Obituaries:  William "Bill" Baker Lunday, Sabine, DeSoto Parish       L-530
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 7, 1995
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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William "Bill" Baker Lunday

  William "Bill" Baker Lunday, 100, of Pelican, died at the DeSoto
General Hospital in Mansfield, Tuesday, May 30, following a
lengthy illness.

  Funeral services were held at the Mansfield Chapel of the
Rose-Neath Funeral Home, at 2 p.m., Friday, June 2. Officiating
was retired minister, the Rev. Roy E. Mouser. He was assisted by
the Rev. Carl Munyon, pastor of the Pelican United Methodist
Church. Pallbearers were B. E. Wilburn, Jim Joyner, Gerald
McNemar, Tommy Woods, Paul Craig, and Glen Wilburn.

  Burial was in the Pelican Cemetery, with military graveside
services conducted by Chapter 21, of the Disabled American
Veterans of Many.

  A former field tax assessor, Mr. Lunday took the oath of office
as Police Juror in his role of public service, and retired from
working with the La. Tax Commission in Baton Rouge. He served in
World War I, and was a member of the American Legion, and
Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was also a devoted member of the
Pelican United Methodist Church.

  Born in Blue Grass, Tex., in 1895, Mr. Lunday is survived by two
daughters, Beth Magee of Pelican, and Martha Rose Nornberg of
Anoka, Minn.; three grandchildren, Jan Magee Greer and husband
Randy of Pelican, Ron Nornberg and wife Lana of Little Falls,
Minn., and Ken Nornberg and wife Kathy of Brainard, Minn.; ten
great grandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren.

  He was preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, Mrs. Zadlee
Mason Lunday.