Obituaries:  Mr. Lawrence H. Rivers, Jr., Sabine Parish       R-162
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 5, 2001
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mr. Lawrence H. Rivers, Jr.

  Mr. Lawrence H. Rivers, 76, of Lake Charles, died at 10:05 a.m.,
Monday, Dec. 3, 2001, in a local hospital.

  Mr. Rivers was a native of Zwolle, and lived in the Lake
Charles-Sulphur area since 1947. He was a veteran of the U. S.
Navy, serving in WWII as a radioman in the Pacific Theatre. He
retired as a Chief Operator at Cities Service Oil Company. He was
a very active member of Boulevard Baptist Church.

  Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Dec. 5, in the Johnson
Funeral Home Chapel, with interment to follow in Highland Memory
Garden Cemetery. Dr. Mark Stag will officiate.

  Survivors include his widow, Nelda Rivers of Lake Charles; two
sons, Donald L. Rivers of Lake Charles, and Alan Rivers of
Indianapolis, Ind.; one stepdaughter, Jan Cameron of Ecru, Miss.;
one brother, Arvin Rivers of Westlake; two sisters, Mrs. Pearl
Jones of Shreveport, and Mrs. Merle Chisholm of Maitland, Fla.;
and three grandchildren.

  Memorial donations may be made to the Boulevard Baptist Church
Building Fund.

  Johnson Funeral Home, Lake Charles, La.