Obituaries:  Mrs. Thelma Meyer Tarver, Sabine Parish       T-616
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 9, 1997
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mrs. Thelma Meyer Tarver

  Funeral services for Mrs. Thelma Meyer Tarver, 87, of Many, were
held at 2 p.m., Monday, March 31, 1997, at the First United
Methodist Church in Many.

  The Rev. Hugh Warren officiated. Burial was in the Fort Jesup
Cemetery, under the direction of Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral
Home, Natchitoches.

  Mrs. Tarver died at 7:49 p.m., March 28, at Natchitoches Parish
Hospital, after a lengthy illness.

  Mrs. Tarver was a resident of Many, and was a native of Woodward
Co., Oklahoma. She was born June 4, 1909 in Prairie Gem Community
near Woodward. She attended Oklahoma College for Women at
Chickasha, Oklahoma, and married John Tarver of Kisatchie. She
was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Many.

  She is survived by one son, Michael T. Tarver of Many; one
daughter, Jo Ann (Jody) Tarver Dew of Natchitoches; one brother,
Marlin M. Meyer of Laughlin, Nevada; three grandchildren, Christy
L. Dew of Shreveport, Kelly Dew Longlois of Natchitoches, and
Lance R. Dew of Mansfield; and several nieces and nephews.

  Mrs. Tarver is preceded in death by her husband, John Tarver,
who was a businessman, and former mayor of Many; and a baby son,
John Weldon Tarver.