Obituaries:  George Jefferson Salter Jr., Sabine Parish       S-436
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 18, 1995
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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George Jefferson Salter Jr.

  Funeral services for George Jefferson Salter Jr., 75, of
Negreet, will be held at 2 p.m., on Jan. 15, at Beulah Baptist
Church.

  Rev. E. E. Walker, and Rev. Kenneth Leach Sr. officiated.
Interment was in the Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery, under the
direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  Masonic graveside services were conducted at graveside.

  Mr. Salter passed away on Jan. 13, 1995, at Sabine Medical
Center.

  Mr. Salter was born on July 14, 1919, in Zwolle, to George J.
Sr. and Minerva Salter. He was a lifetime resident of Sabine
Parish, a member of the Zion Hill Baptist Church, a Fifty Year
Mason, and a member of the Little Flock Lodge #236, and was a
Past District Deputy Master of the 8th Masonic District.

  Survivors include his widow, Jewel Stroud Salter of Negreet; two
sons, Royce Salter of Houston, and Larry Salter of Negreet; one
daughter, Georgia Bailey of Houston; two sisters, Audrey Palmer
of Houston, and Bertha Stroud of Westlake; six grandchildren;
three great grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, and
close friends.

  Pallbearers were Ed Salter, Britt Bailey, Vince May, Carroll
Salley, Billy Guay, and George Maxey.