Sewell, O.D.

Graveside services for O.D. Sewell, 79, of Longview, will be 2 p.m. today, October 8, 2007, 
at Lakeview Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Gregg Martin officiating. Burial will be under 
the direction of Rader Funeral Home of Longview. He passed away Saturday, October 6, at his 
residence in Longview.

Mr. Sewell was born April 29, 1928, in Pittsburg, Texas, to Oscar Dickson and Opal Ruth 
Davis Sewell. He retired from Southwestern Bell after 38 years service and was former 
president of the Telecom Pioneers of Northeast Texas. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air 
Force and served in Korea. Mr. Sewell was a member of the Paris, Texas, Masonic Lodge No. 
27, where he was a 32nd Degree Mason and a member of the Scottish Rite Temple in Dallas. He 
was an amateur "Ham" radio operator and a member of Mobberly Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and his son, Robert David Sewell.

Those left to cherish his memory are his wife of almost 58 years, Martha Sewell of Longview; 
son, Dennis Ray Sewell of Dallas; and grandchildren, Lauren Ashley Sewell and Ryan Austin 
Sewell, also of Dallas.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Myelodysplastic Syndromes Foundation, Inc., P.O. 
Box 353, Crosswicks, NJ 08515; the American Heart Association, 1125 Judson Rd., Suite 150, 
Longview, TX 75601; or a charity of your choice.

A memorial guestbook may be signed online at www.raderfh.com

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 10/8/2007.