Obit of S. Morgan Abel, 1943, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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>From the December 10, 1943 Winnfield News-American


Funeral Services for S. Morgan Abel Held Wednesday

Former Local Resident, Brother To P. K. Abel

Funeral services for Solomon Morgan Abel of Rochelle, who died Tuesday in the
hospital were held in Monroe Wednesday morning at 8:30 o'clock with the Rev.
P. M. Caraway of West Monroe officiating and were concluded at eleven o'clock
at the Winnfield cemetery where interment was made.  The Rev. H. B. Hysell,
pastor of the First Methodist Church here, officiating at the concluding
rites.

The deceased was the land agent of the Tremont Lumber Company at Rochelle, and
he had held that position since about 1912 when he resigned as a deputy for
his brother, P. K. Abel who was then clerk of court of Winn Parish.  In 1918
he moved to Rochelle when the general offices of the Tremont Lumber Company
were transferred there.  

Mr. Abel was a member of the Methodist Church and was active in church and
civic activities of his section.  At the time of his death he was a member of
the Grant Parish school board, which he had served as president for a number
of years.  

While a resident of Winnfield he served on the Board of Aldermen during the
administration of Mayor W. F. Cooper, and at the time the old city hall, that
was destroyed in 1935, was built.  He also served as secretary of the Winn
Parish Police jury when $ 17,000 was appropriated for the construction of the
dike across Dugdemona swamp, marking the beginning of good roads in Winn
Parish.

He married Miss Belle Barr, daughter of the late Rev. and Mrs. Dan C. Barr,
prominent in north Louisiana Methodism, by whom he is survived in addition to
three sons, Morgan Abel of Philadelphia, Pa., J. Stanley Abel, New Orleans,
and S. M. Abel, Jr., Ansley; one daughter, Mrs.  W. P. Renwick, Monroe, one
brother, P. K. Abel of Winnfield, and one sister, Mrs. J. J. Mixon,
Natchitoches.

Pall bearers for the funeral services included W. T. Murry, of Rochelle, S. C.
Shaw of Colfax, A. L. Smith, H. W. Dunford, Burton H. Williams, and Houston
Smith, of Winnfield.  

(Submitted by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, Winn Parish, LA.)