Obituaries:  Raleigh Oxley, Sabine Parish       O-240
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 12, 1974
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Raleigh Oxley

  Funeral services for Raleigh S. Oxley, 67, of Shreveport, were
held at 10 a.m., Friday, Dec. 6, at Morningside Baptist Church,
with the Rev. Gerald Martin, pastor, officiating.

  Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery, near Many, under the direction
of Wellman's Funeral Home.

  Mr. Oxley was dead on arrial at 2:45 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 4, at
Willis-Knighton Hospital, after a sudden illness.

  A native of Many, he had lived in Shreveport since 1952, and was
a chef for oil rig workers. He was a member of Morningside
Baptist Church.

  Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Varena Oxley; two sons,
Francis Oxley of Shreveport, and Gaines Oxley of Tyler, Tex.; one
daughter, Mrs. Glenda Kay Harmon of Dallas, Tex.; two brothers,
Rebert Oxley of Many, and Lema Oxley of New Jersey; and three
granddaughters.

  Pallbearers will be R. C. Prince, A. G. Irvin, J. C. Gates,
Windom Johnson, Walter Smith, and L. E. West.