Obituaries:  Mr. Laness Powell, Sabine Parish       P-400
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 2, 1978
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mr. Laness Powell

  Mr. Laness Powell, 70, of Florien, died in Fraser Hospital in
Many, on Monday, Feb. 27, at 8:15 a.m., following an extended
illness.

  Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Ruby Powell of Florien; one
son, Steven Powell of Florien; one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Bruce of
Shreveport; four brothers, J. V. Powell of Florien, Marvin Powell
of Merryville, Dewitt Powell of Sulphur, and Clarence Powell of
Runge, Tex.; four sisters, Mrs. Edith Newman, and Mrs. Maudie
Craft, both of Florien, Mrs. Lena Ayres of Zwolle, and Mrs.
Marion Lay of Shreveport, five grandchildren, and one great
grandchild.

  Funeral services were held on Wednesday, March 1, at 11 a.m., at
the Union Baptist Church. The Rev. C. H. Welch, and the Rev.
Bobby Moore officiated. Burial was in the Prospect Cemetery,
under the direction of the Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  Pallbearers were Tommy Sandel, Monroe Powell, Gene Craft, Thomas
Powell, Luther Sandel, and Dewayne Sandel.