Obituaries:  Ozelle Strahan Dupree, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       D-160
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 5, 1993
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Ozelle Strahan Dupree

  Services for Mrs. Ozelle Strahan Dupree, 73, were held at 11:30
a.m., Tuesday, May 4, 1993, at Rose-Neath's Southside Chapel.
Officiating were Rev. Malcolm B. Yarnell III, pastor of Lakeview
Baptist Church in Shreveport. Assisting were Rev. Kenneth
Ronagahan, pastor of Pisgah Baptist Church. Burial was held in
Old Pisgah Cemetery, Marthaville, with graveside service at 3
p.m.

  Mrs. Dupree entered into rest Saturday, May 1, 1993, at
Schumpert Medical Center. She was born in Marthaville, La., and
had been a resident of Shreveport and Mooringsport for forty
three years. She was retired, and largely devoted herself to her
family.

  She was preceded in death by her parents, Jettie W. Strahan, and
Laura Davis Strahan; her husband, James L. Dupree; one brother,
Otis Strahan; three sisters, Nobia Dyess, Margaret Stewart, and
Mary Rains.

  Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Jettie McGehee
Gray, and Kay Gray of Mooringsport, La.; one son and
daughter-in-law, David L. Dupree, and Janice Dupree of
Whitehouse, Tex.; one sister, Frankie McAllen of Marthaville,
La.; one grandson, Michael Ray Gray and wife Tressa Gray of
Mooringsport, La.; two granddaughters, Shannon Dupree Costlow and
husband Mike Costlow of Baton Rouge, La., and Elizabeth Dupree of
Whitehouse, Tex.; two great granddaughters, Desiray Gray of
Shreveport, Emily Costlow of Baton Rouge; three nephews, Jack
Dyess, Coye McAllen, and Timmy LePoint; two nieces, Linda
Stewart, and Teri Stewart Echols; nine great nephews and nieces;
and a host of relatives; and a very dear friend, Jane Wells.

  Pallbearers were Ron Shepherd, David Underwood, Claude Echols,
Bruce Henderickson, Todd Strahan, and Darrell Singley.