Obituaries:  Eddies Ouers, Sabine, Vernon Parish       O-620
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 20, 1986
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Eddies Ouers

  Services for Eddies Ouers, 71, were held at 10 a.m., Monday,
March 10, at Faith Temple Assembly of God Church, with Rev. Gene
Vincent officiating.

  Mr. Ouers died Saturday morning, March 8, at West
Calcasieu-Cameron Hospital, after a lengthy illness.

  A Hornbeck native, he had lived in Sulphur since 1976. He was a
retired tank farm operator for Superior Oil Co., and had owned
Ouers Nursery and Fence Co. in Lake Arthur for 15 years.

  During the depression, he had worked for the Civilian
Conservation Corps in the Camp Beauregard District, and was
involved in the project of planting oak trees along Highway 90,
between Lake Charles and Lafayette.

  An active member of the Assembly of God Church, he was
instrumental in starting the Lake Arthur Assembly of God Church,
by providing his home as a place for services.

  Survivors include four sons, Harold E. Ouers of Lafayette,
Howard E. Ouers of Breaux Bridge, Randall A. Ouers of Texarkana,
Texas, and Ralph L. Ouers of Eldorado, Ark.; five daughters, Mrs.
H. C.(Catherine) Welch of Jennings, Mrs. Larry (Charlotte) Dozier
of Oberline, Mrs. Weldon (Rita) Terro, and Mrs. Gene (Nita)
Vincent, both of Sulphur, and Mrs. Don (Madeline) McFarland of
Chickasaw, Ore.; two brothers, Fred R. Ouers of Rayne, and H. W.
Ouers of Tyler, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. Alma Chance, and Mrs.
Velma Warrick, both of Hornbeck; 30 grandchildren; and five great
grandchildren.

  Graveside services were at 3 p.m., Monday, at Oak Grove Cemetery
in Hornbeck.