Obituaries Thursday, December 23, 2004 Marshall News Messenger Alton Leonard Almand Sr. Meadowbrook Funeral Home Milldale BC Cemetery Graveside services for Alton Leonard Almand Sr., 89, of Waskom, formerly of Zachary, La., will be 3 p.m. today at Milldale Baptist Church Cemetery in Zachary with Bro. Danny Gregg and Bro. Jimmy Robertson officiating. Arrangements are by Meadowbrook Funeral Home in Marshall. Mr. Almand died Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2004, in Marshall. He was born April 9, 1915, in Independence, La., to Mr. Almand and Julia Packwood Almand. He was a self-employed building contractor. He married Dorothy Lee Nelson on July 12, 1925, in Baton Rouge, La. Mr. Almand is survived by one son, Billy R. Almand of Waskom; one daughter, Susan D. Ruben of Zachary; nine grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson; two sisters, Lucille Lalumandier and Doris Jackson, both of Baton Rouge; and other relatives.