Obituaries:  William Whitman Finch, Sabine Parish       F-520
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 11, 1990
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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William Whitman Finch

  Funeral services for Mr. William Whitman Finch, 95, were held at
2 p.m., Saturday, March 24, at the Pleasant Hill Methodist
Church. Interment followed in the Spring Ridge Cemetery, under
the direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home. Rev. Roy Mouser
officiated.

  Mr. Finch passed away March 21, at his residence in Belmont.

  Mr. Finch was a World War I veteran. He worked for Humble Oil
Company for 33 years, and retired in 1958. Mr. Finch moved to
Belmont, La., where he became a Polled Hereford cattle farmer. He
was a member of Pleasant Hill Methodist Church since 1958.

  He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Jessie Finch of Belmont;
one son, Bill Finch of Jacksonville, Tex.; one daughter, Mary
Hodges of Shreveport; five grandchildren; two nieces; and several
great nieces and nephews.

  Pallbearers included W. W. Finch III, David Rockland Finch, Paul
Hodges, Dr. Hartwell Whisennand, Richard Whisennand, Wilmer
Bullard, Carlton Salley, Hugh Hardee.