Obituaries:  E. L. "Joe" Palmer, Sabine Parish       P-456
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 1, 2003
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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E. L. "Joe" Palmer (Photo)

  Funeral services for E. L. "Joe" Palmer, 90, of Abbeville, were
held at the First Baptist Church of Broussard on Tuesday, Dec.
10, with Brother Dan Dufrene officiating. Masonic rites followed
in the church, led by Brother James Sprague and his team of
Masons from New Iberia. Private burial services followed in
Clinton Masonic Cemetery.

  Mr. Palmer died Sunday, Dec. 8, at East Ridge Nursing Home in
Abbeville.

  A native of Clinton, Mr. Palmer was the son of the late Joseph
Edwin Palmer, and the former Mary Helen Keller. He was married to
the former Loyce McDonald of Many for the past 62 years.

  He was employed by an oil exploration company that took him
almost over all the United States, parts of Canada, and South
America. He was a surveyor and seismologist. He later formed his
own surveying company in Many, and did much work in the
development of Toledo Bend Lake.

  Mr. Palmer became a Christian in 1941, and was a member of First
Baptist Church in Broussard. He was also a faithful Mason for
many years.

  He is survived by his widow; his son, Joel and wife Andrea of
Broussard; and his grandson, Maxwell James Palmer of Broussard; a
niece, Kathryn Quine Smith of Cove City, Ark.; a nephew, Lester
V. Quine and his wife Louise of Pride; and several great nieces
and nephews.

  Mr. Palmer was preceded in death by his parents; five sisters,
Bernice Quine, Erline Palmer, and Pearl Wilson, all of Baton
Rouge, and Sue, and Lovie Palmer of Clinton.