Obituaries:  Alonzo L. Harper Sr., Sabine Parish       H-616
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jul 29, 1976
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Alonzo L. Harper Sr.

  Alonzo Leroy Harper Sr., 72, of Shreveport, died Sunday, July
25, in Schumpert Medical Center, after a short illness.

  Mr. Harper was a member of Masonic Lodge 457 of Shreveport, and
Broadmoor Chapter 233 Order of the Eastern Star, and Methodist
church.

  The funeral was at 1 p.m., Monday, in Drewett Funeral Home
Chapel in Mansfield, with the Rev. Thomas Wilson officiating,
assisted by the Rev. Bill Compton. Burial was in Beulah Cemetery
near Marthaville.

  Survivors include his widow; two sons, H. W. Harper, and A. L.
Harper Jr., both of Houston, Tex.; two daughters, Mrs. Joyce
Solesbee of Tampa, Fla., and Mrs. Loretta Poteet of Haughton; a
sister, Mrs. O. M. Wells of Pleasant Hill; a brother, Zack Harper
of Shreveport; 14 grandchildren; and four great grandchildren.

  Pallbearers were Mr. Harper's grandsons, Clay Harper, Ken
Harper, Baxton Poteet, Darrell Poteet, Harrison Griffin, and
Bobby Haulk.