Obituaries:  Mrs. Dovie Leon Raybourn, Sabine Parish       R-165
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 15, 1998
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net 




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Mrs. Dovie Leon Raybourn

  Mrs. Dovie Leon Raybourn, 93, of Many died peacefully at Sabine
Medical Center in Many on Friday, April 10, 1998. She will be
remembered by many as a beloved mother, grandmother sister, aunt
and friend.

  Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 11 at the First
Baptist Church in Many with interment following at Zion Hill Cemetery
at Negreet. Dr. Ed Scott and the Rev. Billy Burkett officiated.

  Mrs. Raybourn was a resident of IHS in Many, where she served as an
inspiration to many of the residents and staff. She served there as
President of the Resident's Council and was selected as the Valentine
Queen for several years. She was born November 13, 1904 to William C.
and Louvonia Davis Willson in Arden, Ark. She was a member of the
First Baptist Church of Many and the Melrose Chapter #920 of the Order
of Eastern Star.

  "Miss Dovie" or "Mama Moore", as she was referred to by family and
friends, is survived by her daughter, Geraldine Curtis of Many;
daughter-in-law Pat Moore of Shreveport; sister, Katie Nell Dumas;
brother, William Ben Wilson of Ashdown, Ark.; and five grandchildren,
Douglas Curds, Jr. of Tallulah, John Curtis and Linda Curtis of Many,
Phyllis Longmire of Shreveport and Chris Moore of Coushatta. She was
beloved by her step children; a host of grandchildren; great-
grandchildren; great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Mrs.
Raybourn was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, John C.
Moore in 1949 and John W. Raybourn in 1986; one son, John Wilson
Moore of Shreveport; four brothers, Thomas Earl Willson of LaPorte,
Texas, Royce Edward Wilson, Joe Locke Wilson and Winston William
Wilson of Ashdown, Ark; and two sisters, Hatie Lee Curlee of
Shreveport and Minerva Victoria Willson of Ashdown, Ark.

  Pallbearers were John Curtis, Jr., Moses Curtis, Joe Louviere,
Jessie T. Curtis, Jon Worley and Bruce Gandy.

  The family expresses special thanks to Dr. Greg Founds of Many, IHS
and Sabine Medical