Obituaries:  Dewey Robert Hilton, Sabine, Vernon Parish       H-435
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 19, 1976
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Dewey Robert Hilton

  Dewey Robert Hilton, 57., of Jacinto City, Tex., died at Ben
Taub Hospital in Houston, Tex., on Saturday, August 14, at 1 a.m.

  Mr. Hilton, a native of Sabine Parish, was a member of the Toro
Masonic Lodge No. 253, F&AM, and the Boy Scouts of America,
Northshore Council in Jacinto City, Tex.

  Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Edna Leach Hilton, Jacinto
City; one son, Rick Hilton of Jacinto City; his mother, Mrs. Ida
Hilton of Hornbeck; five sisters, Mrs. Ellie Brown, Mrs. Hattie
Coburn, Mrs. Audrey Chance, and Mrs. Joyce Chance, all of
Hornbeck, and Mrs. Della Laurence of Japan; one brother, Alex
Hilton of Hornbeck; and a number of nieces and nephews.

  Memorial services were held at 10 a.m., Monday, August 16, at
the Howard Glendale Chapel, Jacinto City. The Rev. LeRoy "Skip"
Smith officiated.

  Funeral services were held at Prewitt's Chapel Church in
Hornbeck, on Tuesday, August 17, at 11 a.m. The Rev. Buster Leach
officiated.

  Burial was in the Prewitt's Chapel Cemetery, with Masonic
graveside services conducted.