Obituaries:  Rufus McClanahan, Sabine Parish, La.       M-245
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 18, 1971
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net 




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Rufus McClanahan

  Rufus McClanahan died in Shreveport Sunday, Mar. 14, after a long illness.

  Funeral services will be held today at 2 p.m., in the New Jerusalem Baptist
Church in Many, with the Rev. G. Williams officiating. Interment will be in
the New Jerusalem Cemetery, under the direction of Jenkins Funeral Home.

  Mr. McClanahan was the coach at Pleasant Hill High School, and former coach
of Carver High School, where he carried his boys and girls to district,
region, and zone many times from 1952 to 1969.

  He and his boys moved to the Pleasant Hill High School, and along with the
team at the high school, went to the finals in the Top Twenty in 1970.

  He was married, father of two children, and a member of the Elizabeth
Baptist Church. He was also a member of Louisiana Education Association,
Sabine Education Association, past secretary of Golden Era Lodge F & A M,
past Royal Arch Captain of Pleasant Hill Chapter, Holy Royal Arch Masons,
and a graduate of Alcorn A & M College, with further studies at Texas
Southern University.