Obituaries beginning with " Co - Cq ", LaSalle Parish, Louisiana Submitted by: As listed Source: As listed Date: As listed ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Obituarys Listed On This Page: (total number -52-) -Cobb, William Branch -Cobbs, Camille D. -Cobbs, Nettie Knippers -Coffer, Earl -Coke, Mary C. -Coile, Justin Marshall -Coldiron, Milton Bradley -Collins, Anna R. -Collins, Dale Levon -Collins, Ethel Hailey -Collins, Frank Edward -Collins, Jammie -Collins, Langston Francis -Collins, Lucille -Collins, Ricky Glenn -Colter, Mrs. R. C. -Colvin, Joe P. -Condit, Ralph I. -Coney, Dr. W.C. -Conn, Bobbie J. -Conn, Leonia Austin -Cook, Anna B. -Cook, Emily -Cooley, Ira Napoleon -Cooper, Ernest -Cooper, J. H. G. "Grant" -Cooper, Mrs. L. C. -Cooper, Nathan C. -Cooper, Ray "Chee Chee" -Cooper, Ruby Netherland -Copeland, Bess Vize -Cornett, Thomas A. -Cornwell, Ermon R. -Cornwell, James W. -Cornwell, M. V. Sr. -Corson, Bettye Jena Hailey -Costello, Herber E. -Cotten, Bernice Hazel -Cotten, E. Lott -Cotten, Jack Harold -Cotten, John Walter -Cotten, Lee Vanner -Cotten, Wanda Lou Adams -Cottingham, Morton -Courtney, Patsy Elaine Joy -Cowan, Anna Hudsbeth -Cowart, Nell -Cowart, Versie J. -Cox, Charles Noel -Cox, Frances Lane -Cox, Harold Sherman -Cox, Ida Cox =============================================================================== -------------------- COBB, William Branch -------------------- Submitted by: Doug McBroom 902 Kilgore Court Allen, TX, 75013 Submitted: February 2002 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: December 12, 1940, Thursday Headline: William Branch Cobb, 71, Succumbs at Jena Home One of Jena's most respected and beloved citizens has passed away. Mr. William Branch Cobb, 71 years of age, retired merchant of Sikes, and father of Al Cobb of Jena, died at his home here Tuesday, December 10 at 3:25 p.m. The deceased was born in Union County, Arkansas, but has resided in Louisiana for many years, and in Jena about 9 months. He was a member of the Sikes Baptist Church and of the Eros Masonic Lodge. Funeral services were held at the residence at 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 11 with Rev. Finley W. Tinnin, First Baptist Church Pastor, and Rev. Roberts, Nolley Methodist Church Pastor, both of Jena, officiating. Interment followed at the Nolley Memorial Cemetery here. Surviving are: Fannie Montgomery Cobb, widow; Al M. Cobb, son; Mrs. Leon Gorman and Mrs. M. L. Summers of Strong, Ark., Mrs. W. W. Davis of Shreveport, and Mrs. R. Telford of Junction City, Ark., sisters; Mr. James Cobb of Chatham, Mr. Sam Cobb of Ida Bell, Okla., and Mr. Morgan Cobb of Frisco, Calif., brothers. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Riser and Upshaw Funeral Home of Jena. ========== ----------------- COBBS, Camille D. ----------------- Submitted by: Doug McBroom 15520 Swan Lake Blvd. Gulfport, MS 39503 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: January 30, 1964 Headline: Mother of Jena Man Succumbs Mrs. Camille D. Cobbs, 78, of route one, Monroe died Thursday, Jan. 23 in a Monroe hospital after a short illness. Arrangements for services were under direction of the Mulhearn Funeral Home. A rosary service was held at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 24 in the Warren Funeral home of Many. A native of Many, Mrs. Cobbs had lived in Monroe for over 13 years where she was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church and the church altar society. Her survivors include a son, George D. Cobb of Jena; three daughters, Mrs. Delores Youngblood of Monroe, Mrs. Ann Bryan and Mrs. Doris Andries, both of Baton Rouge; a brother, Gandy Davis of Texas; three sisters, Mrs. Larry Locke of Shreveport, Mrs. Cleve Hubley of Many and Mrs. Alice Delhomme of Port Arthur, Texas; 15 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. ========== ---------------------- COBBS, Nettie Knippers ---------------------- Submitted by :Kathy LeMay Kelly, P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Submitted: December 1998 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Micro Film at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: September 3, 1997 COBBS, Nettie Knippers 91, died Sunday, August 31, 1997 at the LaSalle General Hospital of Jena. She was a homemaker and member of the St. Mary's Catholic Church. She was born May 2, 1906 to the union of Elijah and Martha Moss Knippers. Services were held Tuesday, September 2, 1997 at the chapel of Kinner and Stevens Funeral Home in Jena with Deacon Norman Gremillion officiating. Burial followed Tuesday at the St. John's Catholic Church Cemetery of Many under arrangements by Kinner and Stevens, Inc., of Jena. Survivors include one daughter, Betty Cobbs Bell of Jena; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. ========== ------------ COFFER, Earl ------------ Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Submitted: July 1999 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Micro Film at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: May 8, 1926 Headline: IN MEMORY OF EARL COFFER The hearts of the people of this vicinity were saddened on Thursday, March 18, when the news was received the Mr. Earl Coffer had sied at a hospital in Eldorado, Arl., with hydrophobia. He was ill only four days, but oh, how he did suffer. All that loving hands and medical skill could do was done, as the very best doctors of Eldorado and Smackover were called, but the disease was beyond human skill, as the officer of God had called and all must submit to Him who doeth all things well. Mr. Coffer was born December 23, 1889, and died March 18, 1926. He professed faith in Christ at the age of 17 years, and united with the Baptist Church of Tullos, La. He was married May 17, 1909, to Miss Beckie Doughty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Doughty. To this union was born one daughter, Mrs. Harrell Hester, of Smackover, Ark. The body was brought to Winnfield and was conveyed to the home of Mr. O.B. Thompson, where many friends called to pay the last tribute of respect to a good citizen. Services were conducted in the home of Mr. Thompson, by Rev. Stokes of Winnfield. Mr. Coffer was a member of good standing of the Macabees, and also of the Masonic Lodge, of Royal, La. His body was laid to rest in the Winnfield cemetery, there to await the resurrection of the dead. The burial was under the directions of the Masonic Losge, of Winnfield. Mr. Coffer was a good citizen, good neighbor, good husband and father. He was known to be truthful and upright in all of his dealings, and very devoted to his family. He believed in living up to the golden rule, doing unto others as he would have them do unto him. More than a husband has been lost, more than a father and brother is gone, and this community mourns the passing of one of its best citizens. Besides his companion and daughter, he is survived by five brothers and three sisters, one brother and one sister having preceded him to the grave. Also his parents mr. and Mrs. P. Coffer, have gone on before. He is gone from our midst but his influence lives on in the hearts and lives of those with whom he came in contact. His passing away at this time of life seems untimely indeed, is quite a blow to his family and his friends. To the bereaved ones we extend loving sympathy and commend you to God, who will comfort when earthy friends have reached the end of their ability to help. One month has passed since the sad day When Earl, the one we loved, was called away, Friends may think the wound is healed, But little do they know the sorrow there in our hearts concealed; We were selfish in trying to keep him Our hearts were beating in pain, We prayed that God might spare him To loved ones and home again; The call was short, the shock severe, To part with one we loved so dear. Written by one who loved him for his manhood, R.M. Doughty. ========== ------------- COKE, Mary C. ------------- Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Submitted: March 1999 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Clippings at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: Wednesday, September 19, 1990 Mary C. Coke Mary C. Coke, 50, of Tullos, died at 10:15 p.m. Saturday, September 15, 1990 at the St. Frances