Obituaries:  Gene V. Hope, Sabine Parish       H-100
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 5, 1992
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Gene V. Hope

  Funeral services for Gene V. Hope, 63, were held at 2 p.m.,
Sunday, Jan. 12, in Singer Pentecostal Church. The Rev. Woody
Gunnels, and Jerry Miller officiated. Burial was in Hyatt
Cemetery, under the direction of Snider Funeral Home, with full
military rites.

  Mr. Hope died at 8:18 p.m., Jan. 9th, at the Ft. Polk Hospital.

  A native of Cushing, Okla., he had lived in Singer, La. 30
years. At the time of his death, he had resided in the Toledo
Bend area for almost 2 years. He was a U.S. Army medic for 21
years, with the rank of Sergeant 1st class. He reserved the
Vietnam and Korean Combat Medic Badge, and the Army Commendation
Medal for war valor. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars. He had worked as a dispensary employee at the Louisiana
Correctional and Industrial School in DeQuincy, La.

  Survivors are his wife, Liz Hope of Zwolle; three daughters,
Carolyn Nelson, and Brenda Chambers of DeQuincy, and Anita Cooper
of Singer; one stepdaughter, Vicki Auetemeyt of Sulphur; one son,
Gilbert Hall of Denham Springs; three step sons, Tracy Stephens
of Alexandria, Randy Stephens of Baton Rouge, and Donald Cooper
of Lake Charles; one brother, Murl Hope of Columbia, S. C.; and
one sister, Mildred Miller of Yucca Valley, Calif.; 10
grandchildren; 5 step grandchildren; and 2 great grandchildren.