The Times from Shreveport, Louisiana • Page 9

'1 The Timen Minmi-oRT-Bossim Til 25, AdwtlMnwflt OBITUARIES Friedrich Lewis L. Blankenship VIVIAN, LA. Services will be held for Mr, Lewis L. Blankenship, 93, of Vivian, 1p.m. Tuesdav February 25 at the McGuire Funeral Home Chapel in Vivian.

The Rev. W.E. Nolan, pastor of the Vivian United Methodist Church, where Mr. Blankenship wasa member, will officiate. Burial will be at Chapelwood Memorial Gardens In Vivian.

Mr. Blankenship died Monday February 24, 1986, In Vivian after a brief illness. He was born In Big Island, Va. and had been a resident of Vivian for 22 years. Mr.

Blankenship was a Doyle Glen Cox J. C. Smith SHREVEPORT Groveslde ser-' vices for Mr. J. C.

Smith, 81, of Shreveport, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday February 25 at Forest Park Cemetery. Dr. O. Pugh, minister to Senior Adulst of the First Baptist Church of Shreveport will officiate.

Arrangements are under the direction of Osborn Funeral Home. Mr, Smith died at 2 p.m. Sunday Feb. 23, 1986, at his residence after a sudden Illness, He was a native of Livingston, Texas and had been a resident of Shreveport since 1924. Mr.

Smith was a member of First Baptist Church, the Shreveport and Louisiana Bar Associations, the Shreveport Gun Club and the Elks Club. He Is survived by his wife, Edna B. Smith of Shreveport; one brother, Jack Smith of Mineral Wells, Texas; two nieces, Camllle Eptlng of Jackson, Miss, and Pat Boggess of Little Rock, Ark. Robert Earl AAerritt HOUSTON, TEXAS Services for Mr, Robert Earl Merrltt, 71, of Houston, will be held at 1 :30 p.m. Wednesday February 26 at Forest Park Lawn-dale Funeral Home, 6900 Lawndale Ave.

In Houston. 1-713-928-5141. The Rev. Joe Ed Lamb will officiate, assisted bv the Rev. Gerald Phillips.

Burial will be at Rosewood Memorial Park In Houston. Mr. Merritt, a vocational teacher at Milby High School, died Sunday February 23, 1986, In Houston. He wasalso an Instructor at Houston Community College, Apprenticeship Program. He Is survived by his wife, Mrs.

Gary Lavern Merrltt of Houston; one daughter, Doris L. Anthony; one son, Russell Edward Merrltt; two brothers, W.E. Merritt and J.A. Merritt; two grandchildren, two greatgrandchildren. Family will receive friends at the funeral home Tuesday Feb.

25 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. In memoriam DEATHS Eva Mae Bourg, 62, of Shreveport died here Sunday, Doyle Glen Cox, 68, of Shreveport died here Monday. Annie Laurie Saltzman, 74, of Shreveport died here Sunday. J.C.

Smith, 81, of Shreveport died here Sunday. Nell E. Wilson, 59, of Shreveport died Saturday in Fort Worth. NATCHITOCHES Mable Lee Benefield, 71, of Natchitoches died here Sunday. NATCHITOCHES Isaac L.

"Ike" Rhodes, 42, of Natchitoches died here Monday. VIVIAN Lewis L. Blankenship, 93, of Vivian died here Monday. CARTHAGE, Texas Eva Daniels Young, 79, of Carthage died here Monday. ELYSIAN FIELDS.

Texas William Lynwood "Buck" Little, 84, of Elysian Fields died Saturday in Marshall, Texas. HOUSTON Robert Earl Merritt, 71, of Houston died here Sunday. MARSHALL, Texas Adele "Dolly" George Beasley, 73, of Marshall died here Saturday. MARSHALL, Texas Kenneth Joe Berryman, 25, of Marshall died Sunday in Mount Vernon. MARSHALL, Texas John Riley Holmes, 57, of Marshall died Sunday in Longview, Texas.

MARSHALL, Texas Lucy Ann DeBruhl Needham of Marshall died Saturday in Winter Haven, Fla. MARSHALL, Texas John Edward Noble, 76, of Marshal died here Sunday. MARSHALL, Texas Lela Mae Watson, 95, of Marshall died here Monday. MT. ENTERPRISE, Texas -Cynthia Joan Savage, 24, of Mt.

