Obituaries:  Mr. Hoyt Stringer, Sabine Parish       S-365
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 5, 2001
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mr. Hoyt Stringer

  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 followed 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,
La., was a former resident of Newton County. 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 and crafts, and was
good at woodworking. He loved Stringer family reunions, held on
the last Saturday in October.

  Survivors include his daughter, Linda Stringer Stevens of Many;
a host of nieces and nephews; two grandchildren, Connie Vanzant,
and Tammy Smith; and 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.