Obituary of Joseph V. Nesby, 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.
Clippings at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.
Wednesday, July 11, 1990


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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Joseph V. Nesby

Joseph V. Nesby, 64, of Ithaca, New York, died at 9:25 a.m. on Saturday, June
30, 1990 at his residence.

He was a native of LaSalle Parish and was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
He was a security officer at Ithaca College and received the Good Neighbor
Award from the City of Ithaca.

He was a member of the American Red Cross for 20 years, VFW post No. 961 and
the American League Post No. 1695. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church
where he served as a trustee.

Services were held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, July 7, at Mars Hill Baptist Church
near Jena.

Burial followed in Webster Cemetery near Trout under direction of Hixson
Brothers Funeral Home of Jena.

Survivors include his wife, Mary Daughton Nesby of Ithaca, N.Y.; his parents,
Rev. Harrison and Roena Nesby of Jena; two brothers, Harrison Nesby Jr. of
Alamogordo, N.M. and Samuel Tom Nesby of Houston, Texas; and four sisters,
Vassie Holland of Alamogordo, N.M., Susan Ellion of Elmire, N.Y., Ernestine
Worthington of Jena and Wilma Bush of Natchitoches.

He was buried with full military honors.

Pallbearers were the Ft. Polk Military Honor Guard.

Honorary pallbearers were Taft Jackson, Henry Bush, Lawrence Ellison and
Fredrick Worthington.