Obituaries:  Joseph L. Meshell, Sabine, DeSoto Parish       M-240
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 21, 1987
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Joseph L. Meshell

  Services for Mr. Joseph L. Meshell, 76, of Mansfield, were held
at 2 p.m., Thursday, May 14, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in
Rambin, La. The Rev. Bernard Zagst, pastor of the church,
officiated. Burial was at St. Mary's Cemetery. Services were
under the direction of Wellman Funeral Home.

  Mr. Meshell died Monday, May 11, 1987, at Willis-Knighton
Medical Center, after a brief illness. He was a life-long
resident of Mansfield, and was born in Zwolle, La. Mr. Meshell
was a bus driver for the City of Mansfield. He was Catholic.

  He is survived by two sons, Jake Remedies of Clear Lake, La.,
and Leonard Meshell of Mansfield, La.; one daughter, Bessie
Colson of Boise, Idaho; 13 grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren;
one sister, Lillie Procell of Shreveport, La.; and a number of
nieces and nephews.

  Pallbearers were grandsons.