the creek bed.

  Chreene was apparently traveling alone at the time of the
accident. According to friends who saw him shortly after
midnight, the youth was heading home.

  Funeral services were held Monday, Jan. 12, at 4 p.m., in the
Antioch Baptist Church. The Rev. Harold Dunn officiated. He was
assisted by the Rev. Bryan Ray. Burial was in the Antioch
Cemetery, under the direction of the Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  Pallbearers were Tony Stewart, Dennis Downs, Charles Farris,
Allen Corley, Tony Langton, Craig Ferguson, Ronnie Koch, and
Darwin Carroll.

  Survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe L. Chreene of
Florien; two sisters, Shelia Chreene of Florien, and Gail Stewart
of Many; one brother, Wayne Chreene of Florien; and his paternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Chreene of Converse.

  Chreene was a junior at Florien High School, where he was
popular with the teachers and students. Classmates remember
Chreene as having a "great personality."

  Chreene was named Outstanding Basketball Player in the 8th and
9th grades. He started out with the Florien Blackcats Basketball
team in the 11th grade.

  The above average student was actively involved in the 4-H, the
Future Farmers of America, and other school activities.