Obituaries:  Mr. Hoyt Springer, Sabine Parish       S-165
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 28, 2001
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mr. Hoyt Springer

  Funeral services for Hoyt Stringer, 89, of Jasper, Texas, were
held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 24, 2001, at Stinger & Griffin
Funeral Home Chapel in Jasper, Texas. Burial will follow in Weeks
Chapel Cemetery in Newton County.

  Mr. Stringer died Tuesday, November 20, 2001, at Jasper
Convalescent Center in Jasper, Texas. He was a native of Clara,
and a former resident of Newton County, and he had resided in
Jasper, Texas for the past few years. He owned and operated an
Upholstery Business for many years. He served as Deacon, and
Minister of Music, at several East Texas Churches. He could play
several musical instruments, but he favored the organ. He taught
music in Singing Schools, held at area churches. He enjoyed
gardening, hunting, fishing, camping, arts & crafts, and was good
at wood working. He loved Stringer Family Reunions, held on the
last Saturday in October.

  Survivors include his daughter, Linda Stringer Stevens of Many,
La.; a host of nieces and nephews; two grandchildren, Connie
Vanzant, and Tammy Smith; one great grandchild, William Caleb
Vanzant. He was preceded in death by his wife of 49 years, on
September 17, 2001, Annie Louise Farr Stringer.

  In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made
to Weeks Chapel Cemetery Fund; Rt. 1, Box 544, Jasper, Texas
75951, or to the American Diabetes Association.

  Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home, Jasper, Texas.