Obituaries:  Otis McFarland, Sabine Parish       M-216
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 14, 1996
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Otis McFarland

  Funeral services for Mr. Otis McFarland, 88, of Florien, were
held at 1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 10, 1996, at Antioch Baptist
Church in Negreet. The Rev. Clennon Turner officiated. Burial
followed in the Pine Flat Cemetery in Yellow Pines Subdivision,
under the direction of Thomas Mortuary.

  Mr. McFarland was born on Aug. 28, 1907, in Columbia, the first
of seven children, to the union of Steve "Bud" McFarland and
Blanch Drew McFarland. He received his education in the public
school at Pine Flat.

  At an early age, he joined St. James Baptist Church, and later
transferred his membership to Antioch Baptist Church, where he
served as a Deacon until his passing. He was a member of Golden
Rule Lodge #74 of the Masonic Lodge for several years. Mr.
McFarland was an active member of a group of five men, who filed
a legal suit, and forced the public schools of Sabine Parish to
end segregation in 1965.

  Mr. McFarland married Tera Simmons, and to this union two sons
were born. He leaves to cherish his memories, his sons, Otis Jr.
of San Francisco, and Robert of Shreveport; three sisters, Adline
McFarland Grant of Los Angeles, Algurita McFarland Kahey of
Florien, and Creola McFarland Richards of Leesville; three
brothers, Ovie McFarland of Florien, Wallace McFarland of San
Francisco, Calif., and Melvin McFarland (deceased); five
grandsons; one great grandson; along with a host of nieces,
nephews, other relatives, and many friends.