Obituaries:  Marlin A. Dowden, Sr., Sabine, Vernon Parish       D-350
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 12, 1992
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Marlin A. Dowden, Sr.

  Services for Marlin A. Dowden Sr. were held at 2 p.m., Saturday,
August 8, 1992, at the First Baptist Church in Hornbeck, with the
Reverend Harvey Hoffman, and Roy Dowden officiating. The burial
followed in the Beckham Cemetery in Hornbeck, under the direction
of the Beauregard-Vernon Funeral Home in Leesville.

  Mr. Dowden, 68, of Hornbeck, died Thursday, August 6, 1992, at
12:45 a.m., at his residence in Hornbeck.

  Mr. Dowden was a native of Barham. He was an Air Force veteran,
and a retired accountant.

  He is survived by his wife, Marguerite Sanders Dowden of
Hornbeck; one son, Marlin A. Dowden Jr.; one daughter, Pamela
Gail Synder of Houston, Texas; mother Stella Mae Dowden of
Hornbeck; one brother, Ronny Dowden of Atlanta, Ga.; two sisters,
Doris Bello, and Maura Jane Dowden, both of Shreveport; and four
grandchildren.