Obituaries:  Calvin E. "Chopper" Hilliard, Sabine Parish       H-463
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 8, 1997
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Calvin E. "Chopper" Hilliard

  Funeral services for Calvin E. "Chopper" Hilliard, 69, of Jena,
were held Friday, Jan. 3, 1997, at 10 a.m., in the chapel of
Hixson. Officiating was Rev. Larry Chapman, and Rev. Mike Walker.
Interment was at Old Bethel Cemetery, Clarks.

  Mr. Hilliard died Wednesday, Jan. 1, in LaSalle General
Hospital. He was a supervisor of maintenance with a marine
dredging company.

  He is survived by his wife, Welta Kelly Hilliard of Jena; five
daughters, Ann Nichols of Urania, Brenda Brown of Livermore,
Calif., Pamela Hilliard, and Gloria Hilliard, both of Monroe, and
Kim Hilliard Spears of Winnfield; two sons, Charles Hilliard of
Fort Bragg, Calif., and Curtis Hilliard of Boyce; two sisters,
Virgie Lee Fredericks, and Anna Belle Fredericks, both of
Beaumont, Texas; one brother, T. J. Franklin of Houston, Texas;
14 grandchildren; and eight great grandchildren.