Obituaries:  Charlie Noel, Sabine Parish       N-400
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 10, 1989
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Charlie Noel (Photo)

  Services for Mr. Charlie Noel, 23, were held at 10 a.m.,
Saturday, May 6, 1989, at Boone Funeral Home Airline Chapel.
Officiating was the Rev. William F. Tice Sr., pastor of the First
Wesleyan Methodist Church, Bossier City, assisted by Terry
Williams, Minister of Youth and Yong Adults, at First Wesleyan
Methodist Church. Interment was at Pine Knott Cemetery, at 2
p.m., in Many, La., with Father Williams officiating.

  Mr. Noel, a native of Port Arthur, Texas, died in Shreveport,
Thursday, May 4, 1989. He was a teacher at Trinity Heights
Christian Academy, and a member of the First Wesleyan Methodist
Church of Bossier City. He was a graduate of N.W. State
University.

  A graduate of Negreet High School, Noel was active in sports,
having played varsity basketball for three years, and ran track
for two years. Charlie was a member of FFA, and FBLS for two
years. He served as FBLA president for one year, and served on
the newspaper staff as sports editor for two years. As achiever
in academics as well, Noel attended the District Literary Rally
for four years, and the State Literary Rally two years. He was
his junior class president, and was the senior class funds
committee chairman. Noel was voted in 1983-84 as Negreet High
School's Most Likely to Succeed, and he graduated in 1984, as
class valedictorian.

  The faculty of NHS remember Charlie as a courteous, well
mannered student, who was jovial, and always had a smile for
everyone. Noel is said to have been good natured, very
dependable, and well liked by both faculty and staff.

  Mr. Noel is survived by his wife, Suzanne Fox Noel of
Shreveport; his mother and father, Louis Ray and Linda Noel of
Many; one daughter, Bethany Rene Noel of Shreveport; one sister,
Susan M. Noel of Natchitoches; his maternal grandfather, Patrick
J. Darcy of Port Arthur, Tex.; his paternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Noel of Many; and his paternal great grandmother, Mrs.
Annie Guillory of Port Barre, La.

  Pallbearers were Tim Murphrey, Doug Sands, Jackie Sayles, Ronnie
Hines, Chuck Gray, and Mike Stewart.

  The family suggests that memorials be made to Trinity Heights
Christian Academy, or the American Cancer Society.