Obituaries:  Edwin O. Lites, Sabine Parish       L-320
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 27, 1975
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Edwin O. Lites

  Funeral services for Edwin O. Lites, 84, of Hall Summit, a
former Shreveport resident, who died Tuesday, at his home, were
at 2:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 20, in Springhill Baptist Church.

  Officiating were the Rev. John Alexander, and the Rev. Lovelle
Kennedy. Burial was in Coushatta, under dirction of Rose-Neath
Funeral Home.

  Lites, a former music directir for several Shreveport churches,
was born in Fort Jesup, and had lived in Hall Summit for the past
12 years.

  He was once superintendent of Sunday School at Southside Baptist
Church, and had a music degree from Baptist Bible Institute in
New Orleans.

  Survivors include his widow; two brothers, Ray Lites, and Leslie
Lites, both of Many; two sisters, Mrs. Winnie Dees of Shreveport,
and Mrs. Vara McWherter of New Orleans; and several nieces and
nephews.

  Pallbearers will be Noble Golson, Grady Hall, H. G. Boles, Duane
Lee, Larry Wimberly, Carey Wilson, Ruffin Wilson, and Larry Shaw.