Obituaries:  Pete Silas, Sabine Parish       S-420
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 20, 1969
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Pete Silas

  Funeral services for Pete Silas, 99, of Many, who died after a
short illness, were held Tuesday, Feb. 18, in St. John the
Baptist Catholic Church, with Monsignor T. Y. Lennon officiating.
A Rosary was said at 7:30, Monday night in the Warren Meadows
Chapel.

  Interment was in St. John Cemetery, under the direction of
Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  Survivors include two sons, Dan Silas of Jeanerette, and Lee
Silas of Keatchie; five daughters, Mrs. Gertrude Rushton, and
Elizabeth Casey, both of Bossier City, Mrs. Lucille Procell, both
of Many, and Mrs. Dorothy Spears of Hemphill, Tex.; 36
grandchildren; and 49 great grandchildren.

  Pallbearers were his grandsons.