Obituaries:  Virgil Marion Dorris, Sabine, Vernon Parish       D-620
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 3, 1992
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Virgil Marion Dorris (Photo)

  Funeral services for Virgil Marion Dorris, age 63, were held at
2 p.m., on Sunday, May 24, at First Baptist Church of Hornbeck,
La.

  Dr. Harvey Hoffman, and Bro. Ken Goode officiated. Burial was
held in the Oak Grove Cemetery, under the direction of Warren
Meadows Funeral Home.

  Mr. Dorris died on May 22, at the V.A. Hospital, Pineville, La.

  He is survived by his wife, Shirley Mary Dorris; one son,
Richard Virgil Dorris; and one daughter, Sherry Ann Laurence, all
of Hornbeck, La.; his mother, Annie Lula Bratton Dorris of
Sterlington, La.; one sister, Betty Rhodes of Thibodeaux, La.;
three brothers, James Dorris of Monroe, La.; Danny Dorris of Hot
Springs, Ark., and Jewell Dorris of Sterlington, La.; three
grandchildren, Leslie Ann Laurence, Mark Adam Laurence, and Leila
Derease Dorris; and 10 nieces and nephews.

  Mr. Dorris was preceded in death by his father, Jeffrey Daniel
Dorris; and his sister, Maria Price.

  Pallbearers were as follows, Jim Randolph, Roy Filipe, Sid
Lucius, Van Snell, Kevin Brown, Frankie Howard (Sheriff of Vernon
Parish), Jim Johnson, and Roy Snell. Honorary pallbearers were
Dalton Withers, Glen Brown, Bobbie Dowden, Lee Brown, Bobbie
Curtis, Robert Rhodes, and Gene Sharbeno, and Ronald Brown.