Obituaries:  Rev. Lee Owen Deason, Sr., Sabine Parish       D-250
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jul 12, 2000
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Rev. Lee Owen Deason, Sr.

  Funeral services were held at 10 a.m., Monday, July 3, 2000, in
the Chapel at First Baptist Church of Lafayette, for the Rev. Lee
Deason, Sr., 78, who died Friday, June 30 at a Lafayette
hospital.

  The Rev. Perry Sanders officiated. Musical selections were
arranged by Ramona Carmichael. Burial followed at Elizabeth
Memorial Baptist Cemetery in Branch.

  The Rev. Deason, the son of the late Joel William Deason, Sr.,
and Nezzie Lee Jernigan, was a native of Dunn, but traveled
throughout the State of Louisiana as a Baptist Minster. He was
retired as a minister after 46 years of service to various
churches throughout the state. He was a veteran of WWII, serving
in the Marine Corps, with an honorable discharge as Private First
Class.

  Survivors include his widow, the former Kelsey Sievers; one son,
Lee Owen Deason, Jr. of El Dorado, Ark.; four daughters, Deanna
Ruth Deason Dison of Spearsville, Judy (Mrs. Henry) Deason Jolly
of the Plainview Community, M. Joyce Deason of Shreveport, Lydia
Kelsey (Mrs. Rodney "Coonie" Deason Richard of Carencro, and
Terri Sue Deason Myers of Houston, Texas; 17 grandchildren; and
22 great grandchildren. The Rev. Deason was preceded in death by
his parents; one son, Kenneth Eugene Deason; and one daughter,
Wanda Lee Deason Mosher.

  Those who choose to do so, may make a donation in the Rev.
Deason's name, to either The First Baptist Church Building Fund,
P. O. Box 3888, Lafayette, La., 70502, or to the La. Baptist
Children's Home, 7200 Desiard Street, Monroe, La., 71201.

  Delhomme Funeral Home, Lafayette, La.