Obituaries:  Mrs. Carolyn Mitchell Langton, Sabine Parish       L-523
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 1, 1998
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net 


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Mrs. Carolyn Mitchell Langton

  Mrs. Carolyn Mitchell Langton, died Monday, March 23 at Sabine
Medical Center in Many after a lengthy illness.

  Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 25 at Antioch
Baptist church in Florien with interment following at Antioch Cemetery.
The Rev. Lawrence Hidalgo, the Rev. Jimmy Evans and the Rev. Tony
Langton officiated.

  Mrs. Langton's life was a model of devotion, first to Jesus Christ
then to her beloved family. She will be remembered for her unselfish
service to others through her ministry of prayer, music, witness,
encouragement and countless acts of kindness. She was a member of
Antioch Baptist Church of Florien and served as the pianist at Zion
Hill Baptist Church in Negreet.

  Survivors included two sons and one daughter-in-law, Tony and Sara
Langton of Old Hickory, Tenn. and Todd Langton of Florien; two
daughters and sons-in-law, Cindy and Butch Manasco of Many and Candace
and Curtis Jackson of Silsbee, Texas; five grandchildren, Trenton and
Trey Langton, Savannah Manasco and Jacob and Jonah Jackson; her
mother, Lois Mitchell of Many; three brothers, Jerome Mitchell of
Mansfield, Elton Mitchell of Santa Fe, Tenn. and William Mitchell of
Prim Springs, Tenn.; and three sisters, Barbara Lavonne Merryman of
Shreveport, Linda Montrose of Alexandria and Velora Guess of Hornbeck.
Mrs. Langton was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Wade Langton
and two sons, Ronnie Langton and Tommy T. Langton.

  In lieu of flowers, family ask that donations be made to Zion Hill
Baptist Church to be designated for Special Missions.

  Pallbearers were Trenton Langton, Trey Langton, Butch Manasco,
Curtis Jackson, Scott Salter, Buddy McMillian, Lester Savell and
Clyde McNeely.

  Hixon Funeral Home Leesville, La.