Cabrini Hospital in Alexandria. Graveside services were held at 2:00 p.m. Monday in Friendship Cemetery near Pollock with the Rev. Alban Poole, officiating. Interment followed under direction of Edmond's Funeral Home of Winnfield. Survivors include her husband, Noble Coke of Tullos; three sons, Buster Lee Blakely of Lufkin, Texas, Charlie F. Blakely Jr. of Jacksonville, N.C. and Timothy D. Blakely of Tullos; two daughters, Earlene Lutz of Desoto, Kan., and Maureen Estes of Adrian, Mo., her mother, Lois D. Stubbs of Winnfield; and 22 grandchildren. ========== ---------------------- COILE, Justin Marshall ---------------------- Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2003, page 3B Headline: Justin Marshall Coile Justin Marshall Coile, 46, of Jena, died at 6:41 a.m., Monday, January 20, 2003, at his home in Trout. He was in the oilfield business. Services will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, January 22, in the chapel of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Jena with Rev. Eddie Hatfield officiating. Interment will follow in the Belah Cemetery under direction of Hixson Brothers, Inc., of Jena. Survivors include his mother, Ellyene Coile of Trout; one sister, Marsha Creel of trout; his maternal grandmother Janie Francis of Mt. Sinai Community; one niece, one nephew and one great-niece. ========== ------------------------ COLDIRON, Milton Bradley ------------------------ Submitted by Houston Tracy, Jr., Alexandria, La. Submitted: May 1998 Source: Alexandria Daily Town Talk Date: June 6 1995, P. D-3, Column 1. Milton Bradley Coldiron, age 71, died 4 June 1995 at the Veteran's Administration Hospital (Pineville). A resident of Jena in LaSalle Parish, La., he was a welder and World War II Veteran. Survivors: Wife, Ida F. Coldiron of Jena; 4 Sons: Milton L. & Danny L. both of Jonesville, La., John T. of Aimwell and C.L. Coldiron of Arcadia, La.; 2 Daughters: Wanda G. Coldiron of Bridge Spring, Texas (probably Big Spring) and Linda N. Coleman of Jonesville, La.; 2 Brothers: Hobby of Clayton, La. and Johnny of Jonesville, La.; 20 Grandchildren and 2 Great-Grandchildren. Services to be held in the chapel of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home with the services conducted by Rev. Jim Boman (sic). [Does not mention what Hixson Brothers.] Burial in Heard Cemetery at Manifest, La. ========== ---------------- COLLINS, Anna R. ---------------- Submitted by: Doug McBroom 902 Kilgore Court Allen, TX, 75013 Submitted: February 2002 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: January 9, 1958 Headline: Final Rites Held for Mrs. Anna R. Collins Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 1, for < Mrs. Anna R. Collins, 74, who died suddenly at her home in Olla Tuesday morning, Dec. 31. The final rites were held at the Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church, with interment following in the Tidewell Cemetery under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home of Columbia. Mrs. Collins is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Estelle Ethridge of Olla; a son, Elzie Collins of Goodpine; three brothers, Ed Zeagler of Hebert, and Homer and Gilbert Zeagler, both of Olla, four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The Rev. B. G. Dyess conducted the final rites. Pallbearers serving were Norman Thompson, Tommy Collins, Willard Etheridge, Ray McCartney, Leon Etheridge, Truman Zeagler and Neal Zeagler. ========== ------------------- COLLINS, Dale Levon ------------------- Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Submitted: March 1999 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Clippings at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: Wednesday, January 16, 1991 Dale Levon Collins Dale Levon Collins, 50, of Jonesville died at 12:45 a.m. Sunday, January 13, 1991, at St. Frances Cabrini Hospital in Alexandria. He was an offshore cook. Graveside services were at the Jena Cemetery in Jena with the Rev. Billy Koin, officiating. Burial was in Jena Cemetery under direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Jena. He is survived by one brother, Dr. Ted Z. Collins of Baton Rouge; two sisters, Dolores Jean Wilson and Peggy Humble, both of Jonesville; and his mother, Mrs. Irene Collins of Jena. ========== --------------------- COLLINS, Ethel Hailey --------------------- Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly, P.O. Box 219, Trout, La. 71371 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: July 17, 1996, Wednesday Headline: Ethel Collins Ethel Colins, 81, of Jena, died at 9:42 a.m. Tuesday, July 9, 1996 at the LaSalle General Hospital of Jena. She was a retired dietitian at LaSalle General Hospital. Services were held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 10 at Shady Grove Pentecostal Church of Nebo with the revs. Glen Maughon, Joey Paul and Mike Poole officiating. Interment followed in the Hailey Cemetery of Nebo under direction of Hixon Brothers Funeral Home of Jena. Survivors include four sons, Joe Colins of Jena, Isaac "Buck" Collins of Rigolotte ?, David Collins of Shreveport and Donald Collins of Alexandria; two brothers, elmo Hailey and Lawrence Hailey, both of Jena; five sisters, Dorothy Whatley of Trout, Mildred Hudnall of Jena, Daisey LaCroix of Hemphill, Texas, Martha Tingle of Trout and Ruby Jones of Monroe; ten grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers wereDathan Triplett, Nathan Scott, Alvin Allen and Joe Davis. ========== -------------------------- COLLINS, Frank Edward Sr., -------------------------- Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 902 Kilgore Court Allen, TX 75013, doug324@aol.com. (No Relation.) Submitted: October 2006 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, LA. Clippings at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, LA. Date: June 2, 1966 Headline: Services Held for Frank Collins Sr. Funeral services for Mr. Frank Edward Collins Sr., 63, of Jonesville, were held last Saturday, May 28, at pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Jonesville. Mr. Collins was the father of Mrs. Zella Edith Poole of Jena. He was a salesman for a life insurance company and was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Burial was near Jena, under the direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home. The Revs. Larry Walker, J. O. McNair and Claudie Jenkins officiated. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Ellen Ruth Potts, Columbia, and Mrs. Zella Edith Poole, Jena; three sons, Thomas Edward Collins, Harrisonburg, Bobby Frank Collins, Winnsboro, Frank Edward Collins Jr., Monroe; one brother, Herschel J. Collins of Jonesville; four sisters, Mrs. Zella Cloessner, Jonesville, Mrs. Una McRight, Glenmora, Mrs. Edith Parker, Deville, Melba Schimpf, Amarillo, Tex.; and seven grandchildren. Pallbearers were James Kent, U. V. Taylor, Ralph Brown, Nathan Morris, Jesse Aycock, and W. B. (Bill) Allbritton. Honorary pallbearers were E. E. Kent, J. J. Bishop, Roger Dunn, Lynn McCoy, C. G. Cockerham and Roy Mack Brazell. ========== ---------------------- COLLINS, Jammie Carver ---------------------- Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Submitted: December 1998 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, LA. Date: Wednesday, November 4, 1998 Jammie Carver Collins Jammie Carver Collins, 84, of Jena, died at 9:10 p.m., Thursday, October 29, 1998, in St. Frances Cabrini Hospital in Alexandria. She was a homemaker. Services were held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, November 3, in the chapel of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Jena with the Revs. Willard Norris and S. B. Spinks officiating. Burial followed in the Sanders Chapel Cemetery of Calvin under direction of Hixson Brothers, Inc. of Jena. Survivors include four daughter, Elnora Moffett of Dodson, Georgie Moffett and Sheron Tingle, both of Jena, and Carolyn McCollum of Ferriday; one son, Richard Collins of Oracle, Ariz.; one sister, Helen Fenn of Chatham; eleven grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were David Collins, Rick Collins, G. H. Moffett, Robert Moffett, James Moffett, Chris Moffett and Jacob Tingle. ========== ------------------------- COLLINS, Langston Francis ------------------------- Submitted by: Doug McBroom 902 Kilgore Court Allen, TX, 75013 Submitted: February 2002 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: January 13, 1966, Thursday Headline: L. F. Collins of Nebo Succumbs Langston Francis Collins, 65, a lifetime resident of Nebo, died Monday at 10:15 a.m. in a Jena nursing home. