Obituaries:  James Buck Horton, Sabine Parish       H-635
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 15, 1986
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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James Buck Horton (Photo)

  Graveside services for Mr. James Buck Horton, 83, of Shreveport,
were held at 1 p.m., Monday, May 12, at Forest Park Cemetery,
under the direction of Rose-Neath's Marshall Street Chapel. The
Rev. Leon Williams, associate pastor of Highland Baptist Church,
officiated.

  Mr. Horton, an independent oil operator, died Saturday, May 10,
1986, at Virginia Hall Nursing Home, after a long illness. He was
born in Sulphur Springs, Texas, and had been a resident of
Shreveport for 45 years. Mr. Horton was Baptist. He was well
known in Sabine Parish, and he worked in the oil field here in
the 1950-1960's.

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mae Byrd Horton of Shreveport;
one daughter, Gloria Horton Martin, a son-in-law, Clark Martin;
one sister, Leita Minter Ables; and two grandsons, Wilson and
Greg Martin, all of Fort Worth, Texas.

  Pallbearers were Greg Martin, Wilson Martin, Jason Byrd, John
Byrd, Paul Byrd, and Robert Freeman.