Chennault Park Dedication Set for Sunday Ceremony
Formal dedication ceremonies for the Chennault Park recreation facility are set for Sunday at 2 p.m. Finance Commissioner Harlan Prestridge said final plans will be refined at a Recreation Board meeting Tuesday. The 1.5 million complex includes a 6,400 yard golf course, tennis courts, a driving range, and new lakes planned for future fishing activities.
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Chennault Park
Harlan Prestridge
Prestridge
Recreation Board
Louisiana
U.S.G.A
Chennault
Jackie Neal
Eight Jurors Selected For Murder Trial In Ouachita Parish
Eight of twelve jurors were chosen today in the Fourth District Court for the murder trial of Sammy K. Lee. Judge Lemmie O. Hightower presides with Atty. John Harrison prosecuting and James Hobbs defending. The Oct. 6, 1974, incident at a local mobile home park led to Lee's indictment on second degree murder. Trial may run through Wednesday with additional cases later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afoon
Fourth District
Sammy K. Lee
Lemmie O. Hightower
Asst. Dist. Atty
John Harrison
Twin Cities
James Hobbs
Lee
Mobil
Ouachita Parish
Grand Jury
Man Arrested on Drug Charge in West Monroe
Charlett L. Smith of 103 Oak Drive West Monroe was arrested Sunday by the Morehouse Ouachita Parish Strike Force for possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlett L. Smith
Oak Drive
Monroe
Morehouse- Quachita Parish
Southern Hardware IV
Walnut St
Jimmy Rogers Jackson
South 11Th St
Jackson
Former W. Monroe Man Granted Arlington Outstanding Citizen Award
Lt. Col. Robert B. Machen, a former West Monroe resident and Deputy Chief of Staff at the Pentagon, received the Arlington County Arlington Star Outstanding Citizen award. He and his wife Dorothy Works are noted for longtime South Arlington civic work from youth sports coaching to PTA and Parks and Recreation involvement. Machen credits his two sons Las and Mark for drawing him into service and plans to continue civic work in South Arlington.
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West Monroe
Col
Robert B. Machen
The
Washington Star
Arlington County
Department of the Army
Pentagon
Machen
Dorothy Works
Northeast Louisiana University
University of Maryland
Arlington Civic Foundation
South Arlington Area
Arlington
Arlington Ridge Civic Association
Bob
Las
Mark
Parent-Teacher Association
County Parks and Recreation Commission
South Arlington
Deaths and Funerals in Hodge Monroe and surrounding areas
Funeral services were held for Mrs Callie Mae Diffey 75 of Hodge with burial at Springhill Cemetery near Jonesboro. Survivors include husband Tom B Diffey two sons Ernest and Burlton a daughter Dorothy a brother Ocie Rogers a sister Nettie Saint twelve grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren. Also noted are services for Mr Peterson who died in Ruston and Hezekiah Williams 56 of Monroe with burial in Richwood Memorial Gardens. Williams was a member of the American Legion.
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HODGE
Callie Mae Diffey
North Hodge
Burlton Diffey
Jonesboro
Dorothy Duty
Ocie Rogers
Sibley
Nettie Saint
Funeral rites for James Gunn held in Montgomery
Funeral services were held for James Jeff Gunn 61 of Brookhaven Pa at Mt Zion Methodist Church Montgomery with burial in the church cemetery. He died in Philadelphia after a sudden illness. Survived by wife Mrs Jeff Gunn two daughters a son a brother and several grandchildren.
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Montgomery
James Jeff Gunn
Brookhaven
Mt. Zion Methodist Church
Southern Funeral Home
Winnfield
Gunn
Philadelphia
Gulf Refining Co
Jeff Gunn
Maxine
Funeral services for John W. Gorham in Winnfield and Baton Rouge
Burial followed at Garden of Memories Cemetery Winnfield with Rev. W R Gage and Rev Eugene Love directing. Gorham 29 of Baton Rouge died after brief illness at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital. Survived by widow Martha and two daughters Tonya and Becky and two stepsons Paul and Carlton Plunkett plus sister Carolyn Gorham. Also note Mek fete FaRP services for W R Peterson 65 Goldonna held at Antioch Methodist Church.
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Winnfield
John W. Gorham
Baton Rouge
Laurel Heights Baptist Church
W. R. Gage
Eugene Love
Garden of Memories
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home
Gorham
Our Lady of the Lake Hospital
Laurel Heights
W. R. Peterson
Goldonna
Antioch Methodist Church
W. L. Fussell
Funeral services set for G. H. Bush Holleman in Vienna
Funeral services for G. H. Bush Holleman 98 of Vienna are planned for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Spears Funeral Home chapel in Ruston with the Rev. B. H. Peterson and Rev. Gerald Nelson officiating. Burial will follow in Vienna Cemetery. He died Sunday at Lincoln General Hospital in Ruston after a lengthy illness. Survivors include one son Ira D. Holleman of Wheeling West Virginia three daughters Mrs Bert Caskey Arcadia Mrs D P Peterson Simsboro and Mrs H M Jones Vienna 20 grandchildren 43 great grandchildren and eight great great grandchildren.
