Obituary of Jasper N. Murphey, Sr., LaSalle Parish, Louisiana


Copied and Submitted by :Kathy LeMay Kelly, P.O. Box 219, Trout, La. 71371

From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.
Micro Film at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.
Thursday, August 12, 1954


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Rites Are Held for Jasper N. Murphey

Jasper N. Murphey, 84, died in a Shreveport hospital at 11 a.m. Sunday, Aug.
8. He lived at 2744 Catherine etreet in Shreveport.

Survivors are his wife, Mrs. J. N. Murphey of Shreveport; three sons, J. N.
Murphey, Jr., of Fort Payne, Ala., Willie Murphey of Guthrie kla.; and Philip
T. Murphey of Quitman, Miss.; four daughters, Mrs. Maybel Ussery of
Georgetown; Mrs. Lola Kelly of Shreveport; Mrs. Mavis Ayles of Dallas, Texas;
and Mrs. Orena Mann of Shreveport, and 12 grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Monday at the Free Methodist church in Jena at 2:30
p.m.

The Revs. V. T. Bradford and Austin Smith conducted the final rites, with
interment following in Belah cemetary under direction of Hixson Brothres
Funeral home of Jena.

E. Y. Roark, C. L. Manchester, John Tarver, Steve Crooks, Edward Ussery and
Willard Estees served as pallbearers for the re-farmer and former resident of
LaSalle parish.