Obituaries:  Ben C. Isgitt, Sabine Parish       I-230
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 27, 1972
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net 


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Ben C. Isgitt

  Mr. Ben C. Isgitt, 74, of Rt. 1, Zwolle, died Sunday, April 23,
at 6:50 p.m., after an extended illness.

  Funeral services were held in the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
Tuesday, April 25, at 2 p.m., with the Rev. H. T. Isgitt Jr.
officiating, assisted by the Rev. Jimmy McWilliams, and H. H.
Tibbitts. Burial was in the Mt. Carmel Cemetery, under the
direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  Mr. Isgitt's body was taken to the Carson Baptist Church, near
his home, on Monday, to lie in state until service time.

  Surviving relatives are his wife; three sons, B.C. Isgitt Jr. of
Belmont, Jimmy Isgitt of Shreveport, and Donald Isgitt of Bossier
City; eight daughters, Mrs. George Strickland, and Mrs. Bernice
Lightfoot, both of Zwolle, Mrs. Talmadge Bozeman of Westlake, La.,
Mrs. Aldo Bandini of Belle Vernon, Pa., Mrs. Frank Nails of
Lafayette, Mrs. W. C. Miller of Bossier City, Mrs. Douglas Free of
Shreveport, and Mrs. William Roszell of Houston; 24 grandchildren,
and 14 great-grandchildren.

  Pallbearers were Michael Nails, Jack Lightfoot, Richard Isgitt,
George F. Strickland, Glen Strickland, and Allen Isgitt.