Leon Darby Salter

1900 - 1996  (95 years)

• Name	Leon Darby Salter
  Birth	19 Apr 1900	Negreet, Sabine, Louisiana, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	Mar 1996	Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA
  Burial	Forest Park Cemetery
  Person ID	I49715	Clan Montgomery Society
  Last Modified	7 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Edward Fore Salter,   b. 18 Dec 1873, Sandersville, Mississippi d. 23 Jul 1951, Many, Sabine, Louisiana, USA (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lula Isabelle Miller,   b. 6 Apr 1883, Florien, Sabine, Louisiana, USA d. 17 Jul 1951, Many, Sabine, Louisiana, USA (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Dec 1898	Sabine, Louisiana, USA
  Family ID	F16409	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Zelma White
  Children	1. LeDarby Salter  [Father: natural]   2. Richard Salter  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F16433	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 May 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 19 Apr 1900 - Negreet, Sabine, Louisiana, USA Death - Mar 1996 - Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Submitted via GEDCOM by Daniel Frederick Montgomery, CMS 2419, on 14 Jul 2004. Mr. Leon Darby Salter, Sabine Parish, Sabine Index, Many, LA, Mar 20, 1996 20 Mar 1996 - Services for Mr. Leon Darby Salter, 95, of Shreveport wereheld at 2:30 p.m. Monday, March 18, 1996 at the Rose-Neath MarshallStreet Chapel. The Rev. Paul C. Carroll, Sr. Pastor of Mangum MemorialMethodist Church officiated. Masonic Rites were conducted by the membersof the Queensborough Masonic Lodge. Interment was in Forest Park Cemetery. Mr. Salter was born in Negreet. The oldest of 14 children of Edward Foreand Lula Isabelle Salter, was a resident of Shreveport for over 50 years,a retired carpenter and builder. He was the oldest living graduate ofMany High School, attended LSU and graduated from Northwestern University. Mr. Salter taught school at Springridge, near Pleasant Hill from 1920through 1923. He then supervised the building of several roads throughNatchitoches Parish, the largest project, being the road which ranthrough Kisatchie. He ran the first pipe for the dedication of gas inNatchitoches and later plumbing many commercial buildings and residents. He was an active farmer in Red River Parish from 1928 until 1946. Otherendeavors were Fedeal Crop Allocation, First Soil ConservationCommissioner elected to the Sabine District. He was active in theconstruction trade until he was 88 years old. He was a steward andchairman of the building and grounds committee at Wynn Memorial MethodistChurch and the oldest member of his Sunday School Class at MangumMemorial Methodist Chruch. Mr. Salter was a Master Mason for over 70years and a member of the Queensborough Masonic Lodge. Mr. Salter is survived by his wife of 69 years, Mrs. Zelma White Salter,two sons, LeDarby Salter and his wife Jane of Shreveport, Richard Salteralso of Shreveport; four sister, Mrs. Thelma Davenport of DeRidder, LA,Mrs. Devonia Willard of Texerkana, Tx, Mrs. Ruth Thompkins and Mrs.Juanita Edward, both of Many; one brother, Norman Salter of Lafayette;four grandchildren and six great grandchildren.