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Shady Grove Pentecostal Church with the Rev. Titus White officiating. Burial followed in Tidewell Cemetery in Nebo under the direction of Kinner and Stevens Funeral Home of Jena. Survivors include two brothers, J. W. Collins and Truman Collins, both of Nebo. ========== ---------------- COLLINS, Lucille ---------------- Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Submitted: February 1999 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Clippings at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: Wednesday, April 18, 1990; Page 2B Lucille Collins Lucille Collins, 82, of Jena, died at 8:00 a.m. Saturday, April 7, 1990, at the LaSalle nursing Home of Jena. Services were held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 11, at the Evergreen Baptist Church with Jess Hatcher, officiating. Burial followed in Webster Cemetery of Good Pine under the direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Jena. Survivors include three sons, Ernest Griffin of Alton, Ill., John Griffin of Jena and Fleming Griffin of New Orleans; three daughters, Rose Lee keys of Alton, Ill., Elnora Collins of Jena and Lula Mae Green of New Orleans. Pallbearers were Sam Hardwell, Robert Johnson, James Ray Nelson, Leo Bell, Tommy M. Wright, ben Reid, Jr., and Earnest Griffin. ========== -------------------- COLLINS, Ricky Glenn -------------------- Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Submitted: December 1998 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Micro Film at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: September 25, 1958 Belah Rites Are Held For Collins Infant Ricky Glenn Collins, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Collins of Jena, was buried Saturday afternoon, Sept. 13, at Belah cemetery, following graveside services conducted by the Rev. Orlin Fauss. The child, born prematurely early Thursday morning, Sept. 11 at Jena hospital died late Friday, Sept. 12, at Baptist hospital in Alexandria, lacking only a few hours living two full days. In additions to the parents, the child is survived by the maternal grandparents, the Rev. and Mrs. Marvin Guein of DeQuincy, and the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Collins of Jena. The Rev. Guein formerly was pastor of the Shady Grove Pentecostal church. Kinner and Stevens Home for Funerals had charge of burial arrangements. ========== ------------------ COLTER, Mrs. R. C. ------------------ Submitted by: Doug McBroom 15520 Swan Lake Blvd. Gulfport, MS 39503 Submitted: April 2000 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: April 20, 1944 Headline: Services for Mother of J. D. Colter Held at Chase, Louisiana Services for Mrs. R. L. Colter, mother, of R. D. Colter of Jena, were held Sunday, April 16 at Chase, Louisiana. Mrs. Colter was 80 years of age and had been ill for about nine weeks. Burial was in Chase Cemetery. Survivors of Mrs. Colter are two sons, R. D., of Jena, who is employed by Welch Motor Company, and R. R., of Monroe; one daughter, Mrs. H. I. McDuff, seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Those attending the services from Jena were Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Welch, Roy Welch, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Owens, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Davis, Mrs. Purl Wright, and J. H. Richardson. (NOTE: Headline has "J. D." and article had son as "R. D." as typed.) ========== -------------- COLVIN, Joe P. -------------- Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Submitted: December 1998 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Micro Film at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: Thursday, March 14, 1974 COLVIN, Joe P. Joe P. Colvin, 58, of Olla died last Thursday March 7, 1974 at Hardtner Medical Center. He was a technician for Louisiana Power and Light Company. Funeral services were held March 9, 1974 at the First Baptist Church of Olla with the Rev. Aubrey Veuleman and Rev. C.D. Pinkard, officiating. Burial was in Olla Cemetery of Olla under direction of Hixson Brothers Inc., Of Jena. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Helen Elaine Colvin of Olla; one daughter, Miss Susan Kay Colvin of Olla; two brothers, Fred Colvin and Henry Colvin both of Start; three sisters, Mrs. AlvMrs. V.M. Whitman and Mrs. J.D. Sharp both of Minden. Pallbearers include J. Ingram, Edward Harris, M.L. Barksdale, Buddy Tolbert, W.R. Hemphill, A.L. Laird, Roy B. Mills, and Donald G. Woods. ========== ---------------- CONDIT, Ralph I. ---------------- Submitted by: Doug McBroom 15520 Swan Lake Blvd. Gulfport, MS 39503 Submitted: April 2000 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: December 8, 1999, Wednesday Headline: Area Deaths, Ralph I. Condit Ralph I. Condit, 80, of Jena, died at 6:59 a.m., Thursday, December 2, 1999, at the LaSalle General Hospital of Jena. He was a retired operating engineer and a veteran of the United States Air Force. He was a member of Nolley Memorial United Methodist Church of Jena. He entered the U.S. Air Force in late 1942 in hopes of going to Aircraft Engine Mechanics School, but ended up at Chanute Field Air Force School to become a Link Trainer Operator and Instructor. Later, Condit was sent Barksdale Field at Bossier City and was assigned to training crews for the B26. He was born April 11, 1919, in Souris, N. D., to the union of Ernest Dayton and Agnes Watt Condit. Services were held at 3 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 5, at Nolley United Methodist Church with Rev. John Johns officiating. Interment followed in Nolley Cemetery of Jena under direction of Kinner and Stevens Funeral Home of Jena. Survivors include his wife, Electa Condit of Jena; one daughter, Jeanette Elaine White of Grand Cayman, B. W. I.; one son, Larry Ray Condit of Jena; two brothers, Leonard Condit of Grand Island, Nebr. and Orrin Condit of Abilene, Kansas; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Pallbearers were Kenneth McCartney, Jim Cox, Harland Morgan, Gary, Compton, Jerry Cruse, and Rusty Finley. Honorary pallbearers were Morgan Baker, Tom Barker, Dan Cornett, Bill Davis, Fleet Jones, Jay May, Joe Nugent, Don Steen, Dr. I. C. Turnley, Jr., Duane Voltmer, Keith Tarver, and Larry Irwin. ========== ---------------- CONEY, Dr. W. C. ---------------- Submitted by : Doug McBroom, 15520 Swan Lake Blvd, Gulfport, MS, 39503 Submitted: March 2000 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: July 13, 1933, Thursday Headline: D. Coney Dies at Jonesville Home on Saturday Morning Dr. W. C. Coney, aged 66, and director of the Catahoula Parish Health Unit, died at his home in Jonesville at 4 o'clock Saturday monring after a short illness. Funeral services were held at the family home at 2:30 pm, interment following in the Harrisonburg Cemetery. Rev Price, Baptist minister of Jonesville, officiated and the arrangements were under the direction of Kinner and Stevens, Jena undertakers. The deceased is survived by his wife, one son, and two daughters, as well as a score of friends and other relatives. He had been a resident of the Jonesville section practically his entire life. ========== -------------- CONN, Bobby J. -------------- Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly, P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Submitted: December 1999 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Micro-film at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: Thursday, Feb. 13, 1941 BOBBIE J. CONN Funeral services for Bobbie J. Conn, 26 year old farmer of Sicily Island, who died February 5 of heart trouble, were held February 7 at the Baptist church of Sicily Island. Funeral services were under the direction of Rev. L.H. Brooks of Rhinehart and interment took place at the Pine Hill cemetery under the direction of Riser and Upshaw Funeral Home of Jena. Mr. Conn is survived by his wife, Mrs. Vivian Conn