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SAREPTA, LA - Services for Mr. Stephen B. Pugh, Sr., 95, of Sarepta, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday Sept. 15 at the New Sarepta Baptist Church, where he was a member and deacon. The Rev. Richard May will officiate. Burial: Old Sarepta Cemetery. Plans are under the direction of Bailey Mortuary of Springhill, La.

He died Tuesday Sept. 13, 1983, in Springhill. Mr. Pugh, a native of the Friendship Community in DeSoto Parish, La. and a resident of Sarepta for 55 years, was retired from International Paper Co. and was a retired farmer.

He is survived by three sons, Dr. N.O. Pugh, Sr. of Shreveport, Stephen B. Pugh, Jr. of Sarepta and Orie Lee Pugh of Lake Wales, Fla.; one daughter, Margaret Ashbaugh of Blue Springs, Kansas; eleven grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be David Lynn Pugh, Jack Pugh, Lester Crawford, Lester Fife, E.L. Edwards and Dr. Newell O. Pugh, Jr.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on September 15, 1983)

Stephen — Grace Elizabeth Houston. Grace (daughter of Lazarus Lafayette Houston and Frances Viola Campbell) was born 16 Jul 1890, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 2 Feb 1983, Springhill, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 4 Feb 1983, Old Sarepta Cemetery - Sarepta, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Newell Osteen Pugh, Sr. was born 1 Sep 1916, Grand Cane, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 25 Mar 2009, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 28 Mar 2009, Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
2. Vernia Margaret Pugh was born 13 Dec 1917, Grand Cane, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 14 Apr 2006, Blue Springs, Jackson County, Missouri, USA; was buried 18 Apr 2006, Forest Hill Cemetery - Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
3. Stephen Bannerman Pugh, Jr. was born 24 Sep 1920, Grand Cane, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 22 Aug 2001, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 25 Aug 2001, Old Sarepta Cemetery - Sarepta, Louisiana, USA.
4. Viola B. Pugh was born 16 Nov 1927, Grand Cane, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 19 Oct 1929, Springhill, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , Old Sarepta Cemetery - Sarepta, Louisiana, USA.
5. Orie Lee Pugh was born 22 Aug 1930, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 29 Mar 2016, Bartow, Polk County, Florida, USA; was buried 1 Apr 2016, Florida National Cemetery - Bushnell, Florida, USA.