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Monroe News Star in Monroe, Louisiana

10 Jun 1977

Page 6

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Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 10, 1977

Page

6

Ruston Youth Jimmy Wayne Jones Dies In D'Arbonne Swim

Funeral services for Jimmy Wayne Jones 18 of Ruston will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at New Prosperity Baptist Church in Clay with two pastors officiating. Burial follows at the church cemetery under Our Christian Funeral Home. Jones drowned Sunday about 3 30 p.m. while swimming with friends about 300 yards below Lake D Arbonne Spillway in the Old D Arbonne Channel. Rescue efforts by Union Parish Civil Defense and deputies lasted about 11⁄2 hours before recovering the body at 5 30 p.m. Survivors include his mother Odessa Jones and four sisters Armelia Patricia Brantley Joyce Jones Carolyn Jones, three brothers Machiel Keith Roger Jones, one adopted sister Stephanie Jones, and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers named.

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Canterbury Whitman Funeral Services for Thomas Canterbury

Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. today at the Edmonds Funeral Home Chapel in Jonesboro for Thomas Canterbury 76 of Whitman after a lengthy illness. Burial follows at Ebenezer Cemetery. Survivors include his widow Elia, three sons Charles Lloyd Malone and Dorcas Sessions, a daughter, two sisters, and other relatives.

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Whitman Thomas Canterbury Edmonds Jonesboro Morris Goins Ebenezer Pine Hill Elia Cancoe Charles Canterbury Eros Lloyd Canterbury Shreveport Malone Canterbury Monroe Dorcas Sessions of Hodge Jewel Cox Nora Johnson Arcadia
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Joint Services Set For Youths Funeral

Funeral services for two Monroe teenagers killed in a one car accident were held at Swartz Baptist Church with Rev. Gerald Lewis and Rev. Adrian Jordan officiating. Gregory C. Walker 17 and Terri K. Towery 15 died after the Corvette Stingray left La. 139, overturned, and landed in a front yard. Burial followed at Memorial Park Cemetery under Kilpatrick's Funeral Home Monroe.

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Monroe Swartz Baptist Church Gerald Lewis Adrian Jordan Memorial Park Cemetery Kilpatrick Gregory C. Walker Rt. 5 Box 337 Terri K. Towery Lakewood Dr Lincoln Road Ouachita Parish Ebert van Buren Walker Ouachita Parish High School Miss Towery Charles D. Walker Jan Walker S. D. Walker Newellton Rachel Clack Rayville Keith Johnson Brian Johnson Steve Tue Randy Spence Lanny Spence David Busbie
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