Obituaries:  Amos Lee Ponder, Jr., Sabine Parish       P-536
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jul 7, 1983
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Amos Lee Ponder, Jr.

  Services for Mr. Amos Lee Ponder, Jr., 56, of Pleasant Hill,
were held at 2 p.m., Monday, July 4, at the First Baptist Church
in Pleasant Hill. The Rev. Vernon Stephenson officiated. Burial
was at Springridge Cemetery near Pleasant Hill. Directions were
under the directions of Drewett Funeral Home in Mansfield.

  He died Saturday morning in Houston, Texas, after a lengthy
illness. He was a native of Pleasant Hill, and a veteran of World
War II, and the Korean War. He resided in Houston for eight
years.

  Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Edna Mae Gates of Channelview,
Texas; two daughters, Mrs. Teresa Mae Shadoin of Benson, La., and
Joyce Deneen Ponder of Channelview, Texas; four brothers, Lloyd
L. Ponder of Natchitoches, Wayne Ponder of Shreveport, Terry
Ponder of Midland, Texas, and Leonard Ponder of Bryan, Texas; one
grandchild.