Obituary of John Robert Koonce, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana


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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal, Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.;
Wednesday, July 15, 1998


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John Robert Koonce

John Robert Koonce, 81, of Jena, died at 1:15 a.m., Saturday, July 11, 1998,
at the Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria.

He was retired from American natural Resources pipeline Company, a member of
the First Baptist Church in Jena and a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served
during World War II where he received the Bronze Star for valor.

He was born in McCool, Miss., on Feb. 25, 1917, to the union of M. D. and Lou
Ella Koonce.

Services were held at 2 p.m., Sunday, July 12, at the chapel of Kinner and
Stevens Funeral Home in Jena with Dr. William Poe officiating.

Interment followed in the Jena Cemetery of Jena under direction of Kinner and
Stevens, Inc., of Jena.

Survivors include his wife, Lurlene R. Koonce of Jena; one daughter, Sarah
Anne Koonce Farmer of Brick, N.J.; two sisters, Ella Worrell of Durant, Ms.
and Velma Worrell of Ackerman, Ms.; and two grandsons.

Pallbearers were Gary Compton, Clay White, N. H. Poole, Sonny Peterson, Wendel
Wilson, and Leon Gibson.