Obituaries:  Thomas Merle Prudhomme, Sabine, DeSoto Parish       P-635
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 16, 1977
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Thomas Merle Prudhomme

  Thomas Merle Prudhomme, 38, of Frierson, drowned on Toledo Bend
Lake at Wright's Landing near Noble on Friday, June 10, at 6:07
p.m., according to the Sabine Parish Sheriff's Department.

  Prudhomme, his girlfriend, Velma Rambin of Mansfield, and his
brother, William T. Prudhomme, were swimming and boating at the
landing, when the incident occurred.

  According to reports, Prudhomme and Miss Rambin were sitting on
the rear of a boat at the landing, when he decided to go for a
swim. The lady told officers he waded a short way from the shore,
and then went under. Assuming that he was playing, she watched
him, and then saw him come up again and struggle. She started out
after Prudhomme, but the landing owner pulled her back and
another unidentified boy plunged into the water after the man.

  Sabine Parish Deputy John Rainer was summoned to the scene, but
attempts to recover the body failed. Prudhomme's body was later
discovered about 20 feet from shore by Louisiana State Trooper,
Lee Raymond Isgitt of the Water Patrol Division.

  Funeral services were held on Sunday, June 12, at the Drewett
Memorial Chapel. Burial was in the Catholic Cemetery in Frierson.

  Surviving are five brothers, John B. Prudhomme, W. L. Prudhomme,
and William Terry Prudhomme, all of Bryceland, Donald Prudhomme
of Keithville, and Troy Prudhomme of Texarkana, Ark.; and two
sisters, Mrs. Ida Mae Giddens of Bryceland, and Mrs. Louise
Hubbard of Coushatta.