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For mfornwllen. or write Baker's Professional Real Estate College mm 452 Stonir 222-7489 Shrmport, La. 71101 papermill superintendent and U.S. Navy veteran of World War I. He is survived bv his wife, Mrs, Han-na Blankenship of Vivian; one son, Joseph Blankenship of Montgomery, Texas; one daughter, Mrs.

Curtis Nickerson of Cullen, one sister, Elizabeth Brown of Lexington, fifteen grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Bob Bogan, Dr. Charles Caldwell, R.C. Caldwell, Billy Nickerson, John Nickerson and Chris Vaughan. Neil E.Wilson SHREVEPORT Services for Mr.

Neil E. Wilson, 59, of 8418 Clarice Dr. In Shreveport, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday February 26 at the Greenwood Funeral Home Chapel In Fort Worth, Texas. The Rev.

Joe Auldsand the Rev. John Reynolds will officiate. Burial will be at Greenwood Memorial Park In Fort Worth. Mr. Wilson died Saturday February 22, 1986, In a Fort Worth hospital.

He wasa member of the Reserve Officers Association. He is survived bv his wife, Patricia Griggs Wilson Shreveport; three sons, Donald E. Wilson of Marlon Billy Jack Bvrd of Wasilla, Alaska and Arvin E. Payne of Mesquite, Texas; four daughters, Sharon Cooper of Wills, Texas, Linda Sue Wilson of South Carolina, Paulette Roberts and Patty Forsvthe, of Forfh Worth, Texas; one sister, Atha Simmons of Fort Worth; fifteen grandchildren, several nieces and nephews and a host of friends. Pallbeares will be Gen.

George Mc-Govern, Gen. Roy Nelson, Col. Jim Thompson, Col. Thomas J. Epperson, Col.

James M. Conerly, CW4 Johnny Long, CW2 Davis Sistruck and SFC Wilford W. Barron. Honorary pallbearers: Doug Waters, Bill Houghton, Jack Poch, Frankie L. Sparks, Col.

Harry B. Moore, Captain N.T. Sharps, II, Eugene Jennings SSCSFC and Charles Varnell. Isaac L. "Ike" Rhodes NATCHITOCHES, LA.

Services for Mr. Isaac L. "Ike" Rhodes, 42, of Natchitoches, will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday February 26 at the First United Methodist Church In Natchitoches. The Rev.

James Poole will officiate. Burial will beat Mt. Zion Cemetery near Montgomery, La. under the direction of Funeral Home in Natchitoches. Mr.

Rhodes died Monday morning February 24, 1986, at his residence after a lengthy illness. He was a member of the Notional Firefighters Association, International Association of Firefighters, Professional Firefighters Association of Louisiana, Arson and Fire Prevention Association of Louisiana, Fire Chiefs Association International and Association of Fire Chiefs. He was a member of the Kiwanis Club. Mr. Rhodes, Chief of the Natchitoches Fire Department, had been with the fire department for twenty vears, serving as firefighter and driver from 1965 to 1973, when he was promoted to Captain and Training Officer.

In 1985 he was named Chief of the Natchitoches Fire Department. Mr. Rhodes was instrumental in training and encourging the development of volunteer departments in Natchitoches and surrounding parishes. He was preceded in death bv his parents, Mr. and Mr.

William Selby Rhodes. He is survived bv his wife, Kathryn King Rhodes of Natchitoches; one daughter, Susan Amanda Rhodes of Natchitoches. Pallbeares will be members of the Natchitoches Fire Department. Honorary pallbeares: members of the Natchitoches Fire Department and members of the Volunteer Fire Departments In Campti, Clarence, Cloutierville, Goldonna, Marthaville, Provencal, La. and Robeline, La.

BRITT ffl In Loving Memory of WILLIAM Z. BRITT Passed Away February 25, 1985 He had a smile, a pleasant way, A helping hand to all he knew. He was so kind, generous and true. On Earth he nobly did his best. Grant him, Jesus, Heavenly Rest.

Sadly Missed By Wife Lucille, Children, Michael, Lisa, Donnie, Sammy, Anita and Connie, And Grandchildren SHREVEPORT Services for Mr. Dovle Glen Cox, 68. of Shreveport, will be held at 2: 30 o.m. Wednesday February 26 at Rose-Neath's Marshall Street Chapel. Dr.

Robert Manning, pastor of Parkview Baptist Church, where Mr. Cox was a member, will officiate. Burial, with military and Masonic graveside rites, will be at Forest Park Cemetery. Mr. Cox died Monday February 24, 1986, at Schumpert Medical Center after a long Illness.

