Obituaries:  Alexander Nathaniel Hilton, Sabine, Vernon Parish       H-435
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 5, 1965
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Alexander Nathaniel Hilton

  Funeral services were held Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 11 a.m., at
the Prewitts Chapel Baptist Church of Hornbeck, for Alexander
Nathaniel Hilton, 83, who died Monday, Jan. 25, at 12:15 a.m., at
the Baptist Hospital in Alexandria. The Rev. J. F. Lawrence
officiated, and was assisted by the Rev. Robert Graham, the Rev.
Willie Nolen, and the Rev. J. C. Leach. Interment was in the
Prewitts Chapel Cemetery, under the direction of Hixson Funeral
Home of Leesville.

  Mr. Hilton was born in 1881, at Hineston, and moved to Hornbeck
in 1900. He became a resident of Sabine Parish "Plainview
Community" in 1913.

  Pallbearers were his grandsons, Merle Brown, Venton Coburn, A.
J. Chance, Rickey Hilton, Larry Chance, and Michael Lawrence.

  Honorary pallbearers were Glen Brown, Royal Coburn, Dee Stubbs,
Douglas Chance, Donald Daniel, and Bobby Graham.

  Mr. Hilton is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ida Skinner Hilton;
two sons, Alex N. Hilton of Hornbeck, and Dewey Hilton of
Houston, Texas; five daughters, Mrs. Ellie Brown, Mrs. Hattie
Coburn, Mrs. Audrey Chance, and Mrs. Joyce Chance, all of
Hornbeck, and Mrs. Della Lawrence of Westlake; one brother,
Martin Hilton of Hornbeck; three sisters, Mrs. Julie Brown, Mrs.
Catherine Williams, and Mrs. Laura Withers, all of Hornbeck; 26
grandchildren; and 13 great grandchildren.