Obituaries:  Leona Stone Lucius, Sabine, DeSoto Parish       L-220
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 28, 1980
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


**********************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm
**********************************************


Leona Stone Lucius

  Mrs. Leona Stone Lucius died Thursday, at 2 p.m., at P and S
Hospital, after a long illness. She was the wife of the late
Rupert LeRoy Lucius of Many, and of Shreveport.

  Mrs. Lucius was born in Mansfield to an early pioneer family.
She graduated from Mansfield Female College, Louisiana State
Normal College, and did post-graduate work at LSU in Baton Rouge.
She taught school at Converse High School, and at Ebarb High
School for a number of years. She was Vice President of Many
Motors Co., a Ford dealership, owned by her husband. She served
three terms on the Sabine Parish School Board, and was elected
President during that time. She was a member of the Order of the
Eastern Star, having also served as Worthy Matron, a member of
the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Kate Beard Chapter of
Mansfield, and a member of Pelican Chapter DAR, Shreveport, La.

  Survivors include one son, Rupert LeRoy Lucius, Jr., one
daughter, Mrs. Leona L. Connell, three sisters, Mrs. Sophia Cook
of Ruston, Mrs. Amy P. Johnson of Shreveport, Mrs. Eddie Bell
Lewing of Fort Smith, Ark., two brothers, A. P. Stone, Jr. of
Golden Meadow, O. L. Stone of Mansfield, four grandchildren,
Elizabeth Lucius, Rebecca Lucius, Elena Lucius, all of Many, and
James Lucius Connell of Shreveport, four nieces and two nephews.

  Services were at 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 23, at Couch Memorial
Chapel, First United Methodist Church in Shreveport. Burial was
at Ft. Jesup Memorial Cemetery near Many. Arrangements were
handled by Osborn Funeral Home in Shreveport.