Obituaries:  Mrs. H. M. Prothro, Sr., Sabine Parish       P-636
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 21, 1988
Submitted by: Ruth Estess
              r.estess@worldnet.att.net




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The Sabine Index

  Mrs. H. M. Prothro, Sr. - January 21, 1988

  Services for Mrs. H. M. Prothro Sr. (Margaret Tyler), 80, of
Pleasant Hill were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, in First
Baptist Church of Pleasant Hill with the Rev. J. C. Salley and
the Rev. Gayle Dean officiating. Burial was in Pleasant Hill
Cemetery under the direction of Rose-Neath's Mansfield Chapel.

  Mrs. Prothro, a native and lifelong resident of Pleasant Hill,
where she was a music director for many years. She was past
president of the North Sabine Assoc., Women's Mission Union. She
was also active in the Louisiana W.M.U. where she served on the
Allocations Committee. She was a former camp nurse of the Clara
Springs Encampment.

  She is preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Hassell Melton
Prothro Sr. and survived by two sons, the Rev. H. Melton Prothro
Jr. and his wife Margaret of Haughton, E. Hayes Prothro of
Austin, Tx.; one daughter Mary P. Stuart and her husband Dan of
Dallas; ten grandchildren, Daphne Prothro, Debby Bozeman, Danna
Hendrix, H. Drew Prothro, Stephanie Thomas, Susan Stuart, Dan
Stuart Jr., Brian Laura, and Christina Prothro; nine great
grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews.

  Pallbearers were James Spann, Mike Murray, Benny Powell, Hugh
Hardee, Thomas Hardee, Limon Simon, Clarence Gewin and John Neal.
Honorary pallbearers were Dr. C. E. Poimboeuf, Ortho Woods, James
Tarver, Bobby Salley, George Shannon, Roy Bush Bridges, Bill
Freeman, Sidney Sanders, Harold Dillard and Deacons of the First
Baptist Church of Pleasant Hill.

  Memorial contributions may be made to the Margaret Tyler Prothro
Music Memorial Scholarship Fund, in care of People's State Bank
in Pleasant Hill, La. or the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home in
Monroe, La.