Obituaries:  Joe T. Meshell, Sabine Parish       M-240
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 3, 1979
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Joe T. Meshell

  Funeral services for Joe T. Meshell Sr., 56, of Shreveport, were
held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, May 2, at St. Mary of the Pines
Catholic Church.

  Mr. Meshell died Monday, April 23, at Physicians and Surgeons
Hospital, following a lengthy illness.

  Rosary was said Monday, April 30, at 6:30 p.m., at Rose-Neath
Funeral Home's Southside Chapel.

  The Rev. Ron Matthews, associate pastor of St. Mary of the Pines
Catholic Church officiated at the services. Burial followed in
Centuries Memorial Park.

  Mr. Meshell, a native of Zwolle, had lived in Shreveport for the
past 16 years. He was a retired truck driver with Caddo Chemical
Co. He was a World War II Air Force veteran, and a member of St.
Mary of the Pines Catholic Church.

  Survivors include his widow, Victoria E. Meshell; seven sons,
Joe T. Meshell Jr., David L. Meshell, Richard Meshell, Raymond P.
Meshell, Joseph M. Meshell, Danny P. Meshell, and Billy R.
Meshell, all of Shreveport; three sisters, Pearl Beebe, Julie
Beem, and Mary Malmay, all of Zwolle; one brother, Johnny Meshell
of Zwolle; and 22 grandchildren.