Obituary of Kenneth "Cooter" Harris, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana


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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 20, 1990; page 12A


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Searcy Lake claims life of Jena Man

Kenneth "Cooter" Harris, 29 of Jena, drowned near the west shore of Searcy
Lake near midnight last Saturday, according to a report from the LaSalle
Parish Sheriff's Department.

Deputies received a call at 11:42 p.m. that Harris was missing in Searcy Lake,
where he and some friends had went in the water.

After the rescue unit arrived, it took officers about 20 minutes to recover
the body from the lake. Dr. I.C. Turnley Jr., LaSalle Parish Coroner, was
called to the scene and pronounced Harris dead and ordered an autopsy.

Harris was an oilfield construction worker and was affiliated with Jena Church
of God.

Services were held at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday in Jena Church of God with the Rev.
Claudy Gary, officiating.

Burial followed in Pine Grove Cemetery of Rhinehart under direction of Hixson
Brothers Inc. of Jena.

Survivors include his parents, M.H. and Annie Myrl Harris of Jena; three
brothers, Malcolm Walden Harris of Wisner and Shelton Neal Harris and Derwin
Dee Harris, both of Jena; and a sister Delba Lynn Hudnall of Jena.

Pallbearers were David Allbritton, Wesley Eubanks, Danny Roark, Bobby Willis,
Robert Ainsworth and J.W. Myles.