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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1958
Page
2
Louisiana Tech hosts a two hour credit short course for the study of mentally retarded children from June 14 to 27 at the First Baptist Church Ruston. Dr Lillian Whitmore of Tulsa serves as chief consultant with readings labs films and daily lectures.
Ed Seamans 81 died at home Friday evening. Funeral services at Beulah Cemetery with Rev. Dan Green officiating. Interment under Gays Funeral Home direction. Survived by wife Harriet, son Jap, daughters Winnie Mewburn Ozell Seamans both Oak Grove Eva McKain Cullendale Ark., sister Annie Seamane Oak Grove, fifteen grandchildren, nineteen great grandchildren.
James W Littleton 84 of Chestnut dies after a long illness in a Shreveport hospital. Funeral at Briarwood Baptist Church Rendheimer officiated, burial in Briarwood Cemetery. Survived by wife Minnie, two daughters Hattie Littleton and B B Judah, a son H P Littleton, two sisters, two brothers, 13 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held yesterday for Mrs. Frank Jones 71 of Rayville who died Friday night at a Delhi clinic Reverend Father Lawrence officiated at Sacred Heart Catholic Church Burial was in the Delhi Masonic Cemetery She is survived by her husband four daughters a sister a brother fifteen grandchildren and one great grandchild
Mrs Betty Bartley 47 of Urania died in a local hospital early Saturday. Funeral services are at 2 p.m. today at Urania Baptist Church with Rev W O Corley officiating. Interment in Georgetown cemetery under Riser and Son Funeral Home Columbia. She is survived by husband C S Bartley two brothers Jack Higgins Eureka Calif Bob Higgins St Helens Oregon and four sisters Jessie Kelly Pollock Lucy Peck Portland Ore Mary Boyer Minden and Della Wooley Pineville. Body lies in state at the family home in Urania.
Mrs Alice Clark 87 dies at Hebert after long illness funeral at Hebert Methodist Church with Dr Wren Causey. interment in Columbia Cemetery, grave marker by Riser and Sons. James W Martin 84 dies in hospital. services at Hall Funeral Home Chapel with Reverends Allen and Brown. burial in Liberty Hill Cemetery near Farmerville. Births list multiple families from Mounds to Bastrop with names and birth dates including Kathy Annette June 3 and Kathryn Diane June 8. many other newborns across the region.
The obituary notes one granddaughter Mrs Mildred Hobbs of Monroe two great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers include Earl Herman G M Murphy Charles Murphy Jack Hollingsworth and J Blackwell.
In Lockhart Texas a woman deputy sheriff was appointed the first in Caldwell county's 110 year history. Mrs Toni Hinch was named Sheriff Desmond Reed as a deputy to serve as a district court bailiff with plans for her to act as bailiff in the future when women serve on juries.
In Kalamazoo Michigan the Michigan Society for Mental Hygiene group approves renaming to Kalamazoo Child Guidance Clinic to shorten the long original title. The group asked the city commission for the change.
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