Obituaries:  R. T. Strong, Sabine Parish       S-365
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jul 10, 1975
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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R. T. Strong

  R. T. Strong Sr., 69, of Shreveport, died at 7:35 a.m., Friday,
July 4, at Doctors Hospital, after a long illness.

  Services were at 2 p.m., on Sunday, July 6, at Southside Baptist
Church, with the Dr. Billy O. Smith, pastor, officiating. Burial
was at Centuries Memorial Park, under direction of Rose-Neath
Funeral Home.

  He was a native of Shelbyville, Tex., and had lived in
Shreveport 52 years. He was a retired Civil Service employee, and
a member of Southside Baptist Church.

  Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lelia Powell Strong of
Shreveport; two daughters, Mrs. Wanda Rascoe of Shreveport, and
Mrs. Elizabeth Mann of Largo, Fla.; two sons, Horace Lynn Strong
of New Orleans, and Robert T. Strong Jr. of Killeen, Tex.; one
brother, John Henry Strong of Zwolle; 16 grandchildren, and six
great grandchildren.

  Pallbearers were Joe Buck Strong, Leo Strong, George Grant,
Howard Strong, Jimmy Strong, and Gordon Stanley.