Obituaries:  Leslie N. "Pete" Tatum, Sabine Parish       T-350
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 4, 1980
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Leslie N. "Pete" Tatum

  Services for Mr. Leslie N. "Pete" Tatum, 75, of Shreveport, were
held at 2 p.m., Monday, Dec. 1, in the Rose-Neath Southside
Chapel. Dr. Billy McCormack, and the Rev. Charles Littleton
officiated.

  Burial followed in the Centuries Memorial Park, with full
military honors.

  Mr. Tatum died at 2 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 29, at the Barksdale
Air Force Hospital, following an extended illness.

  He was a native of Noble, had lived in Shreveport for 35 years,
and was a retired Pattern Rigger at Mid Continent Steel. He was a
retired U. S. Air Force Chief Warrant Officer, after 30 years of
service, and a veteran of World War II.

  Mr. Tatum is survived by his widow, Estella Tatum; one stepson,
Stanley E. Cooley; both of Shreveport; four sisters, Ursula
Edwards, Las Vegas, Nev., Marjorie Phillips, Palestine, Tex.,
Mrs. R. C. Ough, and Amy Stack, both of Shreveport; two brothers,
Arthur L. Tatum, Monroe, and Maurice Tatum, Shreveport; five
grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.