Obituaries:  Ben Jacobs, Sabine Parish       J-212
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 16, 1979
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Ben Jacobs

  Services for Ben Jacobs, 82, of Shreveport, were held Saturday,
Aug. 11, at 1 p.m., in the Wellman Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev.
W. D. "Step" Martin, pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church,
officiated. Burial was in the Forest Park West Cemetery.

  Mr. Jacobs died Wednesday, Aug. 8, in the LSU Medical Center,
following a lengthy illness. The retired farmer was a native of
Pleasant Hill, and had lived in Shreveport for 29 years.

  He is survived by his widow, Ruby Lee Jacobs; four sons, Lonnie
Jacobs, Tommie Ray Jacobs, and James Jacobs, all of Shreveport,
and Billy Ray Jacobs, of Landsind, Kan.; five daughters, Sherry
Jacobs, and Kathy Dickerson, both of Shreveport, Mrs. Bud Jordan
of Keithville, Mrs. Don Dickerson of Longview, Texas, and Mrs.
Dan Clark of Houston, Texas; two brothers, John Jacobs, and
Curley Jacobs, both of Pleasant Hill; two sisters, Annie Stutts,
and Merritt Jamison, both of Pleasant Hill; and 23 grandchildren.

  Pallbearers were George Jordan, Joe Liendecker, DeWayne Slay, I.
L. Slay, Dennis Slay, and Jewell Slay.