Obituaries:  Benjamin D. Rivers, Sabine Parish       R-162
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 12, 1986
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Benjamin D. Rivers

  Mr. Benjamin Rivers, 62, died in Pleasant Hill Hospital, on June
7, 1986, at 4:20 a.m., after an extended illness.

  Mr. Rivers was a member of the V. F. W., Disabled Veterans, and
was in World War II.

  Services were held at St. Joseph Catholic Church on Monday, June
9, at 10 a.m., with Father Kenneth Williams officiating. Burial
was in St. Joseph Cemetery, under the direction of Warren Meadows
Funeral Home.

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Marie G. Rivers of Noble; a
daughter and son-in-law, Cathy R. Craig and Michael R. Craig; two
grandsons, Brian Craig, and Nichols Craig; eight sisters,
Josephine Garcie of Zwolle, Bertha Livingston, and Hazel
Lustgraff, both of Shreveport, Mary Bell of Longview, Tex., Ruth
Talley of Alabama, Doris Faye Malmay of Rockey Mount, Thelma Sue
Morrison of Hineston, and Maggie Edmunds of Hornbeck; and a
number of nieces and nephews.