Obituaries: J. R. Shoalmire, Sabine Parish S-456 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 15, 1973 Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck carlrad@earthlink.net ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** J. R. Shoalmire Johnnie Robert Shoalmire, 87, died Thursday, Feb. 8. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 10, in the Converse Baptist Church, with the Rev. Walter Haley, the Rev. Roach, and the Rev. Alvin Strother officiating. Burial was in the Oak Grove Cemetery, under the direction of the Drewett Funeral Home. Survivors include his wife; four sons, Earnest Shoalmire of Natchez, Miss., J. L. Shoalmire of Mansfield, J. Robert Shoalmire of Shreveport, and Sam Shoalmire of Mansfield; four daughters, Mrs. Eula Bollen of Converse, Mrs. Opal Sandifer of Alamogordo, N. M., Mrs. Odessa Graham of Kenai, Alaska, and Mrs. Ann Sistrunk of New Orleans; 18 grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Ann McGaha of Longview, Tex., and Mrs. Lydia Brown of Tioga.