Obituaries:  Mr. Ocey Everette Tennison, Sabine Parish       T-525
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 29, 1999
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net 




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Mr. Ocey Everette Tennison

  Mr. Ocey Everette Tennison, 89, died Saturday, Dec. 25, 1999 in a Texas Hospital.

  Mr. Tennison was born in Yellville, Ark., live most of his life in Sulphur and then
resided in Many where he was a member of Central Baptist Church. He fished on the Bass
Professional Fishing circuit. He was a retired operator for Cities Services. He was a
professional guide on Lake Okeechobee in Florida for 17 years.

  Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 28 at Sulphur Memorial Funeral Home
Chapel with interment following at Highland Cemetery in Lake Charles. The Rev. Lawrence
Hidalgo and the Rev. Frank McMillian officiated.

  Survivors include three sons, Jimmie Tennison and Gilbert Tennison both of Sulphur and
Carl Lee Tennison of El Cajon, Calif.; two daughters, JoAnn McMillian of Humble, Texas
and Rose Etta Hidalgo of Sulphur; 14 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and five
great-great-grandchildren. Mr. Tennison was preceded in death by his wife, Grace Allred
Tennison.

  Hixson Funeral Home Sulphur, La.