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Edward Karl Smith
Edwards Road
West Monroe
First Church of God In
Monroe
Steve Nelson
Memorial Park Cemetery
Mulhearn
Glenwood Hospital
Magee, Miss
Green Oaks Detention Home
First Church of God of
David Johnston
Pat Golliher
J. C. Warlick
Robert Warner
Don Robinson
Charles Martin
Tilman Brown
Hazel Anderson
Church Cemetery
Edmonds Funeral Home
Jonesboro
Peterson
Lincoln General Hospital
Ruston
Emma Peterson
Goldonna
Maxine Evans
Waye Griffin
Minden
Mattie Rabb Davis
Choudrantaptist Church
H. L. White
Jerry Whitman
Cooktown
Spears Funeral Home
Mark Davis
Claudine Copeland
Marie Parrish
Montgomery
Gerald Denville Dyson
Hargis Baptist Church
Tom Smith
Southern Funeral Home
Winnfield
Dyson
Rapides General Hospital
Alexandria
Frances Dyson
Denville J. Dyson
James Dyson
Patsy McLaren
Lizzie McIlwain
Vienna
G. H. ‘‘Bush"’ Holleman
Spears Funeral Home Chapel
B. H. Peterson
Gerald Nelson
Ira D. Holleman
Wheeling
W. Va
Bert Caskey
Arcadia
D. P. Peterson
Simsboro
H. M. Jones
Mamie S. Garrison
Oak
Westwego
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home
Garrison
Baptist Hospital
New Orleans
James V. Garrison
W. E. Garrison
Gretna
Odell Miller
Gladysote
Texas City
Texas
Bernice
Barbara Henderson
Kilpatrick
Farmerville
Allen Blackmon
Mount Tabor
Henderson
Union Parish
Mount Patrick Baptist Church
John Henderson
Scott Goss
Thelma Pearson
Willie Frazier
Urania
James M. Nichols
First Baptist Church of
Jack Baucum
Harris Chapel
Olla
Riser and Son Funeral Home
Columbia
Nichols
Veterans Administration Hospital
Nita Nichols
W. A. Nichols
Louise
Tex
M. A. Nichols
Houston
Myrna Veerkamp
Jackie Price
Ann Munsinger
Cy Nichols
Mississippi
J. A. Dollahue
Water Valley
Miss
L. H. Jennings
Wynne, Ark
Funeral notices from Columbia list Claymon Wiley and Leslie Fern
Claymon Wiley 61 of Columbia funeral set for 3 p.m. Tuesday at Brownville Baptist Church Columbia with Rev Ray Hill. Survivors include wife Ashia and daughter Claymon Sue, son Kirby, siblings, and ten grandchildren. Leslie Fern 65 of Columbia to be buried at Palestine Baptist Church Cemetery after service at Palestine Baptist Church. Surviving widow Geraldine and siblings. Both notices note burial details and directing firms.
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Columbia
Claymon Wiley
Brownville Baptist Church of Columbia
Ray Hill
Miller Funeral Home
Monroe
Baton Rouge
Claymon Sue Wiley
Kirby J. Wiley
Chicago
Ill
Lula Adams
South Bend
Ind
Bella Johnson
Rosie Lee Marbley
Alzina Normand
Ceasar Wiley
Clayton A. Wiley
Grambling
Fred Wiley
Detroit
Mich
Multiple Funeral Services Across Louisiana and Texas
Funeral services were held for Bettye Beasley in Bastrop with Reverends McCullough and Whitsitt presiding. Nearby, services for Barbara Henderson in Farmerville, James M. Nichols in Urania, and Thomas Joel Case in Longview were announced, with details on burial sites, surviving relatives, and former residences.
