Obituaries:  Mrs. Sarah Jane Hamilton, Sabine, Vernon Parish       H-543
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Oct 11, 1984
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Mrs. Sarah Jane Hamilton

  Mrs. Sarah Jane Hamilton died on Sept. 9, 1984, at the Byrd
Memorial Hospital, Leesville, La. She was 103.

  She was born Oct. 12, 1880, to Jim Obe, and Mary Smith in Texas.
She was married to the late Vicroe Hamilton, and to this union
three daughters were born; Penny, Mary, and Surderia, all of
which preceded her in death.

  Upon locating in Pine Flat (Clara), La., she united with the St.
Mary's Baptist Church, under the pastorate of Rev. Lloyd Davis,
where she served faithfully as Sunday School Teacher, President
of the Home Mission, and wherever God inspired her to serve.

  She moved to Leesville in the early 1970's, where she resided
until death.

  Mrs. Hamilton is survived by two brothers, Dave Smith of
Shreveport, and Jeremiah Smith of Florien; one sister, Emily
(Roni) Jones, Shreveport; three grandchildren, Liza Jane Boxie,
Houston, Tex., Mason Roy Seastrunk, Houston, Tex., and Reginald
Seastrunk, Leesville; seven great grandchildren; and a host of
nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends.

  Funeral services for Mrs. Hamilton were held on Sept. 15, at 1
p.m., in the Ellen Burr Baptist Church, Leesville. Rev. Daniel
Stafford, pastor of Ellen Burr officiated. Interment was in the
Garden of Memories Cemetery, under the direction of Winnfield
Funeral Home, Alexandria.

  Pallbearers were Hamp Smith, Simon Smith, Hayward Smith, Huey D.
Smith, Delaney Smith, Roy Seastrunk, Honorary pallbearers were
the Brotherhood Members of Ellen Burr Baptist Church.