Obituaries:  D. L. "Lane" Tompkins, Sabine Parish       T-512
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 28, 1979
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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D. L. "Lane" Tompkins

  Services for D. L. "Lane" Tompkins, 75, of Vivian, were held
Saturday, June 23, at 4 p.m., at McGuire Funeral Home in Vivian,
with the Rev. J. W. Crow, pastor of Walnut Hill Baptist Church,
and the Rev. Gary Jones, assistant pastor if Vivian Church of the
Nazarene, officiating. Burial followed in Chapelwood Memorial
Gardens of Vivian.

  Mr. Tompkins died Thursday, June 21, in Boutte, after a lengthy
illness.

  A native of Zavalla, Texas, Mr. Tompkins had lived in Vivian for
47 years. He was a retired employee of Bauer Hardware in Vivian,
and a member of the Pipefitters Union, and Walnut Hill Baptist
Church.

  Survivors include son, Ralph B. Tompkins of Vivian; daughter,
Jenalane O'Donnell of Boutte; sisters, Edna Oakersen of Zwolle,
and Annie Keene of Shreveport; six grandchildren, and one great
grandchild.

  Pallbearers were Lane Tompkins, Charles Tompkins, Ronald
Tompkins, H. F. Hargett, Bob Theriot, and Merle Collins.