Obituaries: Melvin J. Yawn, Sabine Parish Y-500 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Jul 29, 1960 Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck carlrad@earthlink.net ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Melvin J. Yawn Funeral services for Melvin J. Yawn, age 39, who died July 25, were conducted at Spring Ridge Methodist Church at 3:30 p.m., July 27, with Rev. Barney Flanagan, and Rev. Frank Andrews officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery, under the direction of Warren Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Charlie Davis, Bill Moore, Odis Touchtone, Raymond Thompson, Albert Boggs, and Claude Storey. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. LaRue Yawn of Beaumont; daughters, Mrs. Billie Sue Boggs, and Maudie Faye Yawn of Beaumont; sons, Melvin T., and Frederick Kirk Yawn of Beaumont; brothers, Berlin Yawn of Shreveport, Reece Yawn of Bedford, England; sisters, Mrs. Lula Mae Martinez of DeRidder, Mrs. Betty Varnell of Zwolle, Mrs. Lucille Mathers of Omaha, Neb.