Obituaries:  William J. Pynes, Sabine, Vernon Parish       P-520
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 20, 1972
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net 




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William J. Pynes

  William James Pynes, 70, of Shreveport, died Jan. 12, at 7:15 a.m.,
following a brief illness.

  A native of Hornbeck, Mr. Pynes had resided in Shreveport since 1954.
He was a retired locomotive engineer for Kansas City Southern Railway,
and a member of the Queensborough Baptist Church.

  He was a past master of the Leesville Masonic Lodge, and the Fair
Park Masonic Lodge. He was a Scottish and York Rite Mason, and a member
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.

  Funeral services were held at 10 a.m., Friday, in the Rose-Neath
Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. W. T. Furr, pastor of Queensborough
Baptist Church, officiating. Burial was in the Forest Park Cemetery.

  Survivors include his widow; one son, James L. Pynes of Texarkana,
Tex.; one daughter, Wilma Avrett of Selma, Ala.; two brothers, E. L.
Pynes of El Paso, Tex.; one sister, May Jones of Zwolle; six
grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.