Obituaries:  Van Vines, Sabine Parish       V-520
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jul 5, 1963
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Van Vines

  Van Vines, a long time native of Sabine Parish, expired on June
27, 1963, after a brief illness. Funeral services were held at
3:00 p.m. on June 28th, at the First Methodist Church in Many,
followed by burial rites at the Many Cemetery. The Reverend
George York of Vivian, Louisiana, assisted by the Reverend W. H.
Bengston of Many, conducted the funeral services. Mrs. James E.
Davis, Bill Leslie, and Marshall Petty rendered organ and vocal
selections.

  Pallbearers were Judge William H. Ponder, Horace Tompkins, J. W.
Lucius, Ralph Vines, O. E. Williams, and J. E. Carmichael.

  Van Vines was born on August 31, 1888, at the Lanana Bayou
Community, located seven miles from Many. He attended Vines
Elementary School, and graduated with the first senior class at
the Many High School in 1912. for a brief period, he attended
Louisiana State Normal College, before entering the grocery
business with A. G. Dees. Later, he served his country in the
U.S. Army in France, during World War I.

  For a number of years, he was in the service station business,
before becoming an oil marketer. He was a member of the First
Methodist Church, a charter member of the Floyd Jordan Post,
American Legion, a past member of the Many Lions Club, and a
member of the Louisiana Oil Marketeers Association.

  Van Vines was the son of William Richard Davidson Vines, and
Catherine Maxey Vines. His father was the son of George Vines and
Elizabeth "Betty" Speight. George Vines' father was John Vines,
who migrated to Sabine Parish from South Carolina in the 1830's
Elizabeth Speight's father was William Richard Davidson Speight,
who donated one half the land for the original town of Many, and
served as the first parish judge, when Sabine Parish was divided
from Natchitoches Parish.

  The deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gussie Bridges Vines;
two daughters, Mrs. Catherine Vines Davis, and Mrs. Betty Vines
Diesen; two grandchildren, Frederick Van Diesen, and Nannette
Diesen; and one sister, Miss Emma Vines.