Obituaries:  Louis E. Pirkle, Sabine Parish       P-624
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 24, 1989
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Louis E. Pirkle

  Services for Mr. Louis E. Pirkle, 79, were held at 10 a.m.,
Wednesday, May 24, 1989, at Kilpatrick Funeral Home Chapel in
Ruston. Officiating was Dr. Robert Magee. Burial was at 2 p.m.,
Wednesday, at the St. Maurice Cemetery in St. Maurice, La., under
the direction of Kilpatrick's in Ruston.

  Mr. Pirkle died Monday, May 22, 1989, at his residence in
Ruston, following a sudden illness. He was a retired Chemical
Engineer with the Exxon Corporation, and a native of Iredell,
Texas, and a member of the Temple Baptist Church in Ruston. He
was also a member of the Kiwanis Club.

  He is survived by one daughter, Jane B. Pirkle of Tyngsboro,
Mass.; one grandson, James M. Pirkle; one granddaughter, Jane
Carolyn Pirkle, both of Norfolk, Va.; four sisters, Mittie Weldon
of Bernice, La., Thelma Fowler of Pineville, Mildred Walker of
Florien, La., and Geraldine Brian of Alexandria, La., and several
nieces and nephews.

  In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Louis E.,
and Frances R. Pirkle endowment scholarship, at Louisiana Tech
University in Ruston, La.