Obituary of James Lee Monk, Jr., LaSalle Parish, Louisiana


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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal;
Wednesday, June 24, 1998


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James Lee Monk, Jr.

James Lee Monk, Jr., 73, of Jena, died Monday, June 29, 1998 at the Veterans
Affairs Medical Center in Pineville following an extended illness.

He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the United States Navy. He
was born October 30, 1924 at Oakdale to the union of James Lee Sr. and Vivian
Addison Monk.

Services were held at 2 p.m., Thursday, July 2, at the chapel of Riser Funeral
Home in Columbia with Rev. Alban Poole officiating.

Interment followed in the Old Bethel Cemetery near Clarks under direction of
Riser, Columbia.

Survivors include three daughters, Carolyn Coleman, Evelyn Tullos and
Charlotte Barnes, all of Jena; one son, Carl Weatherford of Ocean Springs,
Ms.; one brother, Clarence Arthur Monk of Baton Rouge; and seven
grandchildren.