Obituaries:  L. C. Griffin, Sabine, DeSoto Parish       G-615
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 29, 1975
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net

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L. C. Griffin

  Two Mansfield men were the victims of a fishing mishap mixed
with bad weather on Toledo Bend Lake Saturday afternoon, at 4:30
p.m., according to Sabine Parish Sheriff, George R. cook.

  Odell Malone Sr., 52, and L. C. Griffin, 45, both of Mansfield,
along with Andrew Lee Gillian, Malone's mother-n-law, were
fishing for bream out of John's Landing near Converse, when a
storm struck the area.

  The trio were fishing in a 14' aluminum boat on the Texas side
of Toledo Bend, when the storm began causing choppy waves on the
lake. They attempted to come back to John's Landing, but failed,
Cook pointed out.

  "They made it about 150 yards from the shore, when their boat
capsized," Cook explained. Mrs. Gillian hung onto an ice chest,
which eventually blew into some dead trees on the lake, and was
snagged. Mrs. Gillian was rescued some time later by a fisherman.

  According to Sheriff Cook, Mrs. Gillian last saw the men when
they were behind her, struggling to reach the shore some 75 yards
away. Neither man had a life jacket on.

  The Sabine Parish Sheriff's Dept. began dragging operations
Saturday, but halted operations because of darkness.

  Both of the bodies were found on Sunday, by the Sabine Parish
Sheriff's Dept. and volunteers.

  According to Sheriff Cook, approximately six boats, and 15 men
joined in Sunday's search, until the bodies were recovered.