Obituaries:  James Leslie Lum, Sabine, DeSoto Parish       L-500
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jul 7, 1988
Submitted by: Ruth Estess
              restess42@cs.com


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The Sabine Index

  James Leslie Lum - July 7, 1988

  Services for James Leslie Lum, 84, of Logansport, was held at 3
p.m. Sunday, June 19 at the Logansport First Baptist Church with
the Rev. Charles Hall officiating. Interment was in the Union
Springs Cemetery in Sabine Parish under the direction of the
Rose-Neath Funeral Home of Logansport. Masonic rites were carried
out by the Mount Vernon Lodge.

  Mr. Lum died Friday, June 17, 1988 at his residence following a
lengthy illness. He was born in Union Springs and was a lifelong
resident of Logansport. Mr. Lum retired after serving 43 years as
a teacher and principal in DeSoto Parish schools. He was a member
of the Eastern Star and a 32nd Degree Past Master Mason in Mount
Vernon and Keatchie Lodges. He was also a member of the El
Karubah Shrine Temple. He was a member of the First Baptist
Church of Logansport where he served as Deacon.

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Norma Lum of Logansport; one
son, Eugene Lum of Logansport; one step-son, Richard LaGrander of
Cleveland, Texas, one daughter, Kathryn Todd of Katy, Texas, a
step-daughter, Karyl Thompson of Houston, Texas; two sisters,
Ovada Langford and Effie Monk, both of Logansport, ten
grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Honorary pallbearers
were deacons of the First Church.