Obituaries:  Wilbur Lee Salter, Sabine Parish       S-436
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 3, 1993
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Wilbur Lee Salter

  Wilbur Lee Salter, 67, of Florien, died Feb. 13, 1993, at
Schumpert Medical Center in Shreveport.

  Services were held at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Florien, at 2
p.m., Monday, Feb. 15, 1993, with the Rev. Huey Tarpley, Rev.
Mack Brister, and Rev. Marvin Miles officiating. Burial was held
in Ebenezer Cemetery, under the direction of Warren Meadows
Funeral Home.

  Mr. Salter was born June 30, 1925, in Florien, La., the son of
Johnnie Lee and Bertha Blackwell Salter.

  A civil service employee for 29 years, Mr. Salter worked as
Budget Analyst, and for the last 11 years, has served as Force
Modernization Project Officer, Directorate of Resource
Management, at Fort Polk, La.

  He is survived by his wife, Irene Hopkins Salter of Florien,
La.; one daughter, Lynn and husband George Johnson of Fisher,
La.; one brother, J. B. Salter of Florien, La.; two
granddaughters, Michele, and Melissa Johnson; and two great
grandchildren, Matthew, and Mallory; and a host of nieces and
nephews.

  Pallbearers were Ronald Braud, James Bison, Bobby Salter, Jason
Holcomb, Rep. Joe Salter, and James R. Cook.

  Honorary pallbearers were D. J. Braud, Coy Holcomb, W. R.
Turner, C. R. Anthony, Herman McConathy, J. W. Law, and Earnest
Bush.