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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1972
Page
16
Funeral services were held or announced for Mrs. Bobbie Jean Adams 37 of Baton Rouge Mrs. Edrie Ross Henry 54 of Sterlington John Redick Cotton 77 of Las Cruces N M Arthur Wesley 72 of Winnsboro and John H Pete Pitre 62 of West Monroe. Survivors include spouses parents and siblings. Burial rites were conducted at multiple cemeteries with local churches and funeral homes directing.
Joanne Carson denies bitterness over Johnny Carson’s remarriage and clarifies ties with Henry Kissinger and Glenn Ford. She says Ford is a friend, Kissinger a casual acquaintance, and reflects on public interest in her life while sharing personal views from recent appearances.
Multiple obituaries list Jim Rayford aged 76 of Monroe and Mrs. Mary Trichel of Swartz among other local burials. The notices name survivors including spouses children siblings and grandchildren and provide funeral details at Miller and Spears-Vickers funeral homes with burial at Hasley Cemetery Richwood Memorial Gardens Cloudy Creek Cemetery and other local sites. Roosevelt Patterson formerly of Delhi and now of Chicago also listed for services at Cloudy Creek Church with burial at Cloudy Creek Cemetery.
Funeral services for William Jennings Rhymes 76 of Jonesboro were held at McDonald Baptist Church with Revs Harry Tipton and Richard Shreve officiating. Burial followed at the church cemetery. Survivors include four sons two brothers 36 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.
Rosetta Andrews 42 of West Monroe died last Saturday at Lincoln Park Nursing Home after a brief illness. Funeral services are Saturday at 11 a.m. at Olive Branch Baptist Church with Rev. S. L. V. Johnson officiating. Burial follows at City Cemetery. Miller's Funeral Home of Monroe directs. Survivors include two sisters Mrs. Mattie Bell Webster and Mrs. Elizabeth Head. one brother Frank Andrews Jr.. an uncle William Bluford. ten nieces and nine nephews. several other relatives.
Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Mount Zion Baptist Church for Claude Jingles 65 of Delhi with Rev. H. T. James officiating. Burial in church cemetery under Miller's Funeral Home Monroe. Jingles died Tuesday at Richland Parish Hospital after a brief illness. Survivors include his wife Lena Jingles and four brothers, Alex Jingles.
Funeral services for Percy Lynn Johnston age 61 of 220 Pear St Monroe were at 10 30 a m in Hixson Brothers Funeral Home chapel Mon Burial followed in Plain Dealing Cemetery Plain Dealing He died early Thursday at Huey P Long Hospital Pineville after a lengthy illness Survivors include three brothers Edward L Johnston of Alexandria Anthem B Johnston of Monroe and Bradley A Johnston of El Reno Okla and his mother Mrs Lillian A Johnston of Monroe
Governor Edwin Edwards receives a 47 point planning report from the Office of State Planning. The document urges minimum standards for law enforcement training and urges re designation and enforcement of state planning districts. It also directs agencies to recognize these districts.
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