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Holley And Townsend Funeral Scheduled For Rayville Today A double funeral will be held for two men who met death in their flaming trailer which overturned and caught fire in an underpass leading to the Harahan bridge at Memphis, Tenn., Wednesday. The service for James H. Holley, Jr., 23, and for Otis Townsend, 25, will take place in the Masonic Cemetery at Rayville Sun day at 4 pm. Rev. John H. Hooks, Baptist minister, will officiate. Holley, of Monroe, is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Holley, of Delhi; a brother, Robert Earl Hol ley of Delhi and a sister, Mrs. Mildred Colter, of West Memphis, Ar. He served in the merchant marine in the recent war. Townsend, of Epps, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sadie Felker Town send, of Lake Charles, and five broth ers: Leroy Townsend, Mutt Town send, Ray Townsend, James Townsend and Mack Townsend. He was a vet eran of World War Two and mem ber of the V. F. W. post in Rayville.
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Monroe Morning World
Monroe, Louisiana, US
Sun, Sep 07, 1947
Page 12
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