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Obituary:

BRIDGE CITY - Rosary for Paul Abshire, 73, of 753 Avenue B, will be recited today at 8 p.m. in the Levingston Funeral home chapel in Groves. Funeral services will be held in St. Henry's Catholic church Monday at 10 a.m. with the Rev. Joseph Dazio, of St. Henry's, officiating. The Rev. Dale Calhoun of St. Pius Catholic church in Beaumont and the James Ingle of St. Anthony's Catholic church in Beaumont, will assist. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial park.

Mr. Abshire died Saturday at 1:10 a.m. in Doctors hospital in Groves. He had lived in the area for 50 years and was an operator at Ameripol in Port Neches.

(Published in The Port Arthur News on September 21, 1969)

Obituary:

BRIDGE CITY - Rosaries for Paul Abshire, 73, of 753 Avenue B in Bridge City, who died today at 1:10 a.m. in Doctors hospital after a short illness, will be recited today and Sunday at 8 p.m. in the Levingston Funeral home chapel in Groves. The Knights of Columbus and Legion of Mary from Bridge City will conduct the rosary Sunday.

Funeral services will be held Monday at 10 a.m. in St. Henry's Catholic church with the Rev. Joseph Dazio, of St. Henry's, officiating. Assisting will be the Rev. Dale Calhoun of St. Pius Catholic church in Beaumont and the Rev. James Ingle of St. Anthony's Catholic church in Beaumont. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial park.

A native of Kaplin, La., Mr. Abshire was an operator at Ameripol in Port Neches. He had lived in the area for 50 years. He was a member of St. Henry's Catholic churhc.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Bertha Abshire of Bridge City; two daughters, Mrs. Agnes White of Groves and Mrs. D.J. Palmer of Center, Tex; five sons, Abbie P. Abshire of Port Arthur, Charles Abshire of Houston, A.J. Abshire of Groves, Linwood Abshire of Port Neches, and Louis Abshire of Groves; three sisters, Mrs. E.J. Breaux of Port Arthur, Mrs. T. Morceaux of Gibson, La. and Mrs. L. LeBlanc of Nederland; two brothers, J.J. Abshire of Port Arthur and E.A. Abshire of Marrero, La., 23 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Paul White, Luther White, Jack Palmer, Kenneth Palmer, Gene Brown and Earl Keel.

(Published in The Port Arthur News on September 20, 1969)

Paul married Ada Marie Talbot 5 Apr 1917, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, USA. Ada (daughter of Albert Alphonse Talbot and Ophelia Clement) was born 16 Jan 1900, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 9 Apr 1936, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, USA; was buried 11 Apr 1936, Calvary Cemetery - Port Arthur, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Agnes Mary Abshire was born 22 Feb 1918, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, USA; died 9 Mar 2002, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, USA; was buried 11 Mar 2002, Memory Gardens of Jefferson County - Nederland, Texas, USA.
2. Abbie Paul Abshire was born 13 Feb 1919, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, USA; died 5 Jun 1995, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, USA; was buried 7 Jun 1995, Greenlawn Memorial Park - Groves, Texas, USA.
3. Dorothy Mary Abshire was born 22 Aug 1920, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, USA; died 20 Oct 2008, Center, Shelby County, Texas, USA; was buried 24 Oct 2008, Oaklawn Memorial Park - Center, Texas, USA.
4. Albert Joseph Abshire was born 3 Nov 1925, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, USA; died 23 Dec 2008, Nederland, Jefferson County, Texas, USA; was buried 27 Dec 2008, St. Mark's Episcopal Church Garden Columbarium - Beaumont, Texas, USA.
5. Charles Wilford Abshire was born 11 Aug 1923, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, USA; died 19 Nov 2015, Pasadena, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried 24 Nov 2015, Greenlawn Memorial Park - Groves, Texas, USA.
6. L.J. Abshire, Sr.
7. Louis Edward Abshire was born 10 Nov 1934, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, USA; died 4 Apr 2024, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, USA.