Obituaries:  Mr. Buford Lamar Rivers, Sr., Sabine Parish       R-162
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 30, 1995
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mr. Buford Lamar Rivers, Sr.

  A memorial service will be held for Mr. Buford Lamar Rivers Sr.,
on September 4, 1995, at his residence in Many, La., at 11 a.m.

  Mr. Rivers died August 25, 1995, at his residence.

  He is survived by his wife, Pearl Rund Rivers; four daughters,
Ann Hill of Palo Alto, California, Barbara Trow of Aurora,
Colorado, Caren Collins of Livingston, Texas, Donna Mazon of
Aurora, Colorado, Lisa Trow Ortega of Grand Junction, Colorado,
Leslie, Victoria, Amanda, Stacey, and Rebecca Rivers, all of
Florien; four great grandchildren, Sarah Elizabeth Hill of
Baltimore, Md., Terry Decia Ortega of Grand Junction, Colorado,
Damien Trow of Aurora, Colorado; and one sister, Doty Jones of
Greenwood, Mississippi.

  Buford Lamar Rivers Sr. was born in Thomasville, Alabama, on
August 7, 1914. When he was still a youth, his family moved to
Iceland, Mississippi, and then to Strightown, Mississippi, where
they were engaged in farming. He attended Mississippi State
College, and Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. It was
in Golden, that he met his wife to be, Pearl, and they were
married a year later, moved to Benoit, Mississippi, where he also
farmed. He was a member of Lions for a short time, and was a
Kiwanis member for many years, serving two terms as President of
the Golden Colorado Chapter. He moved to Many, La., in 1991, when
he joined his son Buford Jr. and his family, and they farmed the
Rivers Poultry Farm, located on Highway 191 South.