Obituaries:  Dr. Marion B. Futch, Sabine Parish       F-320
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 2, 1972
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Dr. Marion B. Futch

  The body of Dr. Marion B. Futch, a 38 year old dentist of
Shreveport who was drowned Saturday, while fishing in Toledo bend
Lake, was recovered by divers at 2:35 p.m., Sunday afternoon,
according to Civil Defense Director, the Rev. Bill White.

  Dr. Futch apparently drowned after being thrown from his boat
when the craft struck a partially submerged log. His body was
found in 13 foot deep water near LaNana's Landing, located just
off State Hwy. 475, in the eastern area of Toledo Bend, by divers
Homer Spears and Jimmy White.

  The Sabine Parish Sheriff Department received a call about 4
p.m., reporting the accident. Deputy Sheriff Elwin Patterson and
Marshal Quinton Brandon of Zwolle was dispatched to the scene of
the accident right away.

  Don Lambert and Shorty Muse, fishermen in the area of the
accident, told the deputies they heard a loud crash about 4 p.m.,
and saw the boat circling in the water, but there was no eye
witnesses to the accident the deputies said.

  Dr. Futch reportedly had been fishing with a group of friends
prior to heading out alone in his power boat for another fishing
spot.

  A search with diver Homer Spears, directed by Civil Defense
Director, the Rev. Bill White, was launched, and the search
continued until darkness and rough water halted recovery efforts
Saturday night, but divers, upon resuming efforts early Sunday
morning, recovered the body that afternoon from the same general
area in which the boat was found.

  The body was removed to the Warren Meadows Funeral Home in Many,
and later released to Osborne in Shreveport.

  Other divers helping in the search were Robert Spears, and Teddy
DeLacarda.

  Rescue operations were coordinated with Sabine Parish Deputies
Alfice Brumley, Elwin Patterson, Walter Sculthorpe, Zwolle
Marshal Quinton Brandon, and numerous volunteers.