Obituaries:  Dr. Hugh F. Rives, Sabine Parish       R-120
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 28, 1994
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Dr. Hugh F. Rives

  Funeral services for Dr. Hugh F. Rives were held at 3 p.m., at
the First United Methodist Church of Zwolle, on Dec. 27.

  Rev. Walter Parr officiated. Interment was in Bellwood Memorial
Park Cemetery in Temple, Tex., under the direction of Warren
Meadows Funeral Home.

  Dr. Rives died at his residence on Monday, December 26, 1994.

  He was a resident of Pine Bluff, Ark., and a longtime resident
of Jackson, Tex. Dr. Rives attended the U.S. Naval Academy at
Annapolis, Md., and was a graduate of the University of Arkansas
Medical School in Little Rock, Ark. He served his residency in
Urology and Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Dr.
Rives was a Diplomat of the American Board of Urology. He
practiced at the Travis Clinic in Jacksonville, Tex., from
1953-1978. He was a past Chairman of the Travis Clinic
Foundation, Charter Member of the American Academy of Medical
Directors Association, and former President of the Cherokee
County Medical Society. He was a resident of the Toledo Bend area
for the past seven years.

  He was preceded in death by his first wife, Frances Corbett
Rives; a son, Hugh Farrar Rives Jr.; and a stepson, Sam Sadler.

  Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Laura Rives of Many; son, George
R. and wife Joanie Rives of Lafayette; daughter, Susan and
husband Dr. Robert Cummings of Allentown, Pa.; stepson, Jerry
William and wife Karen Sadler of Houston; and eight
grandchildren.

  Pallbearers were Jack Wilson, Doug Lee, Keel Boudreaux, Rodney
Masters, William Anslinger, Jack Carston, Hugh Lee Bruce, Dr.
Kirby Guidry, Dr. Joe Crawford, and David Romano.