Obituaries:  Mr. Murry "Bill" Ebarb, Sabine Parish       E-161
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Oct 29, 1997
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mr. Murry "Bill" Ebarb (Photo)

  Mr. Murry "Bill" Ebarb, 66, entered into eternal rest on Oct.
26. After school, he died after a brave battle with heart disease
and complications from kidney failure. He passed away at
Schumpert Medical Center.

  Mr. Ebarb was born May 18, 1931, in Ebarb. He was a 1948 honor
graduate of Ebarb High School He served four years in the U. S.
Army, and fought in the Korean War. Murry attended Sabine Valley
Vo-Tech, and received a degree in business. He was employed for
12 years at Standard Supply in Lake Charles as a purchasing
clerk, and 19 years with Kilpatrick Life Insurance Co. of
Shreveport as an Insurance Agent.

  Survivors include his loving widow of 42 years, Emma Jean Ebarb;
five devoted children; one son, Dagel Ebarb; four daughters and
sons-in-law, Freda Ebarb and husband Terry Joe, Anita Manshack
and husband Randle, Karla Sepulvado and husband John Cecil; four
adoring grandchildren, Sheldon Ebarb, Bridget Ebarb, Scottie
Ebarb, and Kenny Manshack; one precious great grandchild, Tristen
Kyle Ebarb; two brothers, T. J. Ebarb and Joseph Lee "Seba"
Ebarb; two sisters, Lena Ruiloba and Polly Chamberlin;
mother-in-law, Sylvia Procell; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Mr. Ebarb was preceded in death by his mother, Florence P. Ebarb.

  Funeral services were held Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 3 p.m., at St.
Ann's Catholic Church in Ebarb, with interment following at St.
Ann's Cemetery. Rosary was held Monday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m., at
Les Fontaine Funeral Home. Officiating priests were Monsignor
Norman Buvens, Father Kenneth Williams, Father Richard Lombard,
and Father David Richter.

  Pallbearers were Sammy Procell, Walter Meshell Jr., Edwin
Ezernack, Doyle Henry, Gerald Procell, Wesley Martinez Jr., Robin
Rivers, and Henry Rivers. Honorary pallbearers were Earnest
Paddie, O. V. "Tiny" Ebarb, Rogers P. Loupe, and Raymond L.
Ebarb.

  The family takes consolation in the fact that his suffering and
pain on this earth will be no more.

  Les Fontaine, Many, La.