Obituaries:  Mr. James M. Richards, Sabine Parish       R-263
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jul 19, 1995
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mr. James M. Richards

  Funeral services for Mr. James M. Richards, 81, of Many, were
held Tuesday, July 18, in Many, at 10 a.m., under the direction
of Warren Meadows Funeral Home of Many, and Thursday, July 20, in
Lake Charles, at 10 a.m., under the direction of Johnson Funeral
Home of Lake Charles.

  Officiating were the Rev. Lowell Bell, and the Rev. Don
McKinney. Interment was in Prien Memorial Park Cemetery of Lake
Charles.

  Mr. Richards died July 16, in Sabine Medical Center in Many.

  Mr. Richards was born in Summerfield, Okla., December 17, 1913,
to Winifred Brown and Thomas Henry Richards. Mr. Richards was a
retired oilfield mechanic.

  Mr. Richards was preceded in death by his first wife, Voneata
Richards, and by two granddaughters, Wendy, and Melissa Corkran.

  Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Thelma Richards of Many; five
children, Ronald James Richards of Ragley, Donald Lee Richards of
Baton Rouge, Doyle Edward Richards of Lake Charles, Joyce
Richards Picard of West Lake, and Gail Richards Corkran of Moss
Bluff; two sisters, Lois Moore of Texas City, Texas, and Mary
Virginia Reed of Eufaula, Okla.; two brothers, Thomas Richards of
Moore, Okla.; 15 grandchildren; 21 great grandchildren; and a
host of nieces and nephews.

  Pallbearers were grandsons.