Obituaries:  Amos N. Latham, Sabine, DeSoto Parish       L-350
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 21, 1968
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Amos N. Latham

  Funeral services were held Wednesday, March 5, for Amos Noble
Latham, 78. He died Monday, after a brief illness.

  Services were held at 2 a.m., Wednesday, in the Drewett Funeral
Home, with Dr. George A. Ritchey, and the Rev. Alfred Mitchell
officiating. Burial was in the Mansfield Cemetery.

  Latham was operator of a Mansfield automobile firm, and a
resident of Mansfield for over 50 years. He was a graduate of
Louisiana College, where he was an outstanding athlete, and
recently received a Golden Anniversary Diploma.

  Mr. Latham was very active in civic affairs. He was a member,
and past president of the Rotary Club, a longtime member of the
Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the DeSoto Parish Democratic
Committee. He was also a 32nd degree Mason, a Shriner, and a
member of El Karubah Temple.

  Survivors include his wife; one son, Amos N. Latham Jr. of
Annadale, Va.; three daughters, Mrs. E. Ross Kearney Jr. of New
Roads, Mrs. G. M. Beucher of Shreveport, and Mrs. Kermit O.
Chaney of Prairie Village, Kansas; one sister, Mrs. W. T. Boyd
Sr. of Converse; and 16 grandchildren; and 11 great
grandchildren.