Obituary of REV. J. O. BENNETT, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

Copied and Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 15520 Swan Lake Blvd., Gulfport, MS 
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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.

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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Date:  July 11, 1940

Headline:  Rev. J. O. Bennett, Former Meth. Pastor Here, Dies in Ind.

Funeral services for Rev. J. O. Bennett were held at the Colfax Methodist 
Church at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning July 10 with J. C. Rousseaux in 
charge of the services, the funeral address was delivered by Dr. R. H. Harper 
of Alexandria.  Interment was made in the Colfax Cemetery.

The deceased died Saturday, June 29, at Seymour, Indiana, at the age of 83 
years.

Rev. Bennett had many friends in Jena who were saddened by his death.  He was 
pastor of the Jena Methodist Church for one year, receiving church for four 
years, from November 1917 to November 1921.

He is survived by two sons, R. C. Bennett of Huntsville, Ala., and W. A. 
Bennett of Phoenix, Arizona; two daughters, Mrs. A. S. J. Neill of Athens and 
Mrs. W. H. Kaufman of Seymour, Ind.

Friends of the family in Jena and surrounding community extend their sympathy 
in this sorrow.