Caddo County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Luther, James Madison August 9, 2006
Southern Funeral Home
August 2006, Southern Funeral Home Obits; Caddo, Louisiana
Submitter: B. Jo Branch
Source: Southern Funeral Home
Date: 18 August 2006 



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James Madison Luther 
(April 2, 1931 - August 10, 2006) 


 Springhill, LA - Grave side services were conducted for Mr.
James Madison Luther on August 10, 2006, with Masonic Rites at
the Couley Double Church Cemetery in Winnfield, Louisiana, with
Rev. Ronald Morgan, First Baptist Church of Springhill,
officiating. Services were under the direction of Southern
Funeral Home of Winnfield. Mr. Luther was born to Arthur and
Gertrude Hurley Luther in Winnfield on April 2, 1931, and
passed away in Shreveport, Louisiana, on August 9, 2006,
following a lengthy illness. He lived over forty years in
Lafayette and New Iberia while working in the oil industry and
as an independent insurance agent before relocating to
Springhill earlier this year. Mr. Luther was a member of the
Masonic Hope Lodge #145 in Lafayette, the Habibi Temple of Lake
Charles and was an Air Force veteran.

He was preceded in death by his parents and sisters: Melba
Camp, Elba Shepard and Patsy Bogues. Mr. Luther is survived by
his wife of fifty-five years, Jo Ann Montgomery Luther, two
daughters: Brenda Hardaway of Richardson, Texas, and Jeanine
Younger and her husband, Claude, of Denham Springs, Louisiana;
four Grandchildren: Ginger and Kyla Hardaway and Cole and
Jessica Younger; siblings: A. G. Luther and wife, Dorothy;
Charles R. Luther and wife, Barbara; Doris Herrin; Dora Lee
Peck and husband, Richard.

The family wishes to thank the staff of Springhill Medical
Center, Christus Schumpert, their friends and new church family
at Springhill First Baptist Church for their skill, compassion
and prayers. The family encourages memorial gifts be given to
the Springhill First Baptist Church Youth Building fund or The
Shriners Hospital for Children in Shreveport.