Obituaries:  Z. G. LeVasseur, Sabine Parish       L-126
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 17, 1972
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net 


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Z. G. LeVasseur

  Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 10, in St.
Catherine's Catholic Church, for Zeb G. LeVasseur, 64, of Shreveport.

  Mr. LeVasseur, a prominent Shreveport building contractor, died
at 10:05 p.m., Tuesday, at his residence, following a short illness.

  The Rev. Frank Foret, pastor of St. Catherine's Catholic Church,
officiated at the services. Burial was in Centuries Memorial park.

  A resident of Shreveport for 50 years, Mr. LeVasseur was born
Aug. 22, 1907, in Powhattan. He has been in the building business
for 35 years, was the first president of the Shreveport-Bossier
Home Builders Association, and helped develop a number of local
areas, including Sunset Acres.

  He was a member of St. Catholic Church.

  Survivors include his widow; a son, Zeb G. LeVasseur Jr. of
Shreveport; three daughters, Mrs. Robert Johnson, and Lydia
LeVasseur, both of Shreveport, and Mrs. David Walker of Lyons,
Ga.; four sisters, Mrs. L. L. Withers, and Vivian Barnes, both of
Pleasant Hill, Mrs. Cleo Cornett of Shreveport, and Sadie Clark of
Logansport, and four grandchildren.