Obituaries from Monroe and surrounding towns
Final rites for Mrs. Josephine B. Lambert are set for 2 30 p m at Hixson Brothers Funeral Home in Monroe with burial in Riverview cemetery. Funeral services for several residents in Bay St. Louis Monroe Monessen Grayson Oak Grove Bernice Ruston and West Monroe follow with multiple survivors listed.
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Josephine B. Lambert
N. 3Rd T
Monroe
Hixson Brothers
C. E. Mc.Kenzie
Bay ST. Louis
Miss
Joseph C
Joe) Hanlon
Lake Shore Cemetery
Riemmann Funeral Home
Hanlon
Lilliad Hanlon Davis
Monessen
Mike Zarro
Joe Zarro
Zarro
Grayson
J. C. Hines
Grayson Baptist Church
Jim Lofton
J. D. Kitchingham
Welcome Home Cemetery
Riser and Son Funeral Home
Mr. Hines
Oak Grove
Simon Peter Sanderson
Rt. 1
Jord Brantly
B. W. Hayhurst
Church of Christ Ministers
Kilbourne
First National Funeral Home
Sanderson
West Carrell Parish
Bernice
Inez Grafton Thaxton
Shreveport
Pisgah Baptist Church
Ira Peak
Charles Kircus
Pisgah Cemetery
Kilpatrick
Lubbock
Tex
Horace E. Thaxton
Lake Charles
J. E. McDermont
Leonard Scoggins
Joyce Thaxton
E. E. Grafton
New Iberia
Kenny
Elza
John W. Grafton
B L. St. Johan Sr
F. M. Dendy
Emanuel Ruston
Nannie Emanuel
Ruston
Kilpatrick Funeral Home
W. W. Cooper
Saint Best Cemetery
Dubach
Emanuel
Lincoln General Hospital
Oliver Skipper
Dollie Colvin
Sallie Katie McCray
Howard Heary
Downsville
Clyde A. Rawls
Wheelis
West Monroe
Peters Funeral Home
E. W. Callebron
J. H. White
Hasley
Rawls
E. A. Conway Dent
First Battles Today In Legislature
Mississippi lawmakers moved to ward the 1966 session with Gov. Johnson backing early action on redistricting highway programs reapportionment and election law revisions He urged serious study of financing options for a $40 million road program and a redistricting bill to equalize population in the 4th and 2nd districts while both chambers prepared introductions for a day focused on setup rather than major work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Paul Johnson
Johnson
House Senate
Kenneth Williams
Coahoma
Jamie Whitten
Prentiss Walker
Williams
Men convicted for flogging in Covington trial
In Covington Louisiana two white men L M Raynor and Oscar Anderson were found guilty of flogging Clarence O Berry who said he beat his wife. The judge postponed sentencing to February 2. Three others Harold Brakefield John Gipson and John Gomer go on trial Friday in connection with the same incident. O Berry said five men in Ku Klux Klan robes attacked him in July 1964 but he claimed no racial motive. Raynor Anderson Gipson also face charges with four others of torching two Negro churches near Slidell last August 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
UPI
Frederick Ellis
L. M. Raynor
Oscar Anderson
Harold Brakefield
John Gipson
John Gomer
Clarence O’berry
St. Tammany Parish
Raynor
Anderson
Gipson
Slidell
Graveside Rites Today For First WWI Draftee
Clyde Martin Bradshaw, Greenville Mississippi native and draft card No 258 the first drawn in the 1917 draft, dies at Veterans Hospital at age 73. He served as an Army lieutenant and later worked as a hardware salesman and retired in Birmingham. Graveside services are planned today in Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Clyde Martin Bradshaw
America
Bradshaw
Greenville
Miss
Newton D. Baker
Accident Kills Two Negroes In Louisiana Crash
Two Haynesville men Rufus Curry 55 and Fred Henderson 49 were killed in a two truck collision near Shangaloo Louisiana on Alternate Highway 2 at 2 25 p m. Dolphus Davis believed to be driving one truck was in critical condition at Schumpert Sanitarium Shreveport. Weaver 26 of Spring suffered non life threatening injuries. Investigators say the pickup veered off the road and struck a gravel truck. No charges filed pending investigation.
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Springhill
Haynesville
Shangaloo
Rufus Curry
Fred Henderson
Dolphus Davis
Schumpert Sanitarium
Shreveport
Nee Weaver
Weaver
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Mrs. Lambert
J. C. Hanlon
S. P. Sanderson
Mrs. Thaxton
C. A. Rawls
Luna Assembly of God Church
Eli Rawls
Juanita Thatcher
New Orleans
Clyde Jr
Johnny Rawls
Cecil Rawls
Houston
Jerry Rawls
Odear Rawls
Nora Black
R. D. Rawls
Long Beech
Louisville Ave
Missy-n-Ladies
Jokela