Obituary of DR. JOHN NEAL BLUME, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Microfilm
at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.

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allowing the following to be added to the Archives.





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Date: Apirl 28, 1932

Headline: Dr. Blume Killed in Accident; Was Buried Tuesday/Victim Was Well 
Known in Jena Where He Formerly Lived

Dr John Neal Blume, of Arcadia, formerly of Jena, died at the Tri-State 
Sanitarium in Shreveport at 2pm Monday, April 25, following an automobile 
accident in which the car he was riding in was struck by a train at Gibsland, 
La.

Dr Blue was 58 year old, a member of the Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge and 
Order of the Eastern Star.  About ten years  ago, he moved away from Jena, 
where he had lived for a number of years.  Funeral services were held Tuesday 
afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Arcadia Methodist Church, with Revs Lee and 
Carraway, both of Arcadia, presiding.

The Masonic Lodge of Arcadia had charge of ceremonies at the grave.  
Interment was made at Arcadia cemetery.

Deceased is surved by his widow, Mrs Rosalee Dayton Chapman Blume, one 
daughter, Mrs Gene Washburn, of Santa Rosa, Texas; one stepdaughter, Mrs J. 
W. Baker, of Shreveport; one stepson, Claude Chapman, of Arcadia, and his 
mother, who resides in minden.

Those from Jena attending the funeral were Mr and Mrs J. U. Greer, Miss 
Thelma Greer, Aubrey and Aaron Greer and Walter Dayton.