Obituary: Jun 1947, Sabine Parish, LA Submitters name listed with obit ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The following obituries or deaths are listed below: KATHRYN BLACKMAN JOHN BRYANT YOUNG DOWDEN HAROLD M. NEAL THELMA ROBERSON ELIZABETH NASH STILLE ALLEN C. STOKER ******************************************* ******************************************** Obituaries: Kathryn Blackman, Sabine Parish B-425 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 20, 1947 Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith tammy@cp-tel.net ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The Sabine Index - Kathryn Blackman 20 Jun 1947 - Miss Kathryn Blackman, age 21, died at a Shreveport sanitarium last Friday. Funeral services were conducted at Bethsadia Baptist church 2:30 p.m. by Rev. Howard Small, assisted by Rev. Jeff Holliday and Rev. Brown. Interment was under direction Massingill funeral home. Surviving relatives are: mother, Mrs. Clara Blackman, Zwolle; grandmother, Mrs. W. M. Blackman, Zwolle; two uncles, Clarence Blackman of Many, and Oddes Blackman, Lake Charles; aunt, Mrs. Mallie Foster, Zwolle. Miss Blackman was a graduate of Many high school and was a student nurse at Schumpert sanitarium, Shreveport, when she became ill. ________________________________________________________________________ Obituaries: John Bryant, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish B-653 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 27, 1947 Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith tammy@cp-tel.net ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The Sabine Index - John Bryant 27 Jun 1947 - Last rites for John Bryant, age 79 years, who passed away at a Natchitoches hospital, were held 3 p.m. June 19, from Central church, near Robeline. Rev. Ray Brown officiated. Interment was under direction Massingill funeral home. Surviving relatives are: wife, Mrs. John Bryant Robeline; sons, Marshall Bryant, Robeline, and Cecil Daniels, Shreveport; daughters, Mrs. Mollie Broadway, Mrs. Muriel Withers, Mrs. Peal Broadway, Mrs. Lurine Jordan, all of Robeline, and Mrs. Opal Carter, Rayville; 22 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren. _____________________________________________________________________________ Obituaries: Young L. Dowden, Sabine, Vernon Parish D-350 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 27, 1947 Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith tammy@cp-tel.net ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************************************************** ************************************************************ The Sabine Index - Young L. Dowden 27 Jun 1947 - Funeral rites for Young L. Dowden, age 88 years, who died after a long illness, were conducted 2 p.m. Saturday from Oak Grove Baptist church, near Hornbeck by Rev. Smith. Interment was under direction Massingill funeral home. Deceased is survived by a daughter, Mrs. F. R. Richardson, New Orleans. Mr. Dowden worked 10 years for the KCS railway but was retired at the time of his death. ________________________________________________________________________________ Obituaries: Harold M. Neal, Sabine Parish N-400 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 27, 1947 Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith tammy@cp-tel.net ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The Sabine Index - Harold M. Neal 27 Jun 1947 - Harold M. Neal, age 18, who died at Barksdale Field after a fall from a water tank he was painting, was buried at Mt. Zion following funeral services conducted at the Baptist church there by Rev. C. W. Williams of DeRidder, assisted by Rev. J. D. Scott. Interment was at 3 p.m. June 17 under direction Massingill funeral home. Pallbearers were high school boys. Surviving relatives are: parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Neal, Many; brother, Hugh Neal, Shreveport; sisters, Mrs. A. D. Ponder, Many, and Mrs. Truitt Phillps, Shreveport. ______________________________________________________________________________ Obituaries: Thelma Roberson, Sabine Parish R-162 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 20, 1947 Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith tammy@cp-tel.net ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The Sabine Index - Thelma Roberson 20 Jun 1947 - Last rites for Miss Thelma Roberson, age 24, who died at Springhill clinic were conducted at Bayou Scie 4 p.m. June 10 by Rev. J. C. Clement, pastor First Baptist church, Many. Interment was under direction Massingill funeral home, Many. Surviving relatives are: parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Roberson; sisters, Mrs. V. E. Vickers, Zwolle; Mrs. J. A. Candella, Shreveport, Mrs. J. H. Gould, Bossier City, Mrs. George Brummerioh, Zwolle, Miss Wanda Sue Roberson, Zwolle; grandmother, Mrs. Hattie Vines, Noble. Miss Roberson was a graduate of Shreveport Charity hospital school of nursing and had done post graduate work in anesthesia at St. Mary's hospital in Minnesota. _______________________________________________________________________________ Obituaries: Mrs. Elizabeth Nash Stille, Sabine Parish S-340 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 20, 1947 Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith tammy@cp-tel.net ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The Sabine Index - Mrs. Elizabeth Nash Stille 20 Jun 1947 - Funeral rites for Mrs. Elizabeth Nash Stille, age 72 years, who passed away at the family home suddenly at 8:30 a.m. Friday, June 13, were held 10 a.m. Saturday, June 14, from the First Baptist church. Rev. J. C. Clement, pastor, officiated, assisted by Rev. C. W. Williams, pastor First Baptist church DeRidder. Interment was in Many cemetery under direction Massingill funeral home. Surviving Mrs. Stille is one daughter, Miss Anna Louise Stille of Many. Pallbearers were: J. J. Blake, W. H. Pearson, T. M. Philips, Robert B. Jackson, W. M. Knott, S. D. Armour, Judge Edwin M. Fraser and R. A. Fraser Sr. Honorary pallbearers were all the doctors of Sabine parish. ______________________________________________________________________________ Obituaries: Allen C. Stoker, Sabine Parish S-326 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 11, 1947 Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith tammy@cp-tel.net ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The Sabine Index - Allen C. Stoker 11 Jun 1947 - Allen C. Stoker of Fort Jesup community died at his home Wednesday evening, July 2, on his 89th birthday after a lingering illness. Mr. Stoker spent his entire life in Fort Jesup community, having been born within one mile of his home. "Uncle Allen," as he was called by both white and colored of the community, was widely known as a progressive farmer and leader. Funeral services were held 10 a.m. Friday at Fort Jesup Baptist church, conducted by Revs. Oliver Roberts and M. B. Atkins. Interment was in the family plot at Fort Jesup cemetery under direction Massingill funeral home. Mr. Stoker is survived by one son, Ross N. Stoker, Robeline; five daughters, Mrs. John Lege, Robeline, Mrs. Kathryn Tillery, Shreveport; Mrs. John L. Sharp, Mooringsport, Mrs. Era S. Pace, New Iberia, and Mrs. Edwin L. Reed, Gibsland. Other surviving relatives are two brothers, a sister, 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, besides numerous nieces and nephews. His friends were numbered by his acquaintances. Pallbearers were the following nephews: C. C. Stoker, Evie Stoker, Morris Stoker, Carl Stoker, R. J. Stoker and Jack Winn.