Obituary of John Brooks Humphries, Sr., LaSalle Parish, Louisiana


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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal;
Micro Film at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.


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HUMPHRIES, J.B., Sr.

 John Brooks Humphries, Sr. 65, of Route 2 Pollock died in an Alexandria
Hospital last Friday. He was a native of LaSalle Parish.

 Funeral services were held last Sunday in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with
Rev. Dennie Loddatto and Rev. Donald Lemons officiating.

 Interment followed in the church cemetery under direction of John Kramer and
Son Funeral Home.

 Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Edna Edwards Humphries of Pollock; one
daughter, Carolyn Sue Humphries of Pollock; two sons, James E. Humphries of
Pollock and John B. Humphries, Jr. of Denver, Colo.; five brothers, Tommy
Humphries of Leesburg, Fla., Bobby Humphries of Las Vegas, Nev., Shade
Humphries of Port Arthur, Texas, Lewis Humphries of Jena, J.J. Humphries of
Houston, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Flukinger of Houston and Mrs. Ola
Payne of Fort Smith, Ark., and four grandchildren.

 Pallbearers were Stanley Hinds, Jerry Edwards, D.E. Morrow, Jan Tolar, 
Monroe Silver and George Hinds.

(The Jena Times, Thursday, March 14, 1974)