Obituaries:  Charles Valentine, Sabine, DeSoto Parish       V-453
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 29, 1989
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Charles Valentine

  Services for Mr. Charles Valentine, 59, were held at 3 p.m.
Thursday, March 23, 1989, at Rose-Neath's Mansfield Chapel.
Officiating was Father Paul Bigger, Dr. William T. Crosby, and
the Rev. George Harbuck. Burial was at Mansfield Cemetery.

  Mr. Valentine passed away Tuesday, March 21, 1989, at the DeSoto
General Hospital in Mansfield, following a length illness. He was
a native of Pleasant Hill, La., and had lived in Mansfield since
1951. Mr. Valentine was a member of the Christ Memorial Episcopal
Church, where he was presently on the vestry, and had served as
Junior Warden of the church for many years. He was a graduate of
Northwestern State College in 1950. He was president of Valentine
Ready Mix, Inc. of Mansfield. Mr. Valentine was formerly a member
of the Mansfield Jaycees, where he had served as President and
Vice President. He was a member, and past board member of the
Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Valentine had been a member of the
Mansfield City Council for the past 20 years. He was currently
Police and Fire Commissioner, and a member of the DeSoto Parish
Cattlemen's Association. Mr. Valentine was on the Board of
Directors of Western Corridor of Louisiana, and the DeSoto Parish
Airport Commission. He was a past member of the board of the
DeSoto Parish Improvement Committee, and Louisiana High Schools
Athletic Referee Association. Mr. Valentine was a full member of
the DeSoto Parish Wildlife and Fisheries Association.

  He is survived by his wife, Billie M. Valentine of Mansfield;
his mother, Mrs. Evelyn S. Valentine of Mansfield; two sons and
daughters-in-law, Mike and Cheryl Rives, and Judson C. and Cheryl
Rives of Mansfield; one daughter and son-in-law, Beth and James
R. Adams of Houma, La.; one brother and sister-in-law, Kermie and
Celeste Valentine of Mansfield; and seven grandchildren.

  Pallbearers were Rhonny Valentine, J. D. "Bubba" Locke, Harold
Cornett, Don English, L. T. Harris, C. E. "Rusty" Williams,
George Aseff, and Hines Rogers Jr.

  Honorary pallbearers included Mansfield City Council, Mansfield
Police Department, Mansfield Fire Department, DeSoto Parish
Sheriff's Office, and the staff doctors of DeSoto General
Hospital, Henry Bedsole, and Wiley Heard.

  Memorials may be made to the Christ Memorial Episcopal Church.