Obituaries:  Monroe Dowden Sr., Sabine Parish       D-350
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 13, 1976
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Monroe Dowden Sr.

  Monroe T. Dowden, Sr., 83, died in San Augustine, Tex., Monday,
May 10, at 9:20 p.m., after an extended illness.

  Survivors include four sons, Frances D. Dowden of Zwolle; Hoover
Dowden of Baton Rouge, Monroe T. Dowden Jr., and Randel E.
Dowden, both of Leesville; three daughters, Mrs. Ed Lee Merritt
of Many, Mrs. Jessie Mae Harrison of Georgia, and Mrs. Joy Louise
Sandifer of Bossier City; one sister, Mrs. Harriett Walker of
Leesville; 26 grandchildren, and 46 great grandchildren.

  Funeral services were held in the Prospect Methodist Church
Wed., May 12, at 10L30 a.m., with the Rev. D. E. Stroud
officiating. Burial was in the Prospect Cemetery, under the
direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home.