Obituaries:  Otho Braxton Gregory Sr., Sabine Parish       G-626
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 20, 1986
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net

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Otho Braxton Gregory, Sr.

  Services for Mr. O. B. Gregory, Sr., 90, of Pleasant Hill, were
held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, November 19, at Pleasant Hill Baptist
Church, where he was a member. The Rev. Aaron Payter, and the
Rev. Vernon Stevenson officiated. Burial with Masonic graveside
rites, was at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, under the direction of
Drewett Funeral Home in Mansfield.

  Mr. Gregory died Monday, November 17, 1986, in Pleasant Hill,
following a lengthy illness. He was a native of Wallace, La., and
had lived in Pleasant Hill since 1919.

  He was a retired law enforcement officer, with 36 years of
service. He was a veteran of World War I, a member of the
American Legion, the Retired Peace Officers Association, and the
Pleasant Hill Masonic Lodge No. 230, of which he was a member for
almost 70 years.

  He is survived by one son, O. B. Gregory, Jr. of Shreveport; one
daughter, Betty Terrell of Pleasant Hill; three brothers, J. D.
Gregory Sr., and Truitt Gregory of Pleasant Hill, and Hugh
Gregory of Sulphur; one sister, Sadie Dillard of Mansfield; six
grandchildren; four great grandchildren, and a host of nieces and
nephews.

  Pallbearers were Al Bolton, Roy Bridges, Alfice Brumley, Bryan
Gregory, Greg Imhoff, Johnny Murray, Floyd Terrell, Jr., and
Kenneth Terrell.