Webster-Winn-Lafayette County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....
Luther, James August 9, 2006
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Southern Funeral Home

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. Friends may post messages of 
condolence online by visiting www.southernfuneralhome.com