Obituaries:  Mrs. Belle Miller Weldon Putnam, Sabine Parish       P-355
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 1, 1989
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mrs. Belle Miller Weldon Putnam

  Funeral services for Mrs. Belle Miller Weldon Putnam, 80, will
be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 1, at Calvary Baptist Church.
Dr. W. D. "Step" Martin, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, will
officiate. Burial will be in Forest Park Cemetery, under the
direction of Rose-Neath's Southside Chapel.

  Mrs. Putnam died Sunday, Oct. 29, at LSU Medical Center,
following a lengthy illness. She was born in Texas, and had been
a Shreveport resident for 45 years. Mrs. Putnam was a housewife,
and a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She is survived by her
husband, Gordon E. Putnam of Shreveport; one son, Harvey Weldon
of Shreveport; four daughters, Lois Fletcher, Myrtis Johnson, and
Clemon Lee, all of Shreveport, and Doris Bolton of Wisner, La.;
four sisters, Annie Mae Woods, Marie George, and Aufrey Teggue,
all of Shreveport, and Tulsa Ott of Pleasant Hill; two brothers,
Robert Miller of Shreveport, and Jessie Miller of Houston, Tex.;
one stepson Floyd Weldon of Redwood city, Calif.; one step
daughter, Ruby Linder of Belmont; 19 grandchildren; 22 great
grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; a number of other
relatives.

  Pallbearers will be deacons of Calvary Baptist Church.