of Sicily Island, mother, Mrs. J.W. Conn of Sicily Island, brother, Jimmie Conn of Harrisonburg, and two sisters, Mrs. E.I. Byrd of Sicily Island and Mrs. Emmitt Slade of Hazelhurst, Miss. ========== ------------------- CONN, Leonia Austin ------------------- Submitted by: Doug McBroom 902 Kilgore Court Allen, TX 75013 doug324@aol.com. (No Relation.) Submitted: February 2007 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, LA. Clippings at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, LA. Date: October 12, 1988, Wednesday Headline: Leonia Austin Conn Leonia Austin Conn, 84, of Good Pine, died at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, October 9, 1988, at the LaSalle Nursing Home. She was a housewife and member of Midway Pentecostal Church. Services were held at Midway Pentecostal Church at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday with Rvs. Marcus A. Austin, Scott Wilson and David Poole, officiating. Burial followed at the Belah Cemetery of Trout with arrangements by Kinner and Stevens Funeral Home of Jena. Survivors include two sons, Rev. Carl J. Austin of Eros and Frank R. Austin of Ulm, Arkansas; a sister, Mrs. Jalma Martin of Manifest; 12 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were Gene Kirl, Jimmie McCaskill, Vance Keene, J. W. Prince, Thomas Jones and Rex Sharp. ========== ------------- COOK, Anna B. ------------- Submitted by: Doug McBroom 15520 Swan Lake Blvd. Gulfport, MS 39503 Submitted: March 2000 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: Jan 10, 1946 Headline: Funeral Services at 2 P. M. Wednesday for Mrs. Anna Cook, Urania Mrs. Anna B. Cook, 75 years old, of Urania, died Tuesday, January 15, 1946, at 11:15 p.m., at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Ben Chapman in Delhi, La. Funeral services were held at the Urania Baptist Church Thursday, Jan. 17, 1946, at 2 p.m., with Rev. Ernest Abcock officiating. Interment was in Urania Cemetery. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Ben Chapman, Delhi; Mrs. Felix Burt, Fort Bragg, Cal.; Mrs. Glen McKeithen, Urania; two sons, Elbert Cook, Shreveport; H. M. Cook, Urania; one sister, Mrs. Lora Hart, Elder, Texas; eleven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. ========== ----------- COOK, Emily ----------- Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Submitted: January 1999 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Micro Film at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: Thursday, November 9, 1972 Mrs. Emily Cook Mrs. Emily Cook, 82, of Urania, died at 9:20 p.m. Saturday at Winnfield following a short illness. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Urania Baptist Church with Revs. Jack Baucum and Doris Dearmon, officiating. Interment followed in New Union Cemetery of Tullos with arrangements by Kinner and Stevens Funeral Home of Jena. Survivors include two sons, M. L. Cook of Urania and Douglas Cook of Houston, Texas; a sister, Mrs. Lucy Fuller of Channelview, Texas; two half-sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Holmes of Jena and Mrs. Mae McMillin of Sulphur and a half- brother, Lee Russell of Olla; 9 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. ========== -------------------- COOLEY, Ira Napoleon -------------------- Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Submitted: November 2000 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: April 7, 1966 Ira N. Cooley Of Jena Dies Funeral services were held for Ira Napoleon Cooley, 69, of Jena at 3 p.m. Friday in Hixson Brothers funeral home in DeRidder. Burial followed in the Newlin cemetery under direction of Hixson Brothers funeral home. Mr. Cooley died at his home Tuesday Mar. 29. Survivors are his widow, two sons, Leo Cooley of Tripoli, Libya, Africa and Paul Cooley of Jena; four daughters, Mrs. Norman Labue and Mrs. W.E. Shirley, Jr., both of DeRidder, Mrs. J. Langdon of Fort Lee, Md.; and Mrs. Roy Williams of Jena, two brothers, Robert Cooley and Butress Cooley, both of Jena, three sisters, Mrs. Nettie Nichols and Mrs. Mary Cloessner, both of Jena and Mrs. Sally Thompson of DeQuincy; and 13 grandchildren. ========== -------------- COOPER, Ernest -------------- Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Submitted: February 1999 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Clipping at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: Wednesday, January 10, 1990 Ernest Cooper Ernest Cooper, 74, of Walters, died at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 2, 1990, at the Golden Age Nursing Center of Jena. He was a retired farmer and member of Mt. Herman Baptist Church at Walters. Services were held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday at the chapel of Kinner and Stevens Funeral Home of Jena with the Rev. Hershel Waller and Willard Norris, officiating. Burial followed at Jena Cemetery under direction of Kinner and Stevens Funeral Home of Jena. Survivors include four brothers, Ellis Cooper of Jonesville, Doyle (Buster) Cooper of trout, Willard Cooper of Buckeye and Ray Cooper of Archie; and three sisters, Evelyn Price of Walters, Doris Ward of Euless, Texas and Jolene Thompson of Archie. Pallbearers were James Cooper, John Cooper, Lavonne Cooper, Kenneth Cooper, Glen Cooper and Oscar Thompson. ========== ------------------------ COOPER, J. H. G. "Grant" ------------------------ Submitted by: Doug McBroom 902 Kilgore Court Allen, TX 75013, doug324@aol.com. (No Relation.) Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, LA. Clippings at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, LA. Date: November 2, 1944, Thursday Headline: Old-Time Colored Rhinehart Citizen Dies J. H. G. (Grant) Cooper, lifetime colored resident of LaSalle and Catahoula parishes and liked and respected by white and colored alike, died Thursday, oct. 26, at Rhinehart. He was buried Sunday, Oct. 29, at Glenn Hill at Rhinehart. Grant Cooper was born Nov. 25, 1866, and was 78 years of age at the time of his death. He was a member of the Mount Vernon Baptist Church. Surviving the deceased are three sons, Grant O., of Rhinehart, J. B., of Winnfield, and Albert Watt, New York. ========== ----------------- COOPER, Mrs. L.C. ----------------- Submitted by: Doug McBroom 15520 Swan Lake Blvd. Gulfport, MS 39503 Submitted: March 2000 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: September 19, 1935 Headline: Mrs. Cooper Called by Death Saturday at Home in Walters Mrs. L. C. Cooper of Walters died September 14 after a prolonged illness of four years. She was 61 years of age. Mrs. Cooper was born and reared in Catahoula Parish. She was married to L. C. Cooper in 1890. To this union was born nine children, Mrs. G. C. Johnson of Crichton, La., Mrs. Albert O'Neal of Parr, Mrs. Bob Breithaupt, Mrs. Arthur Bradford; Messrs. Nathan Cooper, Leon Cooper, Ghole and Julian Cooper of Walters. She also is survived by twenty-seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Interment was made in Pine Grove Cemetery Sunday afternoon at 3:30 with Rev. R. M. Doughty of Tullos officiating. ========== ----------------- COOPER, Nathan C. ----------------- Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 15520 Swan Lake Blvd. Gulfport, MS 39503 Submitted: September 2000 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: December 20, 1956, Thursday Headline: Nathan C. Cooper of Walters is Buried Nathan C. Cooper of Walters, who died Dec. 18 at the Jonesville Clinic at the age of 63, was buried Wednesday morning. