Obituaries:  Allen Duane Leggett, Sabine Parish       L-230
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 22, 1978
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Allen Duane Leggett (Photo)

  Thirteen year old Allen Duane Leggett died at 4:14 p.m., in
Schumpert Hospital in Shreveport on Thursday, June 15. The youth
was hospitalized following an accident which occurred in Zwolle
on Friday, June 9. Leggett and several companions were trying to
catch pigeons in an abandoned building in Zwolle, when he fell 30
feet onto a cement floor.

  For days, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Leggett of Zwolle, kept
a bedside vigil in the Intensive Care Unit. The entire Zwolle
community was in prayer.

  Survivors include his parents; two sisters, Tonya Leggett, and
Julie Leggett, both of Zwolle; his paternal grandmother, Mrs.
Helen Leggett of Glenmora; and his maternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Calvin Rice, also of Glenmora.

  Funeral services were held at the Zwolle First Baptist Church on
Friday, June 16, at 2 p.m. Officiating were the Rev. Bill
Mitchell, the Rev. Lee Dickson, the Rev. Lucian Conway, and the
Rev. Fisk Ray.

  Burial was in the Zwolle Cemetery, under the direction of the
Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  Pallbearers were Ronnie Parks, H. C. Smith, Vernon Mitchell, Jim
Randolph, Brady Sepulvado, and Ellzey Anderson.

  The Leggett youth was actively involved in the youth group at
the First Baptist Church. He was a well liked young man, and
active in all school activities.