Obituaries: Abney Earl Deen, 1938, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: November 24, 1938 Winn Parish Enterprise

Last Rites For A. E. Deen Are Held At Mars Hill

Son of Mrs. J. E. Deen of Winnfield Dies In Shreveport

Funeral services for Abney Earl Deen, 53, a patrolman for the Shreveport
police department, and son of Mrs. J. E. Deen of Winnfield, were held last
Thursday at the Mars Hill Cemetery.  Mr. Deen died at a Shreveport sanitarium
Wednesday, after a brief illness.

Active pallbearers, fellow members of the police department, were C. A.
Giglio, R. C. Williams, Dewey Schwartzenburg, Tom Hardy, Claude Cranor, T. E.
Barnhill.

Honorary pallbearers were police officials and members of the police
department.

Mr. Deen's health had been impaired for some time but he did not become
seriously ill until Monday night when he suffered a stroke of paralysis.

Surviving are his mother, Mrs. J. E. Deen, Winnfield; a sister, Mrs. R. C.
Fletcher, Winnfield; two daughters, Joy and Opal Deen, Appleby, Texas; two
sons, Clyde Deen, clerk at the Shreveport post office and Charles Deen of
Appleby, Texas; two brothers, G. R. Deen, Shreveport and A. N. Deen, Appleby;
three sisters, Mrs. Heard Neal of Lefors, Texas and Mrs. A. C. Reeves, of
Appleby (only two sisters listed).

Mr. Deen had been a member of the Shreveport police department for about 12
years and was one of the most popular members of that force.  He was held in
high esteem by police officials and fellow officers and his death came as a
shock to them as well as to his large circle of friends.  Mr. Deen was a man
of pleasing disposition and made friends easily.  He was well liked by the
public.  The deceased was born on Jan. 11, 1886 near Aloha, La.  He was a
member of the Baptist Church.