Obituaries:  Mr. James Thomas Procell, Sr., Sabine Parish       P-624
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jul 16, 1997
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mr. James Thomas Procell, Sr.

  Mr. James Thomas Procell Sr., 71, of DeQueen, Ark., formerly of
Zwolle, died.

  Mr. Procell was born March 26, 1926, and raised in Zwolle. He
served in the U.S. Army in WWII, and the U.S. Civil Service in
Germany, after the war. He spent much of his early adulthood in
Germany, Shreveport, and later moved to DeQueen in 1969, where he
owned and operated The DeQueen Recreation Club. He retired in
1991, and has maintained dual residence in Texarkana, and
Jacksonville, Ark. since 1993. He was a life member of Billy T.
Norton V. F. W. Post 4562 for years, a member of the DeQueen
Lions Club, and the DeQueen Chamber of Commerce. He was a
lifetime member of several trail riding organizations across the
south, to include the Old Spanish Trail Ride Association, Sevier
County Trail Riders Association, and Whoa-Hu Trailriders in
Zwolle.

  Mr. Procell was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas and
Lena Procell; two brothers, Wilburt "Dick" Procell, and Marvin
Procell; and one sister, Elouis Procell Webb.

  Mr. Procell is survived by his daughter and her husband, Phyllis
J. Procell and Brian Daigle; one son, James T. Procell Jr.; two
stepsons, Michael W. Willis, and Lloyd E. Willis; one
stepdaughter, Busta L. Willis, and an adopted daughter, Ursula
Procell Sevier; six grandsons, John Procell Sevier, Joshua
Procell Daigle, Mikey Neil, and Kyle Willis; and two-week-old
Nicholas James Procell; three granddaughters, Michelle Procell
Sevier, Stephanie Procell Daigle, and Amanda Willis; two
brothers, Charlie, and Virgil Procell; two sisters, Hazel Procell
Rainer, and Laverne Procell Ezernack; a special friend, Patti
Delaughter of Texarkana, and mothers of his children; and many
nephews, and nieces.

  Funeral services will be held at St. Barbara Catholic Church,
DeQueen, Ark., on Wednesday, July 16, at 10 a.m., under the
direction of Wilkerson Funeral Home. Rosary Vigil will be held at
Warren Meadows Funeral Home in Zwolle, on Wednesday, July 16, at
6:45 p.m. A Memorial Mass for Mr. Procell will be held at St.
Joseph's Catholic Church, Zwolle, at 10 a.m., Thursday, July 17.
Friends may come by Warren Meadows Funeral Home in Zwolle for
visitation, after 6 p.m., Wednesday.

  Memorials may be made to the Billy T. Norton V. F. W. Post 4562.

  Warren Meadows, Many, La.