Obituary for Willie Mae Edwards in Monroe
Willie Mae Edwards 47 of 3900 Louberta Street Monroe died Sunday at E A Conway Hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral held 11 a m today at Miller Funeral Home Monroe chapel burial at J S Clark Cemetery. Survived by daughter Earlean Putzear Milwaukee Wis father Willie Edwards Milwaukee brother Arthur Lee Cole Sterlington and three grandchildren
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Willie Mae Edwards
Louberta St
Monroe
Miller Funeral Home
J. S. Clark
Edwards
E. A. Conway Hospital
Earlean Putzear
Milwaukee
Wis
Willie Edwards
Arthur Lee Cole
Sterlington
Rites Planned For Robertson in Springhill and Monroe
Thomas Glenn Robertson 67 of Springhill died today in Al derson Hospital Houston Texas after a lengthy illness Funeral services set for Wednesday 10 a m Bailey Funeral Home Springhill burial Riverview Cemetery Monroe at 3 p m Mulhearn's Funeral Home and Lucille Russ Robertson of Joeyill daughter Mrs Edwards of Shreveport mother Mrs Ida Robertson of Shreveport sisters Mrs Frank Welch Springhill Mrs Geneva Hanna Shreveport and Mrs Russ Roberts New Orleans brothers Ro Robertson Shreveport Bobby Robertson Coushatta
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Springhill
Thomas Glenn Robertson
Alderson Hospital
Houston
Tex
Robertson
Monroe
Bailey Funeral Home
Riverview Cemetery
Mulhearn
Lucille Russ Robertson
Joeyill
Edwards
Shreveport
Ennis Davis Rites Tuesday
Funeral services for Ennis G. Davis 63 proprietor of the Holiday Inn Grill and Restaurant of Monroe will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Mulhearn's Funeral Home Monroe. Burial will be in Shady Grove Cemetery Jersey Arkansas. Davis died Sunday at St Francis Hospital Monroe after a brief illness. He was active in the Louisiana Restaurant Association Arkansas Razorback Booster Club a World War II Army veteran native of Jersey Arkansas and resident of Monroe since 1955. He is survived by Mrs Clara Davis Monroe one son Joe Davis Monroe one sister Miss Velva Davis Little Rock and several nieces and nephews.
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Columbia
Leslie Fern
Palestine Baptist Church
Jack Head
Palestine Baptist Church Cemetery
Riser and Son Funeral Home
Columba
Fern
Glenwood Hospital
Geraldine Faulks Fern
Roy H. Fern
Lincoln, Neb
Lawrence Fern
Norwood, Mo
Gladys Jordan
Vienna
Houston, Tex
W. C. Everett
Kenneth Mann
Memory Park
Longview
Case
Monroe
First Baptist Church
United Gas Pipe Line Co
Ennis G. Davis
Holiday Inn Grill
Mulhearn
Edgar L. Wiggins
Shady Grove
Jersey
Ark
Ennis
St Francis Hospital
Davis
Louisiana Restaurant Association
Arkansas Razorback Booster Club
Clara Davis
Joe Davis
Velva Davis
Little Rock
Rites For Drowned Boy Incomplete
Grady Manning a 16 year old drowned Sunday while swimming in the Ouachita River near Lazarre Point West Monroe. Hunt's Golden State Funeral Home will direct services. Jessie Smith of Monroe attempted a rescue but could not reach Manning in time per West Monroe police.
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Grady Manning
Ouachita River
Hunt
Golden State
Manning
Alabama St
Lazarre Point
West Monroe
Jessie Smith
Stanford St
Monroe
Smith
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Chronicle of
America
Patrick Henry
Virginia
Ross Mackenzie
Jeff MacNelly
United Feature Syndicate
E. Smith
Ambassador Plaza
Erin Street
Monroe- Ouachita Regional
Man
9Th
Louise Ann Streets
Geter
McGee St
Roy Little
Lakeshore
W. Monroe
Arlington Award
C. Diffey
H. Williams
Hezekiah Williams
S. 11Th St
Chapel of
Iller
E. D. Nation
Richwood Memorial Gardens
Williams
St. Francis Hospital
American Legion
Esevena Williams
James Gunn
Robert Foster
Delhi
Robert L. Foster
Rt. 3
Lamar Baptist Church
Here
Pat Loftin
Herbert Remore
Crowville Masonic Cemetery
Crowville
Kidder-Cox Funeral Home
Foster
Richland
Mae Foster
Otto Foster
J. A. Foster
LaGrange
Curtis Foster
Artie Pearl Morland
Fayetteville
Vera Mae Lowe
Wisner
William Till
Carlos Till
Henry Till
Billy Joe Chapman
Billy Earl Hammons
John Arnold
Mrs. Hasseburg
Lara E. Hasseberg
Troy Patrick
Phillip Laborde
Smith Cemetery
Hasseberg
Tendel
Church of the Nazarene
Bernard Boland
Lois Lawson
Tulsa
Okla
Mrs
Mattie Davis
Gerald Dyson
Edwin Smith
Clayton
Edwin Oscar Smith
Clayton Baptist Church
W. C. Guire
Old Pine Hill
Sicily Island
Young
Ferriday
Concordia Parish Hospital
Tensas First
John Gorham
Bush’ Holleman
Richard Smith
Monterey
E. Odell Smith
Donald Smith
Elwaine Smith
Beatrice Aiguier
Lorell Loomis
Edna McDuff
Marlyn Ande
A Hamilton
Barbara Scarbrook
Marie Thornton
Franklinton
Nannie Johnson
Vicksburg
Mrs. Beasley
Bastrop
Bettye Beasley
Chapel of Golden Funeral Home
L. H. McCullough
Earl Whitsitt
Morehouse General Hospital
Maurine Beasley
Mrs. M. Garrison
Mrs. Henderson
James Nichols
Thomas J. Case
Mrs. Edwards
Roark Bros Music CO
Auburn Avenue
Rites
Ennis Davis
News-Star—World
Cypress West Monroe
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