Obituaries:  Po Grappe, Sabine Parish       G-610
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 25, 1960
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net

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Po Grappe

  Po Grappe was shot and killed Saturday afternoon by Fred Mowad,
after an argument and fight over an invitation to a barbecue.
Grappe was hit four times with slugs from a 32 caliber pistol. He
was hit once in the stomach, twice in the chest, and once in the
arm.

  Sheriff T. M. Phillips said Mowad and Buford Deers were
preparing meat in a body shop, in preparation for a barbecue by
the volunteer fire department of Many.

  Grappe, Phillips said, came into the shop, and an argument
erupted over an invitation to the party. Grappe allegedly beat up
Mowad, who left and returned with the pistol.

  Mowad told officers that Grappe again threatened to attack him,
and was advancing toward him when he fired once. He said the shot
failed to hold Grappe, and he fired three more times before
Grappe fell.

  Mowad is at liberty under a $2500 bond, and a charge of murder
by Joseph Grappe, bother of the deceased.

  The coroner's jury report:
  "We the Coroner's Jury, hereby concur that Po Grappe came to
his death as a result of gunshot wounds inflicted by Fred Mowad,
apparently in self defense. Signed, Harvey Miller, Lester
Veuleman, Leander H. Lockwood, William J. Snell, and Vick Moreau.

  Funeral services for Grappe was conducted at the residence of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Grappe at 3 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 20.
Rev. Father Gremillion officiated. Interment was in St. John's
Cemetery, under the direction of Warren Funeral Home.

  Pallbearers were Jimmy, Marvin, and Paul Adams, Don bowling,
Robert Nett, and Nolan Mowad.

  Survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Grappe of Many; two
brothers, J. F. Grappe of Many, Frank Grappe of Houston; three
sisters, Mrs. Joe Davis, and Mrs. John Mowad, both of Many, and
Mrs. Dan Pearson of San Augustine, Tex.