Obituaries: J. L. Shoalmire, Sabine, DeSoto Parish S-456 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 9, 1978 Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck carlrad@earthlink.net ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** J. L. Shoalmire J. L. Shoalmire, 67, died Monday night, Nov. 6, in a Mansfield hospital, after a long illness. The funeral was at 3 p.m., Wednesday, at Drewett Funeral Home Memorial Chapel, with the Rev. Leger Tremblay officiating. Burial was in Carmel Cemetery near Mansfield. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Seawillow Rambin Shoalmire of Mansfield; five sons, J. L. Shoalmire Jr. and Bobby Laffitte, both of Shreveport, Wayne Shoalmire of Bossier City, and Issac Laffitte, and Jamie Laffitte, both of Mansfield; his mother, Mrs. Ethel Shoalmire of Converse; two brothers, R. R. Shoalmire of Shreveport, and Waymon Shoalmire of Mansfield; four sisters, Eula Bolen of Converse, Annie Sistrunk of New Orleans, Odessa Graham of Keani, Alaska, and Opal Sandifer of Alamogordo, N. M.; and seven grandchildren.