Obituaries:  Lula Rebecca Palmer, Sabine Parish       P-456
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 2, 1990
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Lula Rebecca Palmer

  Funeral services for Mrs. Lula Rebecca Palmer, 86, of Many, were
held Saturday, April 28, at Bethel Baptist Church. Burial was in
Dove Cemetery in Many, under the direction of Thomas Mortuary.
Rev. C. R. Raney, pastor, officiated.

  Mrs. Palmer passed away Saturday, April 21, at Sabine Medical
Center in Many.

  She was married to the late Rev. William L. Palmer. To this
union, six children were born. She was a mother to many, and was
known to all as "Mama Lulu".

  To mourn her passing, she leaves three sons, Frederick D. Palmer
of McKenney, Virginia, Willard D. Palmer of Many, William L.
Palmer Jr. of Lake Charles; three daughters, Mildred McCraw
Pollard of Houston, Texas; Marjorie Barrett Covington of
Columbus, Georgia, and Alice Prude Jackson of Kankakee, Illinois;
one step daughter, Margaret L. Whittled of Fort Worth, Texas; two
sons-in-law; three daughters-in-law; three sisters, Ola Mae
Johnson, and Rosetta Addison of Baltimore, Maryland, and Murlean
Longstreet of Belton, Texas; one brother, J. C. McClanahan of
Florien; 31 grandchildren; 49 great grandchildren; and a host of
nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.