Obituaries:  Austin Joseph Gaspard, Jr., Sabine Parish       G-216
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 4, 2002
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Austin Joseph Gaspard, Jr.

  Austin Joseph Gaspard Jr., 73, of Zwolle, died Nov. 13, 2002, at
the VA Medical Center in Shreveport, after a brief illness.

  He was a member of Iron Workers Local 591, and was a
breeder/grover for the poultry industry. Mr. Gaspard was also a
well-known local musician.

  Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Nov. 15, at Spring Ridge
Baptist Church in Pleasant Hill, with interment following at
Spring Ridge Cemetery. The Rev. Tom Welch officiated, and the
Rev. Jr. Ott assisted.

  Survivors include his widow, Shirley Gaspard of Zwolle; two
sons, Audie Gaspard and wife Rhonda of Kilgore, Texas, and Austin
Wayne Gaspard and wife Shanna of Many; and one daughter, Sandra
Sandifur.

  He was preceded in death by his sister, Marie Durand.

  Pallbearers were Wayne Hagle, Russell Peace, Jim Anders, Terry
Graves, Al Roe, Danny Gaspard, Kyle Gaspard, Jack Lightfoot, and
Keith Lightfoot. Honorary pallbearers were Jacob Gaspard, Anthony
Roe, Samuel Roe, Logan Langton, and Waylon Hildebrand.

  Rose-Neath Funeral Home, Many, La.