Obituaries:  Eugene F. Phares, Sabine Parish       P-620
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 24, 1956
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Rev. Eugene F. Phares

  Funeral services for the Rev. Eugene F. Phares, 57, of
Princeton, who died in a Dallas, Texas hospital Saturday, were
held at 9 a.m., Monday, in the Fillmore Baptist Church.

  The rites were conducted by the Rev. W. O. Williams of the
Bethel Baptist Church of Coushatta, and the Rev. Hall Peyton of
the First Baptist Chapel of Red Chute. Interment was in the Mount
Carmel Cemetery near Florien, under the direction of Wellman
Funeral Home.

  Active pallbearers were members of the Fillmore Baptist Church.

  The Rev. Phares was a native of Sabine Parish. He had resided in
Princeton for the past three years, where he was the pastor of
the Fillmore Baptist Church in Fillmore. He was moderator of the
Bossier Baptist Association, and served as pastor of several
Bossier churches.

  He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Hazel Addison Phares; two
sons, Durward Phares of Los Angeles, Calif., and Vernon Phares
with the U.S. Air Corps of Florida; a half brother; and a half
sister.