Obituaries:  John R. Royston, Sabine Parish       R-235
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 19, 1941
Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith
              tammy@cp-tel.net




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The Sabine Index - John R. Royston

  19 Dec 1941 - Last rites for John R. Royston, age 81 years, were
held Monday evening at 2 o'clock at the First Baptist church,
Rev. Oliver Roberts, Provencal, and Rev. C. W. Williams
officiating, Dennis-Green funeral home directing, interment Fort
Jesup cemetery. Pallbearers: J. W. Lucius, Rupert Lucius, T. M.
Phillips, Eugene Dees, Robert Jackson, E. E. Smith, Many, and
Walter and Hoyt Royston, Leesville.

  Surviving are nephews and nieces, seven nephews, C. S., R. N.,
J. E., L. H., and Walter Royston of Natchitoches, Jim Hendrix of
Fordoche, Lester Posey of Natchitoches; one niece, Mrs. LeRoy Hix
of Natchez.

  Mr. Royston was seriously burned in a gas explosion at the home
of Mrs. Rueben Goodman Sunday and died a short time later at
Fraser sanitarium.