He was born in Prescott, Ark. and has been a resident of Shreveport for fifty years. Mr. Cox was retired as a master mechanic with T.L. James Construction Co.

and was a member of the International Union of Engineers Local No. 406. Mr. Cox wasa U.S. Army veteran of World War II and was a member of Sunset Masonic Lodge No.

438, Scottish Rite, El Karubah Temple and A.A.O.N.M.S. He Is survived bv his wife, Mrs. Allne P. Cox of Shreveport; four sisters, Flovce P. Schultz of Farmerville, Svble D.

Bornes of Benton, Sally F. Stiles of Yuma, Arizona and Jewel Carolyn Nicholson of Strong, two brothers, William E. Cox of El Dorado, Ark. and Larkin H. Cox, Jr.

of Bagdad, Arizona; and a number of nieces and nephews. Pallbearers: Robert Hill, Jack Beckett, Bert Jackson, Johnny Ham-mons, Gerald Stiles, Edwin DeMoss. Memorials may be mae to Parkview Baptist Church or Shriners' Hospital. Eva Mae Bourg SHREVEPORT Services for Mrs. Eva Mae Bourg, 62, of Shreveport, will be held at 10 a.m.

Tuesday February 25 at the Wellman Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. W.D. Boddie, associate pastor of the First Methodist Church of Shreveport, where Mrs. Bourg was a member, will officiate.

ur ial wi 1 1 be at Providence Cemetery in Ringgold, La. She will I ie in state from 6 p.m. to service time Tuesday at Wellman's. Mrs. Bourg, a homemaker, died Sunday February 23, 1986, at LSU Medical Center after a lengthy Illness.

She was born In Jamestown, La. She was preceded in death by a sister, Vera Thomas in 1985, and in 1982, by her husband, Frederick Bourg. She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, James and Shirley Bourg of Shreveport; one daughter and son-in-law, Vera Alice and Tommy Davis of Fort Worth, Texas; one sister, Leo Duckworth of Shreveport; and a number of nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Jerry DuBois, Jerry DuBois, Lynn DuBois, Bill Thomas, Floyd Jordan, Jeff Batten and James M. Kortus.

Annie. Laurie Saltzman SHREVEPORT Graveside services for Mrs. Annie Laurie Saltzman, 74, of Shreveport, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday Feb. 25 at Forest Park Cemetery under the direction of Well-man Funeral Home.

The Rev. Thomas Barberito, S.J., pastor of St. John Berchmans Co-Cathedral, will officiate. Mrs. Saltzman, a retired store clerk for J.C.

Penney, died Sunday Feb. 23, 1986, at her residence after a sudden illness. She was Catholic. She Is survived by one sister, Viola Fogleman of Shreveport; two nieces, Geraldine VanTiem of Shreveport and Audrey Guerin of St. Louis, and one nephew, Herbert Fogleman of Lafayette, La.

Cynthia Joan Savage MT. ENTERPRISE, TEXAS Services for Mrs. Cynthia Joan Savage, 24, of Mt. Enterprise, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesdav February 25 at the First Methodist Church in Mt.

Enterprise, with the Rev. Rav Freeman officiating. Interment will be at Maple Grove Cemetery near Mt. Enterprise. Vigil Services will be held at 10 a.m.

Tuesdav February 25 at the Bryan Funeral Home Chapel in Henderson, Texas. Father Jerome Javasuriya will officiate. Mrs. Savage died at 8:45 p.m. Saturday February il, 1986, at Henderson Memorial Hospital in Henderson, Texas after a brief Illness.

She was born July 16, 1961 In Decatur, Texas and had been a resident of Rusk County, Texas for four years. Mrs. Savage was Catholic. She was a housewife. She Is survived bv her husband, Neail Savage, one daughter, Stephanie Savage and one son, Wesley Savage, of Mt.

Enterprise; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Flusche of Decatur, Texas; three sisters, MRs. Paula Thompson and Monica Flusche of Deatur; Mrs. Kathv Todd of California; three brothers, Phillip Flusche, Carl Flusche and Conrad Flusche, of Decatur; her grandmother, Mrs.

Regina Flusche of Deco-tur. Pallbearers will be E.J. Mayeaux, Donnie Steel, Mike Young, James Johnston, Mike Paige, Ben Lee and Dallas Crye. mm PETER J. RAYHART Sarvlca: Tuesday Feb.

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