Obituary of Lt. Clarence "Mac" McLendon, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana


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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.
Clipping at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.
Wednesday, January 17, 1990; page 2B


Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for
allowing the following to be added to the Archives.
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Lt. Clarence McLendon

Baton Rouge City Police Lt. Clarence "Mac" McLendon, 44, a native of LaSalle
Parish, died in a freak hunting accident on Saturday, Jan. 6th, when the deer
stand in which he was perched collapsed and fell to the ground.

McLendon, a native of Trout and resident of Baker, was a U.S. Marine before
joining the Baton Rouge police force 22 years ago, splitting his service
between the detective and uniformed patrol bureaus. He was promoted to sergent
in June 1976 and lieutenant 10 years later.

He was a member of Faith Baptist Church in Baker.

Services were held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9th, at Faith Church in Baker
with Rev. Bill Bolden, officiating.

Burial was in Hillcrest Cemetery in Baker.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara Lee McLendon of Baker; his mother, Mattie
Bradford of Jena; three daughters, Angela, Leah and Melody McLendon, all of
Baker; two sisters, Faye Manchester of Gretna and Melvalene Myers of Lake
Providence.

Pallbearers were W. D. Wales, Jurgen Himpler, Leonard Eusay, Lee Leggett,
Landon Devall and Barry Wynne.

Honorary pallbearers were members of the Baton Rouge Police Department.