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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1977
Page
7
Grayson and nearby towns mourn as funeral services are held for Hettie Weeks 84 and Onnie Richardson 71 in Grayson with burial at Mount Rose Cemetery. Other rites include Clarence Crockett 81 at Tallulah New Friendship Church and William Cannady 73 in Quitman Antioch Cemetery, with survivors listed across several families and towns.
Funeral notices for Mrs Viola Eula Cherry 82 of Monroe at Morning Star No 2 Baptist Church with Rev H S Staten. Mrs Dora M Lincoln 84 of Monroe at Zion Spring Baptist Church with Rev E J Jones. Adolfo Villegas 51 of Monroe at St Matthews Catholic Church with Msgr George Martinez. Bradford Eugene Worley 31 of New Orleans at Memorial Park Mausoleum after drowning on Lake D Arbonne. Jon Brandon Sharp infant of Choudrant at Roselawn Cemetery. Sidney Albert Mohundro 82 of Monroe at Mulhearn Funeral Home chapel. Oscar Recoulley Harry Greenwood Sr Henry Taylor and others listed with multiple survivors noted.
Jimmy Ray Manning age 15 of West Monroe will be honored at Ollie Branch Baptist Church in West Monroe with Rev Everett Slack officiating. Burial follows at Mt Zinat Cemetery in Choudrant under Miller's Funeral direction. Manning drowned Sunday in the Ouachita River. Survivors include mother Ester Mae Manning, one brother, six sisters and multiple grandparents and relatives.
Cork election results show Councillor Gerald Goldberg defeating an opponent by 18 votes to 10 to become the city’s first Jewish lord mayor. The Monroe AAUW Branch is among 130 recipients of 1977 78 Research & Projects Grants totaling 86900 from the AAUW Educational Foundation. Louisiana AAUW branches receive grants for nursing home companionship programs and a talent bank of women for public service. The truck license tag purchase deadline is set for Thursday per the State Department of Public Safety.
Ouachita Parish deputies investigate a West Monroe burglary at 205 Bescayne for 1000 dollars in coins and a 571 dollar outboard motor. Police seek a six foot, 155 to 160 pound black male connected to a separate armed robbery at K and D Food Store and other thefts including a CB radio and a car radio. The period spans last week to Monday with multiple thefts and a juvenile sex charge against Robert Gaddis of Richwood High.
Fourth District Judge Lemmie O. Hightower said he will set a trial date once Monroe City Attorney Charles Patten requests it. The city seeks to seize a cottonwood tree blocking the clear zone of runway 31 at Monroe Municipal Airport. Evans' counsel asked to be released after Evans refused to trim the tree despite an $840 offer. The city cites potential loss of FAA funds if the tree remains a hazard to pilots.
Funeral services for Mrs. Isabella Rix 74 of 318 South 8th Ferriday will be at noon Wednesday at Mercy Seat Baptist Church with Rev F A Williams. Burial in Ferriday Cemetery under Miller's Funeral Home Monroe. She died Friday at Concordia Parish Rest Home after a lengthy illness. Survivors include her brother Henry Wells of Greenwood Mississippi two grandchildren one niece and one nephew.
Five people were hurt in two separate auto accidents Monday in the Ouachita area. In West Monroe, two men on a motorcycle were admitted in satisfactory condition after a collision at Evergreen and Bawcom. In Monroe, a two-vehicle crash at Joe White and Lincoln injured Granville Morehead, Dorothy Morehead, and James Price. Donald Hogan was charged with failure to yield and negligent injury.
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