Died at 5 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, 1979, at Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center. He was 80, a native of Leesville and a resident of Clinton. He was a retired employee of the Soil Conservation Service in East Feliciana Parish and an Army veteran of World War I. Visiting at First Baptist Church, Clinton, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Religious services at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the church, conducted by the Rev. Roy Stebbins and the Rev. Darwin Hall. Burial in Masonic Cemetery, Clinton.
Survived by his wife, Mrs. Emily Viola Smith Cain, Clinton; two daughters, Mrs. Thomas (Jo Ann) Johnson, Ridgefield, Conn., and Mrs. John Allen (Carolyn) Phares, Clinton; a grandson, Reid Johnson, Ridgefield; four granddaughters, Shannon and Mariah Phares, both of Clinton, Ruth and Heather Johnson, both of Ridgefield; a sister, Mrs. Zilla Cain Efurd, Shreveport; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by his parents, the Rev. and Mrs. William Henry Cain.
Pallbearers : James A. Smith II, A. M. McConnell, Bill Wheat, D. R. Hall, Glenn Hunt, John Lyles, Percy Dreher and Joe Hunt.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church, American Legion, was a 32nd Degree Mason of Olive Lodge No. 52, F&AM, a Shriner of the Jerusalem Shrine Temple, a member of the Washington Chapter No. 57 of R.A.M., a graduate of LSU and a former coach, math teacher and assistant principal at Central High School.
Published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), Wednesday, September 19, 1979
Survived by his wife, Mrs. Emily Viola Smith Cain, Clinton; two daughters, Mrs. Thomas (Jo Ann) Johnson, Ridgefield, Conn., and Mrs. John Allen (Carolyn) Phares, Clinton; a grandson, Reid Johnson, Ridgefield; four granddaughters, Shannon and Mariah Phares, both of Clinton, Ruth and Heather Johnson, both of Ridgefield; a sister, Mrs. Zilla Cain Efurd, Shreveport; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by his parents, the Rev. and Mrs. William Henry Cain.
Pallbearers : James A. Smith II, A. M. McConnell, Bill Wheat, D. R. Hall, Glenn Hunt, John Lyles, Percy Dreher and Joe Hunt.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church, American Legion, was a 32nd Degree Mason of Olive Lodge No. 52, F&AM, a Shriner of the Jerusalem Shrine Temple, a member of the Washington Chapter No. 57 of R.A.M., a graduate of LSU and a former coach, math teacher and assistant principal at Central High School.
Published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), Wednesday, September 19, 1979
Died at 5 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, 1979, at Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center. He was 80, a native of Leesville and a resident of Clinton. He was a retired employee of the Soil Conservation Service in East Feliciana Parish and an Army veteran of World War I. Visiting at First Baptist Church, Clinton, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Religious services at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the church, conducted by the Rev. Roy Stebbins and the Rev. Darwin Hall. Burial in Masonic Cemetery, Clinton.
Survived by his wife, Mrs. Emily Viola Smith Cain, Clinton; two daughters, Mrs. Thomas (Jo Ann) Johnson, Ridgefield, Conn., and Mrs. John Allen (Carolyn) Phares, Clinton; a grandson, Reid Johnson, Ridgefield; four granddaughters, Shannon and Mariah Phares, both of Clinton, Ruth and Heather Johnson, both of Ridgefield; a sister, Mrs. Zilla Cain Efurd, Shreveport; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by his parents, the Rev. and Mrs. William Henry Cain.
Pallbearers : James A. Smith II, A. M. McConnell, Bill Wheat, D. R. Hall, Glenn Hunt, John Lyles, Percy Dreher and Joe Hunt.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church, American Legion, was a 32nd Degree Mason of Olive Lodge No. 52, F&AM, a Shriner of the Jerusalem Shrine Temple, a member of the Washington Chapter No. 57 of R.A.M., a graduate of LSU and a former coach, math teacher and assistant principal at Central High School.
Published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), Wednesday, September 19, 1979
Survived by his wife, Mrs. Emily Viola Smith Cain, Clinton; two daughters, Mrs. Thomas (Jo Ann) Johnson, Ridgefield, Conn., and Mrs. John Allen (Carolyn) Phares, Clinton; a grandson, Reid Johnson, Ridgefield; four granddaughters, Shannon and Mariah Phares, both of Clinton, Ruth and Heather Johnson, both of Ridgefield; a sister, Mrs. Zilla Cain Efurd, Shreveport; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by his parents, the Rev. and Mrs. William Henry Cain.
Pallbearers : James A. Smith II, A. M. McConnell, Bill Wheat, D. R. Hall, Glenn Hunt, John Lyles, Percy Dreher and Joe Hunt.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church, American Legion, was a 32nd Degree Mason of Olive Lodge No. 52, F&AM, a Shriner of the Jerusalem Shrine Temple, a member of the Washington Chapter No. 57 of R.A.M., a graduate of LSU and a former coach, math teacher and assistant principal at Central High School.
Published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), Wednesday, September 19, 1979
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