Obituaries:  Rev. Otis W. Spinks, Sabine Parish       S-152
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 5, 1987
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Rev. Otis W. Spinks

  Services for Rev. Otis W. Spinks, 86, of Ruston, were held at 2
p.m., Friday, Jan. 30, at the Trinity United Methodist Church in
Ruston. The Rev. Chris Andrews officiated, assisted by the Rev.
Rollie Walker, Dr. Doug McGuire, and Dr. Henry Blount. Burial was
at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Ruston, under the direction of
Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Ruston.

  Rev. Spinks, a retired Methodist minister, died Wednesday, Jan.
28, 1987, at Lincoln General Hospital in Ruston, after a lengthy
illness. He was a native of Pleasant Hill. He served as pastor of
Methodist churches in Delhi, La., Sicily Island, La., Haughton,
La., Lisbon, La., Eunice, La., Abbeville, La., DeQuincy, La.,
Jena, La., Alexandria, La., and Shreveport, La.

  He is survived by his wife, Grace Allen Spinks of Ruston; two
daughters, Peggy Hughes of Oakdale, La., and Betty Bales of
Monroe, La.; one son, Tommy Spinks of Arlington, Tex.; one
brother, Leslie L. Spinks of Lake Charles, La.; and nine
grandchildren.

  Memorials may be made to the Retired Ministers Home Board, or to
the Trinity United Methodist Church Building Fund in Ruston.