Obituaries:  Mrs. Minnie Dew, Sabine Parish       D-000
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 18, 1975
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Mrs. Minnie Dew

  Mrs. Minnie Dew, 81, of Toro community, died Saturday, Dec. 13,
at 1:15 a.m., in Many Hospital, following a long illness.

  Mrs. Dew's body laid in state at her son, Fred Dew's home in
Toro, until funeral time, Sunday, Dec. 14.

  The funeral was held Sunday at 2 p.m., at the Pisgah Baptist
Church in the Toro Ceommunity, with the Rev. O. J. Johnson, and
the Rev. Carpenter officiating. Burial was in the Mt. Zion
Cemetery in Many, under the direction of Hixon Brothers Funeral
Home in Leesville. Mrs. Dew is survived by four children,
Catherine Chambers of Many; Fred Dew, Marion Dew, and Talmage
Dew, all of Florien; 15 granchildren, 21 great grandchildren, and
2 great-great grandchildren; three brothers, C. T. Walden of
Many, A. G. Walden of Zwolle, and Ois Walden of Grand Cane; and
one sister, Selma Tatum of Shreveport.

  Her grandsons served as pallbearers. They were Benny Joe Dew,
Thomas Harold Dew, Gary Miller, A. M. Dew, Donald Wayne Dew, and
Jim Nye, a grandson-in-law, who substituted for Jerry Wayne
Chambers. Chambers was unable to attend his grandmother's
funeral.