Obituary of WILLIAM E. ACKLEN, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  

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Date: March 8, 2000

Headline: Area Deaths
Sub-Headline: William E. Acklen

William E. Acklen, 87, of Jena, died Wednesday, March 1, 2000, at his 
residence.  

He was a retired civil engineer for the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries 
Commission.  He was a member of the Baptist faith and a veteran of the U. S. 
Army, having served during World War II.

 He was born March 16, 1912, at Arcadia to the union of Charley and Evie 
Effie Caldwell Acklen.

Services were held at 2 p.m., Thursday, March 2, at the chapel of Kinner and 
Stevens Funeral Home in Jena with the Revs. Lloyd Mayeau and Dominik DiCarlo 
officiating.

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

Survivors include his wife, Ann Acklen of Jena; two sons, Charles Acklen and 
David Acklen, both of Shreveport; one stepson, Curtis "Butch" Davis of Jena; 
two brothers, J. E. Acklen of League City, Texas, and J. J. Acklen of 
Buchanna Dam, Texas; five grandchildren, four great-grandchildren; three 
step-grandchildren and one step great-grandchildren. 

Pallbearers were Bradley Acklen, Bryan Acklen, Joshua Davis, Richard Davis, 
Bobby Moorehead, and James Colvin.

Honorary pallbearers were Paul Jastram, Ralph Wall, and Gorde DeLoach.