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church of Jena, with interment following in the new Jena Cemetery. A farmer by occupation and a member of the Baptist Church, Mr. Cooper had lived at Walters all his life. The Revs. Tommy Harper, O. G. Cannon, J. D. Thornhill and Henry Powell conducted the final rites, with funeral arrangements under the direction of Kinner and Stevens Home for Funerals, Jena. Mr. Cooper is survived by his wife, Mrs. Molly Cooper of Walters; four daughters, Mrs. Ellie Chevallier and Miss Evelyn Cooper, both of Walters; Mrs. Jolene Thompson of Archie and Mrs. Doris Ward of Seminole, Texas; five sons, Ernest of Walters, Ellis of Jonesville, Doyle of Summerville, Willard of Deville and Ray of Archie; two brothers, G. C. and Leon Cooper, both of Walters; four sisters, Mrs. G. C. Johnson of Jena, Mrs. Ethel Breithaupt of Archie, Mrs. Albert O'Neal of Deville and Mrs. Arthur Bradford of Walters, and 17 grandchildren. ========== ----------------------- COOPER, Ray "Chee Chee" ----------------------- Submitted by: Doug McBroom 902 Kilgore Court Allen, TX 75013, doug324@aol.com. Submitted: January 2008 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, LA. Clippings at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, LA. Date: March 14, 2001, Wednesday Headline: Area Deaths – Ray "Chee Chee" Cooper Ray "Chee Chee" Cooper, 43, of Celina, Texas, and formerly of Jena, died Monday, March 5, 2001, at McKinney, Texas. He was a machinist and member of the Baptist faith. Services were held at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 10, at Trout Creek Baptist Church with Rev. Robert Rhodes officiating. Burial followed in a Webster Cemetery of Good Pine under direction of Gayden Funeral Home of Jena. Survivors include one brother, Jerry Cooper of Garland, Texas; three sisters, Faye Monson of Jena; Mary Jackson of Irving, Tx., and Gracie Clinton of Universal City, Tx. ========== ----------------------- COOPER, Ruby Netherland ----------------------- Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Submitted: December 1998 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Micro Film at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: Wednesday, March 25, 1998 Ruby Netherland Cooper, 69, of Wisner, died at 5 p.m. Thursday, March 19, 1998, in Mary Anna Nursing Home of Wisner. She was a homemaker. Services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at Rosin Creek Pentecostal Church of Harrisonburg with the Revs. A. J. Kimball and W. R. "Bill" Cotten officiating. Interment followed in the Heard Cemetery of Manifest under direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Jena. Survivors include one son, Milton Cooper of Wisner; three sisters, Helen Montpelier of West Monroe, Lottie Lee Murphy of Ragley and Gaither Gibson of Vidor, Texas; four brothers, Jewel Netheralnd of Hamburg, Ms., J.L. Netherland of Madden, Ms., Benny Fred Netherland of Harrisonburg and Jimmie Netherland of Longville; three grandchildren. Pallbearers were Mitch Cooper, Heath Hardie, Brad Coleman, Steve Coleman, Tony Banley and Terry Netherland. Honorary pallbearers ere Jeff McIlwain and Brandy Book. ========== ------------------- COPELAND, Bess Vize ------------------- Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Submitted: February 2002 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal Microfilm located at the LaSalle Parish Library in Jena. Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 Page 17A Bess Vise Copeland Bess Vice Copeland, 86, of Jena, died Saturday, November 10 at 5:30 p.m. at Rapides Medical Center. She was a homemaker and a member of the Jena First Baptist Church where she served as nursery worker for 37 years. She was a resident of Jena for the past 61 years. Mrs. Copeland was the daughter of Henry A. and Frances O'Neal Vize of Taylor; the youngest of Eleven children. Services were held Tuesday, November 13 at 11 a.m. at the Jena First Baptist Church with the Revs. Sammy David, Dominick DiCarlo, and John Ed Snell officiating. Burial followed at the Jena Cemetery under the direction of Kinner and Stevens funeral Home of Jena. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Garland (Bob) Copeland and a daughter, Wanda burnham. Survivors include a daughter,, Sara Jo David and her husband Sammy of Baton Rouge and a son, Terry Copeland and his wife Pam of tupelo, Ms.; a sister Bertha Prothro of Rockport, Tx. She was also survived by eight grandchildren: Nancy Rodrique, Bruce Burnhan, Keith Burnham, Penny Mayo, Dawn Scroggs, Danny David, Matt Copeland, and Julie Tatum; and 11 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were Chuck Scroggs, Justin Scroggs, Keith Mayo, John Tatum, Nick Nelson, and Phil Rodrique. Honorary pallbearers were John Barrett, Clarence Bradford, Clarence Cockerham, Bobby Wilson, Bruce Wilson, and Dixie Wilson. ========== ------------------ CORNETT, Thomas A. ------------------ Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Submitted: December 1998 From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Micro Film at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: September 3, 1997 Thomas A. Cornett 77, of Urania, died Wednesday night, August 27, 1997, at the LaSalle General Hospital of Jena. He was a retired boiler room operator with La.-Pacific Corporation in Urania, a member of the Urania United Methodist Church with the Revs. Emily Winbery and Jennie Scott officiating. Interment followed in the Urania Cemetery under direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home of Olla. Survivors included two sons, Dan B. Cornett of Jena and Jack T, Cornett of Houston, Texas; one daughter, Carolyn C. McLendon of Shreveport; ten grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. ========== -------------- CORNWELL, Alma -------------- Submitted by: Doug McBroom 902 Kilgore Court Allen, TX, 75013 Submitted: February 2002 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: January 9, 1958 Headline: Mrs. Alma Cornwell, 75, of Kelly, who died recently at a Winnsboro rest home after a long illness, was buried Dec. 30 following services held at the Kelly Baptist Church with the pastor, the Rev. W. A. Massey, conducting the final rites. Interment followed in the Tidwell Cemetery under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home of Columbia. Surviving Mrs. Cornwell are her husband, John A. Cornwell of Kelly; three daughters, Mrs. Bertha Rovinson of Mobile, Ala., Mrs. Minnie Cox of Grayson and Mrs. Mary Evans of Kelly; three stepdaughters, Mrs. J. D. Elliott, Mrs. W. W. Ford, and Mrs. George Price, all of Jena; one stepson, J. A. Cornwell of Urania; one sister, Mrs. Minnie Cornwell of Harrisonburg, 11 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren. ========== ------------------ CORNWELL, Ermon R. ------------------ Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Submitted: December 1998 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, LA. Date: Wednesday, November 4, 1998 Ermon R. Cornwell Ermon R. Cornwell, 86, of Trout, died at 8:40 p.m, Friday, October 30, 1998, at the LaSalle General Hospital of Jena. He was a reetired gauger in the oil field industry and a member of Justiss Memorial Methodist Church in Trout. He was born Oct. 9, 1912 at Olla to the union of James Walker and Florence Hamilton Cornwell. Services were held at 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 1, at the chapel of Kinner and Stevens Funeral Home in Jena with Rev. John Johns officiating. Interment followed in the Nolley Memorial Cemetery of Jena under direction of Kinner and Stevens, Inc. of Jena. Survivors include three daughters, Barbara Germany of Jena, Sue E. Harmon and Dr. Janis R. Cornwell-Andrieu, both of Arlington, Texas; three sisters, Mary Casselman of Redding, Calif., Jimmie Ruth Addison of Springhill and Mildred Arrants of Jena; two brothers, Quincy Cornwell of Urania and C. R. Cornwell of Olla; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were Paul Cornwell, Roger Dobbs, Cary James McCartney, Cilton Tingle, Darrel Wilson and D. R. Wilson. ========== ------------------ CORNWELL, James W. ------------------ Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: April 29, 1955 Headline: James W. Cornwell of Olla Buried Tuesday James W. Cornwell, 72, of Olla, who died at his home Sunday night about 7 o'clock, was buried Tuesday afternoon in Tidwell cemetery at Kell, following final rites held at the family residence in Olla. A lifelong resident of Olla, Mr. Cornwell was a farmer by occupation. He was a member of the Methodist church at Olla. Mr. Cornwell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Florence Cornwell, five daughters, Mrs. Lora Love of McCartney of Lake Charles, MRs. Mildred Johnson of Knoxville, tenn, and Mrs. Ruth Addison of Cotton Valley; three sons, Quincy of Urania, Ermon of Trout and C. R. of Olla; two brothers, Millard of Olla and Johnof Kelly; one sister, Mrs. Sarah Wilson of Urania; 15 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The Revs. Jesse Norris and J. P. Owens conducted the final rites, with interment under the direction of Kinner and Stevens Home for Funerals, Jena. **Copied as typed in paper. *** ========== -------------------- CORNWELL, M. V., Sr. -------------------- Submitted by: Doug McBroom 15520 Swan Lake Blvd. Gulfport, MS 39503 Submitted: April 2000 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: January 12, 2000 Headline: Area Deaths M. V. Cornwell, Sr., 73, of Summit, Miss., died Saturday, January 8, 2000, in Amite County of a heart attack. He was born November 17, 1926, at Olla, the son of Millard Cornwell and Effie Snow Cornwell. He was owner and founder of Cornwell Well Service and attended First Baptist Church in Summit. He was a U. S. Army veteran and served during World War II where he received the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and W.W.II Victory medal. Services were held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, January 11, at First Baptist Church in Summit with Dr. Jerry Smith and Dr. David Millican officiating. Burial followed in Woodlawn Cemetery under direction of Catchings Funeral Home of McComb. Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Arma Sue Rundell Cornwell of Summit; one son, Marty Cornwell of Summit; one daughter, Kathy Davis of Summit; one sister, Effie Mae Harrist of Queen City, Texas; and three grandchildren. Pallbearers were Fred Hughes, Jody Connelly, Eddie Flory, Jack Hodges, Jeff Hickman and David Travis. Memorials may be made to the building fund of First Baptist Church, P. O. Box 100, Summit, Ms., 39666. ========== -------------------------- CORSON, Bettye Jean Hailey -------------------------- Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly, P.O. Box 219, Trout, La. 71371 From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2003, page 3B Headline: Bettye Jena Hailey Corson Bettye Jean Hailey Corson, 59, of North Richalnd Hill, Texas, died at 6:20 p.m., Tuesday, January 7, 2003, at her residence. Services were held at 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 10, in the chapel of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Jena with the Revs. P. A. "Fox" Paul and Joey Paul officiating. Interment followed in the Nebo Cemetery under direction of Hixson Brothers, Inc., of Jena. She was preceded in death by her parents, Tab anad Myrtis Hailey and a brother, Donald E. Hailey. Survivors include her daughter, Crystal Corson of Ft. Worth, Tx.; two sons, Dexter Deville and Shane Deville, both of Ft. Worth, Tx.; one sister, Polly (Hailey) Haiely of Nebo; and five grandchildren. Pallbearers were Kaylon Randall, Red Hailey, Lonnie Allen, Brad Davidson, Stephaun Paul, and Mark Andrews. ========== ------------------- COSTELLO, Herber E. ------------------- Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Submitted: February 2002 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal Microfilm located at the LaSalle Parish Library in Jena. Date: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 Page: Front Page Caption under photo front page: Fireman Foam Down Wreckage... Jena Fire Chief Don Smith, assisted by two other fireman, sprays foam onto the wreckage of a single-engine Cessna that crashed into the middle of La. 127 about eight miles north of Jena around 3:15 p.m. last Wednesday afternoon. Herber E. Costello, 55, of Oak Grove, pilot of the airplane, was killed in the crash. La.127 was closed for about 28 hours while FAA and NTSB officials, assisted by local law enforcement officers, investigated the crash. (See story and related photo on Page 2A.) Caption under photo page 2: EMERGENCY UNITS from several agencies responded and assisted during the crash of an airplane on La. 127 last Wednesday afternoon. LaSalle Parish Sheriff's Deputies and State Police were the first on the scene. Soon to arrive were members of the Jena, Olla and Summerville-Rosefield Fire Departments who aided in getting the blaze under control. Investigators from FAA and NTSB arrived on Thursday to conduct and investigation into the crash. Others assisting at the crash site were the Jena Police Department, Department of Transportation and Development and Entergy. Sheriff Carl Smith expresses his thanks to everyone for the quick response and professional manner in which everyone handled this emergency. Headline: Pilot killed in airplane crash A 55-year-old Oak Grove pilot was killed last Wednesday afternoon when his single-engine Cessna crashed into La. 127 about eight miles north of Jena near the LaSalle-Grant Landfill. Herber E. Costello was pronounced dead at the scene by Deputy LaSalle Parish Coroner Buddy Bethard. A 17-mile stretch of LA. 127 between Jena and Olla was closed from the time of the crash until early Thursday night when the investigation was completed. State Police Semior Trooper Steve Childers said the crash occurred about 3:15 p.m., Wednesday, when the private single-wing Cessna "crashed in the middle of the roadway." Costello was apparently enroute to the LaSalle-Grant Landfill which he owned through Herber E. Costello, Inc. Officials from the LaSalle Parish Sheriff's Office, Louisiana State Police and the Jena Fire Department responded to the accident and found a burning plane with one occupant, officials said. "Some attempts were made to reach the pilot but were unsuccessful," Childers said. "There was some fire, then the aircraft became engulfed in flames. It was a total loss." He added, "There was only one wing, engine and the tail-assembly left." "We don't know if the pilot was fatally injured from the crash or was incapacitated prior to the crash," Childers stated. However, there was a reported contact between Costello and employees at his landfill just before the crash. "He was speaking to them prior to the crash, and he reported being in the area. Then they ended the conversation," Childers said. "He apparently tried to make a landing on La. 127 when the plane came in contact with a guy wire, which goes across La. 127 at the intersection with the landfill road. We believe this caused hime to lose control and subsequently crash." Officials from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) arrived on the site about mid-morning Thursday to begin their investigation. They were (continued on page 2) Page 2 Headline: Pilot Killed Continued from page 1 joined by an investigator with the Fort Worth office of the National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) later in the day. By 7 p.m. Thursday night, the officials had finished their on-site work and the remains of the aircraft were removed and la. 127 was re-opened to traffic. Childers said the LaSalle Parish Sheriff's Department had received reports of planes landing on La. 127 in the past but deputies were never able to locate those planes. He said it is unknown if these previous reports had any relation to Wednesday's fatal crash. Investigator from the FAA and NTSB are reconstructing the pieces of the plane to determine why it clipped a guy wire over the highway. Costello's body was taken to New Orleans for an autopsy and later released to family members. Results of the autopsy have not yet been released. ========== --------------------- COTTEN, Bernice Hazel --------------------- Submitted by Kim Wise Source: Riser Funeral Home Date: October 26, 2003 Mrs. Bernice Hazel Cotten, age 79, of Olla was born on October 9, 1924 in Cortland, New York and died Sunday, October 26, 2003 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe. Mrs. Cotten was a retired assembler for Smith-Corona Company having worked for sixteen years. She is survived by her husband: Royce Cotten of Olla, her son: Matthew J. Saxton of Hawaii, her daughters: Diane L. Bottom of Chicago, Il., Dawn Catherine Martinez of Portgage, Id., and Romona A. Schreffler of Cortland, New York, ten grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren and several nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by her son: Craig P. Saxton, three sisters and one brother. No services are planned at this time. ========== --------------- COTTEN, E. Lott --------------- Submitted by: Doug McBroom 15520 Swan Lake Blvd. Gulfport, MS 39503 Submitted: March 2000 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: September 5, 1946, Thursday Headline: Funeral Services for E. L. Cotten, 93, Held Sept. 1st Funeral services were held on September 1, 1946, Rev. A. B. Masters, Jonesville, officiating, for E. Lott Cotten, aged 93 years, at Harrisonburg Cemetery, with Hixson Bros., funeral directors, in charge of funeral arrangements. Death came on August 31, at 12:30 p. m. at his home in Harrisonburg. Mr. Cotten was born in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, on June 21, 1853. He later moved to Catahoula Parish, where he has resided for the past thirty years. