Obituaries:  Ida Gathright, Sabine, DeSoto Parish       G-362
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 2, 1978
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Ida Gathright

  Services for Ida Simmons Gathright, 83, of Mansfield, were at 2
p.m., Sunday, Feb. 26, in the United Pentecostal Church of
Mansfield.

  Officiating was the Rev. F. L. Divin, pastor of United
Pentecostal Church. Burial was in Ebenezer Cemetery in Mansfield,
under direction of Wellman's Funeral Home.

  Mrs. Gathright died Friday, Feb. 24, in Virginia Hall Nursing
Home, after a short illness. A native of Groveton, Texas, she had
lived in Mansfield most of her life. She was a housewife, and
member of the United Pentecostal Church.

  Survivors include one son, David Gathright of Logansport; three
daughters, Mrs. Lee Abshier of Winnie, Texas, Mrs. James
Thornton, and Mrs. Ed Smart, both of Shreveport; four brothers,
Milton Simmons of Mountain Home, Ark., Alton Simmons of Hannibal,
Mo., Dalton Simmons of Noble, and Mack Simons of Nacogdoches,
Texas; 16 grandchildren, and a number of great grandchildren.

  Pallbearers were Dan Simmons, D. A. Burgess, Roger Whitlock,
Jerry Simmons, Donald Simmons, and Bobby Simmons.