Obituaries:  Matthew Holden, Sabine Parish       H-435
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 14, 1993
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Matthew Holden (Photo)

  Funeral services for Matthew Holden, 77, were held at 2 p.m.,
March 13, 1993, at Mt. Triump Baptist Church in Abbeville, La.

  Mr. Holden died at 11:45 p.m., Friday, March 5, 1993, at
Veterans Administration Medical Center in Alexandria, following a
brief illness.

  Mr. Holden served in the U.S. Army, was a mail truck driver in
Houston. After retiring, he moved to Abbeville, La. He is
survived by his first wife, Lillie Mae McClanahan Holden of
Dallas, Tex.; his present wife, Eleanor Saddler of Abbeville,
La.; one daughter, Alice Faye Holden Ward of Converse, La.; one
son, Leslie Holden of Dallas, Tex.; one stepson, Willie E. Wilson
of Abbeville; four sisters, Alice Holden London of Pleasant Hill,
Ethel Holden Dixon of Houston, Tex., Clittie Mae Holden of
Detroit, Mich., and Jane Holden of Los Angeles, Calif.; five
brothers, Nathan Holden of Catuna, La., Vernon Clinton, and
Clarence Holden, all of Alexandria, La.; Lawrence Holden of Los
Angeles, Calif.; stepmother, Leona Holden of Alexandria, La.; his
mother, Lacy Morris Holden; his dad, Clarence Holden; his
daughter, Vikki Marie Holden McGruder; three brothers, and three
sisters all preceded him in death. He had 8 grandchildren; 8
great grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.