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Mattie Strong, Jonesville, and Mrs. Lucy Husband, Harrisonburg; three sons, Oscar Cotten, Harrisonburg; Butler Cotten, Manifest; and Purvis Cotten, Gilbert, La. ========== ------------------- COTTEN, Jack Harold ------------------- Submitted by: Doug McBroom 15520 Swan Lake Blvd Gulfport, MS, 39503 Submitted: March 2000 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: Mar 31, 1949 Headline: Cotton Rites Held Wednesday in Alex. Jack Harold Cotton of 309 Lakeview Street, Pineville, died at 1:30 am today, March 29, 1949, int he Veterans Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edith Brown Cotton, one daughter, Sheral June Cotton of Pineville, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Cotton of Houston, Texas. The funeral services will be held at 10 am Wednesday, March 30, 1949, in the Hixson Bros. Chapel. Interment will be in the Greenwood Memorial Park. ========== ------------------- COTTEN, John Walter ------------------- Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Submitted: August 1999 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Micro-Film at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Thursday, April 17, 1958 Headline: John Walter Cotten Dies Thursday at Home Near Trout John Walter Cotten, 70, who died last Thursday afternoon shortly before 5 o'clock at his home near Trout, was buried Monday afternoon following services at the Searcy Baptist church. The Revs. Carl Austin and Harvey Smith conducted the final rites, beginning at 2 p.m., with interment following in the Taylor's Chapel cemetery at Summerville under the direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral home of Jena. Mr. Cotten, who was engaged in public work much of his life, is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Lodie Edna Collins of California, Mrs. Eddie Lee Berryman of Trout and Mrs. Myrtis May Thomas of Chicago, Ill.; four sons, John Wesley Cotten of Urania, Lee Vanner Cotten, Lonnie T. Cotten and Johnnie Lee Cotten, all of Trout; one sister, Mrs. Sallie Jones of Olla, 24 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Serving as pallbearers for the final rites were A.Y. Lord, Coy Smith, Grady Austin, Dewey Flowers, Bill Leslie and Jimmie McCaskill. ========== ------------------ COTTEN, Lee Vanner ------------------ Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: July 17, 1964 Headline: Man Died From Wreck Injuries; 5th In '64 Lee Vanner Cotten, 47-year-old resident of Route 2, Pollock and a native of Trout, became the fifth traffic fatality in LaSalle parish when he died Saturday morning at 3 a.m. from injuries recieved in a one car wreck Friday night about 7 p.m. Cotten was traveling on a road in the Belah community when his car veered off the road in front of the Dale Barker home and crashed into a pine tree. It was not possible to determine the exact cause of the wreck. Investigating were State Police Corporal Larry Robertson and LaSalle Parish Sheriff's deputy Doyle Windham. FUNERAL SERVICES Funeral services for 47-year-old Lee Van ner Cotton we re held Monday at 2 p.m. in the Searcy Baptist church with the Revs. Lamar Skinner and Ed Jelks officiating. Buirial was in Taylor Chapel cemetery at Summerville under the direction of Hixson Brothers funeral home of Jena. Mr. Cotten was a resident of Route two, Pollock and a native of Trout. He died at 3 a.m. Saturday in an Alexandria hospital from injuries recieved in a car wreck Friday night at 7 p.m. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Eva Love Cotten of Pollock; two sons, Billy Wayne Cotton of Tullos and Paul Raymond Cotton of Pollock; one daughter, Mrs. Sylvia Jean Berthelot of Baton Rouge; three brothers, Wesley Cotton and Johnny Cotton of Trout and Lonnie Cotton of Tioga; three sisters, Mrs. Eddie Lee Berryman of Trout, Mrs. Myrtis thomas of Chicago, Ill. and Mrs. Edna Jones of California; and two grandchildren. Pallbearers were A. G. Cockerham, Roy Zeagler, R. V> Zeagler, C. R. Cockerham, Orland Sand ========== ----------------------- COTTEN, Wanda Lou Adams ----------------------- Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly, P.O. Box 219, Trout, La. 71371 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: July 2, 1997, Page 2B Headline: Wanda Lou Cotten Wanda Lou Cotten, 53, of Rhinehart, died Thrusday June 26, 1997, at her residence.. She was a homemaker and amember of the Goodroad Pentecostal Church. She was born Oct. 25, 1943, at Book, La. to the union of Lee Samuel and Florence Gaspard Adams. Services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 28, at Goodroad Pentecostal Church with the Revs. Bryan Taylor and Norris Poole officiating. Burial followed in the Heard Cemetery of Manifest under direction of Kinner and Stevens Funeral Home of Jena. Survivors include her husband, Leamon W. Cotten of Rhinehart; four sons, Talton Cotten, Leslie Cotten and Derwood Cotten, all of Rhinehart and Allen Cotten of Labama; two sisters, Mary Bordelon and Evern Whatley, both of Jonesville; two brothers, J. W. Adams and Clarnece Adams, both of Jonesvill; and 12 grandchildren. Pallbearers were Talton Cotten, Leslie Cotten, Derwood Cotten, Allen Cotten, Bobby Garcee and Junior Bordelon. Honorary pallbearers were J. W. Adams and Clarence Adams. ========== ------------------ COTTINGHAM, Morton ------------------ Submitted by: Doug McBroom 15520 Swan Lake Blvd. Gulfport, MS 39503 Submitted: June 2000 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: January 19, 1928 Headline: Morton Cottingham Dies at Columbia Early This Week Morton Cottingham, fifty-one years old, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. W. A. Davis Saturday morning after a lingering illness, and was buried in Hillside Cemetery Saturday afternoon at three o'clock. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. James Brooks, a Baptist minister, at the Columbia Methodist Church, it being the dying request of Mr. Cottingham that the Rev. Brooks, who was a close personal friend, conduct the funeral services. The deceased was a native of Caldwell Parish, but in his early childhood, his father, Richard Cottingham, and his family moved to St. Landry Parish where he grew to manhood, but after the death of his father some years ago, he returned to Caldwell Parish. He is survived by numerous relatives besides his sister, Mrs. Davis. At the request of his sister and other relatives, the Rev. S. D. Howard, pastor of the Columbia Methodist Church, made a few very appropriate and encouraging remarks at the graveside. Mr. Cottingham was not married. ========== -------------------------- COURTNEY, Patsy Elaine Joy -------------------------- Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: December 7, 2005; Page 16A Headline: Patsy Elaine Joy Courtney Patsy Elaine Joy Courtney, 53, of Junction, Texas, and formerly of Jena, died Tuesday, November 29, 2005, at Kimball County Hospital in Junction, Tx. She was born Nov. 5, 1952, in Jena and was a member of junction Full Gospel Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Woodrow and Gladys Joy; two brothers, Sonny and C. W. Joy; a sister, Barbara Rice; and step-daughter, Jessica Courtney. Survivors include four children, Angelina Elizabeth Denny of Rosefield, Tollie "Bo" Harris Courtney, Jr. of Jena, Tasha Elizabeth Courtney and William "Billy" Woodrow Courtney, both of Junction, Texas; two sisters, Rita Glynn Sanders and husband Milton of Jena and Mary "Jane" Clark and husband Cecil of Rhinehart; sister-in-law, Daisy Joy of Galveston, Tx.; ex-husband, Tollie Harris Courtney of Ingram, Tx.l and seven grandchildren. Cremation arrangements were under the direction of Gentry-Fife Funeral Home of Junction, Tx. ========== -------------------- COWAN, Anna Hudsbeth -------------------- Submitted by: Doug McBroom 902 Kilgore Court Allen, TX, 75013 Submitted: December 2001 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: August 2, 1951 Headline: Funeral Services for Mrs. A. Cowan Held in Shreveport Funeral services were held Friday, July 27, 1951, at the Central Christian Church in Shreveport for Mrs. Anna Hudspeth Cowan, mother of Mrs. R. W. Wagner of Jena. The officiating minister was the Rev. Harry Cunningham, pastor of the Central Christian Church. Interment was in the Forest Park Cemetery at 2:30 p.m. Mrs. Cowan passed away early Wednesday, July 25, at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge. Her death was attributed to a poor heart condition that she had suffered for several years. She was visiting in Baton Rouge with her daughter, Mrs. Maybelle Jelissaint, when a fatal heart attack developed. Off and on for about 20 years, she had resided in Shreveport. She most recently resided with Mr. and Mrs. Wagner in Jena. She was a member of the Central Christian Church in Shreveport. For three years, 1947-1950, she was housemother at the Shreveport YWCA. Ill health finally compelled her to resign that position in June 1950. She is survived by one son, R. Elmo Cowan, of Houston, Tex.; three daughters, Mrs. Wagner, Mrs. Jelissaint of Baton Rouge, and Mrs. Frances Pecora of Baton Rouge; two sisters, Mrs. Lillie Rader and Mrs. Cora Rader; six grandsons and two granddaughters; and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers at the funeral were Ed Winters, Armon Wagner, W. M. Wagner, jimmy Gallien, Joe Houston, and Keevil Jones, all of Shreveport. ========== ------------ COWART, Nell ------------ Submitted by: Doug McBroom 902 Kilgore Court Allen, TX 75013 doug324@aol.com. (No Relation.) Submitted: February 2007 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, LA. Clippings at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, LA. Date: January 4, 1989, Wednesday Headline: Nell Cowart Nell Cowart, 56, of Baton Rouge, died in her home last week following a brief illness. Services were held Saturday, Dec. 31, 1988, in the chapel of Rabenhorst Funeral Home in Baton Rouge. Burial followed in a Baton Rouge cemetery. She is survived by her husband, Wallace Cowart of Baton Rouge; two sons, Ronnie Cowart and Wally Cowart, both of Baton Rouge; three brothers, Rollo Boyd and Billie Boyd, both of Natchez, Miss., and Ollie Boyd of Baton Rouge; three sisters, Lillie Mae Hinson of Natchez, Jereane Arntson of Baton Rouge and Sarah Neal of Jena; and four grandchildren. ========== ----------------- COWART, Versie J. ----------------- Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly, P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: July 2, 1997, Page 2B Headline: Versie J. Cowart Versie J. Cowart, 78,m of Jonesville, died SAturday, June 28, 1997, in Jonesville. He was retired from the Louisiana Department of Highways and a member of the Lake Lily Baptist Church. Services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Lake Lily Baptist Church witht he Rev. Frank Bass officiating. Interment followed in the Heard Cemetery of Manifest under direction of Young's Funeral Home of Jonesville. Survivors include three daughters, Donna Coldiron of Winnsboro, Mary Book of Jonesville and Cathy Goforth of Spartanburg, S. C.; six brothers, Allen Cowart and James Cowart, both of Jonesville, Robert Cowart and Willie Cowart, both of Monroe, Wallace Cowart of Baton Rouge and Ernie Cowart of Manifest; two sisters, Lula Mae Delaughter of Alexandria and Marilyn Elizabeth Williams of Ferriday; and six grandchildren. Pallbearers were nephews. ========== ----------------- COX, Charles Noel ----------------- Submitted by: Doug McBroom 902 Kilgore Court Allen, TX 75013, doug324@aol.com Submitted: April 2007 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, LA. Clippings at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, LA. Date: June 4, 1997, Wednesday Headline: Urania town alderman died, services held Charles Noel Cox, 77, an alderman in the Town of Urania for the past 15 years, died early Monday, June 2, 1997, at Hardtner Medical Center in Urania. Cox was first elected to the Urania Town Council in 1982 and has served continuously since that time. He was a retired laborer in the plywood industry and served as an alderman in the Town of Urania for over 15 years. Cox was a veteran of World War II where he served in the Air Force Signal Corps. He was born September 8, 1919, in Lake Comorant, Ms. to the union of Calvin and Hazel Simmons Cox. Services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 3, at the chapel of Riser and Son Funeral Home in Olla with Revs. James Simons and E. R. Johnson officiating. Interment followed in the Hebron Cemetery near Sikes under direction of Riser and Son, Olla. Survivors include two sons, Charles Richard Cox of Sikes and Clyde Dale Cox of Urania; one daughter, Nelline Adams of Sikes; two sisters, Janette Pepper of Walls, Ms., and Lillian Prysock of Horn Lake, Ms.; nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Pallbearers were Alton McNaughton, Carl Vickers, Junion Powers, Gary Ivy, Gary Foshee, Jimmie Pepper and Doyle Pepper. ========== ----------------- COX, Frances Lane ----------------- Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly, P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Submitted: January 1999 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Wednesday, January 13, 1999; Page 11 A Frances Lane Cox Frances Lane Cox, 58, of Columbia, died on Monday, January 11, 1999, at her daughter's residence in Olla. She was a homemaker and was born to the union of Edward and Drothy Bedlington Lane on November 7, 1940, in Trenton, New Jersey. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. today, Wednesday, January 13, at the Crossroads Cemetery west of Grayson with the Rev. James Carson officiating. Burial was under direction of Riser Funeral Home of Columbia. Survivors include three sons, John Cox of Red Bay, Ala., Roger Cox of Columbia, and Edward Cox of Hebert; two daughters, Linda Brewer of Grayson and Dorothy Cox of Olla; and twelve grandchildren. ========== ------------------- COX, Harold Sherman ------------------- Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Submitted: March 1999 From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Clippings at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Wednesday, June 27, 1990; page 2B Harold Sherman Cox Harold Sherman Cox, 66, of Lake Deerwood Estates in Harleton, Texas, died Thursday, June 21, 1990 at his residence in Harleton. He was a native of Rochelle, having attended public schools there was a member of Lone Oak Baptist Church. He retired as an oilfield driller in 1985 and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. Services were held at 2 p.m. Friday at Sullivan Funeral Home in Marshall, Texas, with the Rev. Billy Ray Evers, officiating. Burial followed in Piney Cemetery-West of Harleton under direction of Sullivan Funeral Home. Survivors include his wife, Bea Windham Cox of Harleton, Texas; a son, William Edward Cox of Pine Bluff, Ark.; three daughters, Rhonda Finch of Alexandria, Susan McMahan of El Dorado, Ark., and Brenda Paul of Jena; three step-sons, Robert Terral and Martin Terral, both of Jena and George Terral of Pasagoula, Miss.; two brothers, Sherman Lee Cox of Longview, Texas and J. Wiley Cox of Lebanon, Mo.; 16 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren and a number of neices and nephews. ========== -------- COX, Ida -------- Submitted by: Kathy LeMay Kelly P.O. Box 219 Trout, La. 71371 Submitted: July 1999 Source: The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Micro Film at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Date: July 13, 1977 Headline: Miss Ida Cox Dies At Age 85; Rites Sunday Miss Ida Cox of Jena died at age 85 Saturday morning at 7:30 a.m. at LaSalle General Hospital. Funeral services for Miss Cox were held July 10 at 2:30 p.m. at Hixson Bros. Chapel with Rev. Mickey Bounds officiating. Burial was at Belah Cemetery under the direction of Hixson Bros. Inc. Survivors include two nephews and five nieces. ======================================= ========== > END OF RECORD <=========== =======================================