Obituaries:  Annie Tatum, Sabine Parish       T-350
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 26, 1965
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Annie Tatum

  After a lengthy illness, Mrs. L. S. Tatum, a resident of Sabine
Parish for more than 40 years, died in her sleep, at her home in
Many, on Friday, Mar. 19, at the age of seventy five.

  Funeral services were conducted at the First Baptist Church of
Many, on Sunday, March 21, by Dr. Kelly Fitzgerald, the pastor.
Following the pastor's address, members of the Eastern Star
presented a brief service in memory of Mrs. Tatum. Burial was in
the Noble Cemetery.

  Mrs. Tatum was born in Alexandria on April 14, 1889. She lived
in Sabine Parish during most of her adult life. For 26 1/2 years,
she taught school in Sabine and Vernon Parishes.

  Mrs. Tatum's life was filled with purposeful activity, and was
characterized by a pleasant attitude, and an open love for
people. She made friends quickly, and quickly won from her
friends a respect that grew with the years.

  She loved her church, and found her highest joy in serving
Christ as a devoted worker in her church. Her heart was in
missions, and she spent all of her adult life doing the work of a
missionary in the area where she lived. She gave untiringly of
herself in supporting the Women's Missionary Society in her
church, and in giving guidance to all of it's auxiliary
organizations.

  All who knew Mrs. Tatum will mourn her passing, and they will
proudly admit that their lives have been enriched by her life.

  Her survivors include her husband, L. S. Tatum of Many; two
daughters, Mrs. O. B. Cross of Shreveport, and Mrs. Phil
Olinghouse of Little Rock, Arkansas; four brothers, Ben Seal of
Shepard, Texas, Joe Seal of Silsbee, Texas, Alsae Seal of West
Columbia, Texas, and Fred Seal of Daisetta, Texas; two sisters,
Mrs. Evia Davis of Leesville, and Mrs. Gertrude Jett of Baytown,
Texas; and four grandchildren.

  Active pallbearers were F. T. Mallory, L. S. Fleming, T. M.
Phillips, Clarence Foy, Roy Alford, Vert Ellison, Garland Vines,
and J. O. Kimbell.

  Serving as honorary pallbearers were S. M. Taylor, W. T. Parrot,
Dr. S. F. Fraser, Dr. Warren Founds, Dr. Fred Thomas, C. D.
Worsham, Alene Julian, Thomas Self, Judge John Pickett, Judge
William Ponder, J. W. Wright, Fred Ingram, J. P. Godfrey, Eustace
Edwards, and Duke Beasley.