Obituaries:  James Douglas Salter, Sabine Parish       S-436
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 31, 1994
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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James Douglas Salter

  Funeral services for James Douglas Salter, 77, were held at the
Aimwell Baptist Church, on Friday, August 26, at 11 a.m.

  Rev. Charles Duncan officiated. Burial was in the Aimwell
Cemetery.

  Mr. Salter passed away on Tuesday, August 23, 1994, at the V.A.
Hospital in Alexandria.

  Mr. Salter was retired from the Military Air Force, having
served in WWII, where he became a prisoner of war. He was
involved in the initial frontal assault of the Japanese Army
during the invasion of the Philippine Islands, and was a survivor
of the Bataan Death March.

  Survivors are two sons, Johnny Salter, and Michael Salter, both
of Shreveport; one daughter, Frances Bland of Shreveport; two
sisters, Bertha Stroud of West Lake, and Audrey Palmer of
Houston; one brother, George Salter Jr. of Negreet; five
grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.

  Mr. Salter was preceded in death by wife, LaMoyne Salter;
parents, George Salter Sr., and Minerva Gandy Salter; two
sisters, May Gray, and Josie Miller; two brothers, Robert R.
Salter, and William A. Salter.