Obituaries:  Tom Rivers, Sabine Parish       R-162
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 21, 1967
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Tom Rivers

  Tom Rivers, 74, of Pleasant Hill, died Wednesday, Sept. 13, in
Zwolle, after a short illness.

  Funeral services were conducted Sept. 16, Saturday, at the
Pleasant Hill First Baptist Church, with the Rev. Cecil Salley,
the Rev. Preston Tibbitts, and the Rev. H. H. Tibbitts
officiating. Interment was in the McMahon Cemetery near
Shelbyville, Tex., under the direction of Warren Meadows Funeral
Home of Many. Masonic rites were conducted at the graveside.

  Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Eula Rivers of Pleasant Hill;
six sons, J. T. Rivers of Channelview, Tex., W. W. Rivers of
Pitkin, F. E. Rivers, and L. A. Rivers, both of Houston, Tex., B.
H. Rivers of Baton Rouge, and E. L. Rivers of the U. S. Navy
stationed in Guam; a daughter, Mrs. W. R. Miller of DeRidder; two
brothers, R. H. Rivers, and M. H. Rivers, both of Dallas, Tex.;
five sisters, Mrs. C. G. Johnson of Robeline, Mrs. Ethel Peacock
of Marthaville, Mrs. Tom Herrington of Dallas, Tex., Mrs. Lavell
Harvey, and Mrs. Laverne Lalande, both of Raceland; and 20
grandchildren.

  The Masons served as pallbearers.