Obituaries:  Amos V McLanahan, Sabine Parish       M-245
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 23, 1966
Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith
              tammy@cp-tel.net




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The Sabine Index - Amos V McLanahan

  23 Sep 1966 - Sept. 1, Amos Victor McLanahan died in the
Sabine Clinic following a short illness.

  Born Oct. 23, 1892, he was the eldest child of Lee Francis and
Della Leach McLanahan.

  He lived all of his years in Florien.

  In 1914 he was a member of the first class to graduate from
Florien High School. he completed the Tyler School of Business,
Tyler, Texas, and attended Louisiana Polytechnical Institute.

  He served in the U. S. Army from 1918 to 1920. He was a
veteran of foreign wars, having been a member of the
transportation corps in the European Theatre.

  June 1921, he married Ruth Williams, who survives. Other
family survivors are three children, Milton, Ralph, Mrs. W. L.
Dees, and a sister, Mrs. Olive Allen, and five grandchildren.

  Mr. Amos, as he was affectionately known, was a bookkeeper
in Zwolle, a merchant in Florien, and served as Post Master of
Florien for 26 years, having retired in 1962.

  He was prominent in Church, civic, and community activities
for many years. He was a member of the First Baptist Church since
1920, and a member of the Board of Deacons of this church for 30
years.

  He was a 32nd Degree Mason, a past member of the Lions Club,
and a past member of the Sabine Parish School Board.

  In achievement he was proud of was the responsibility of
getting electric power to the area during the early 1930's.

  Interment was in the McLanahan plot of the Florien Cemetery,
Sept. 2.