Obituaries:  Ethel W. Shoalmire, Sabine Parish       S-456
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 16, 1982
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Ethel W. Shoalmire

  Services for Mrs. Ethel W. Shoalmire, 93, of Converse, were held
at 10 a.m., Thursday, September 16, at the First Baptist Church
of Converse. Rev. James Miller officiated, assisted by Rev.
Walter Haley. Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery near Converse.
Arrangements were under the directions of Drewett Funeral Home in
Mansfield.

  She died Monday afternoon, Sept. 13, at DeSoto General Hospital
in Mansfield, after a long illness. Mrs. Shoalmire, a lifelong
resident of Converse, born in Belmont, was a housewife.

  She is survived by two sons, R. R. (Jack) Shoalmire of
Shreveport, and Waymon Sam Shoalmire of Mansfield; four
daughters, Mrs. Eula Bolin of Converse, Mrs. Opal Sandifer of
Alamogordo, N. M., Mrs. Odessa Graham of Kenai, Alaska, and Mrs.
Annie Sistrunk of Marrero; 17 grandchildren; 26 great
grandchildren; and 6 great-great grandchildren.