Obituaries: Sam H. Rivers, Jr., Sabine Parish R-162 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., May 26, 1983 Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck carlrad@earthlink.net ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Sam H. Rivers, Jr. Services for Sam Henry Rivers, Jr., were held at 2 p.m., Monday, May 23, in the chapel of Blanchard-St. Denis, with the Revs. Fred Ponder, and Tom Curry officiating. Burial was in Memory Lawn Cemetery. Rivers, 69, of Natchitoches, died at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 21, 1983, in his residence. He was a native of Zwolle, and a retired bookkeeper for Hines, Jackson, and Hines accounting firm. He was retired from the Air Force, after 21 years. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy H. Rivers of Natchitoches; one son, Michael K. Rivers of Natchitoches; one daughter, Mary Jane Bloomquist of Greenville, Miss.; one stepdaughter, Sallie Box of Rector, Ark.; his stepmother, Ethel LaRoux of Zwolle; one half sister, Marilyn Sepulvado of Zwolle; one brother, T. J. Rivers of McLean, Va.; one half brother, Bobby J. Rivers of Zwolle; and two grandchildren.