Obituaries:  Emmett Eugene Meshell, Sabine Parish       M-240
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 30, 1983
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Emmett Eugene Meshell

  Funeral services for Mr. Emmett Eugene Meshell, were held
Thursday, June 23, 1983, at 3 p.m., at Aimwell Baptist Church.
Interment followed at St. Joseph Cemetery. Rev. Charles Duncan
officiated. Services were under the direction of Warren Meadows
Funeral Home.

  Serving as pallbearers were Harley Powell, Ted West, Edwin
Ezernack, Calvin Jones, Joel Heard, Billy Sneed, Don Burkett, and
Charles Meshell. Honorary pallbearers were Pat Wright, Jack
Jordan, Norman Tucker, Quinton Brandon, Fred Ezernack, Morris
Adair, Jackie Rivers, Doug Heard, Judge John S. Pickett, Dick
Leone, Dr. Gene Poimboeuf, John Patton, and Tom Self.

  Surviving relatives include his wife, Mrs. Iva Lea Meshell of
Zwolle; four sons, DeWayne Meshell, David Meshell, Donald
Meshell, all of Zwolle, Dennis Meshell of Cotton Valley, La.; one
sister, Exie Powell of Hornbeck; and 8 grandchildren.

  Mr. Meshell died Wednesday, June 22, at Pleasant Hill Hospital,
after an extended illness. He was 90 years old.