Obituary of WILLIAM WALTER BREWTON, 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.

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:  December 6, 1951

Headline: Funeral Rites Held for W. W. Brewton, Former Tax Assessor

William Walter Brewton, 65, prominent Jena citizen and member of the Board of 
Directors of the Bank of Jena, died suddenly at his residence in Jena Monday 
morning.  Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist 
Church of Jena, with rev. J. P. Owens, pastor of the church, officiating.  
Interment was in Nolley memorial Cemetery under the direction of Kinner and 
Stevens Home for Funerals.  A Masonic service was conducted at the gravesite 
by Michael Dempsey Lodge No. 327, F and AM.

Mr. Brewton was an outstanding public servant in LaSalle Parish.  He served 
12 years as LaSalle Parish Tax Assessor, many years as vice president of the 
Bank of Jena and four years as Bank President.  

He was elected tax assessor in the year 1936 and was reelected in 1940 and 
1944.  He was elected President of the Bank of Jena on Aug. 21, 1941, and 
served until the presidency changed in August 1945.

Mr. Brewton was a member of the Baptist Church; a member of Michael Dempsey 
lodge No. 327, F and AM, Jena; a member of Royal Arch Chapter No. 86, Urania; 
and a member of Knight Templer, Trinity Commandery No. 8, Alexandria.

Born at Goldonna on Jan. 6, 1896, Mr. Brewton came to Jena in the year 1916.  
In the year 1918, he was married to Sadie Smith, who survives him.

Survivors in addition to his wife are a son, William Walter Brewton, Jr., of 
Jena; a daughter, Mrs. Walterine Durham of Memphis, Tenn.; two sisters, Mrs. 
Lillian Terral of Mansfield, and Mrs. S. S. Whitener, Sr., of Marshall, Tex.; 
and two grandchildren.

Pallbearers at the funeral were Claude Davis, Howard Davis, Coy Doughty, 
Clyde Russell, Ernest Andrews, Phil Gaharan, Barney Basham, E. E. Jones, and 
Glen Drewett.