Obituary of Leslie O'Bannon Carter, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.
Clippings 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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July 20, 1950, Thursday

Funeral Held for Mrs. J.W. Carter, 73, On Tuesday Morning

Funeral services were held Tuesday at 10 a.m. from the First Baptist church of
Jena for Mrs. Leslie O'Bannon carter, wife of MR. J. Wolfe Carter of Jena and
aunt of Mr. Malcolm Lafargue, candidate for the U.S. Senate.

The Rev. J.P. Owens, pastor of church, assisted by Dr. J.L. Stone, former
pastor and now head of social science department at Arkansas A&M college,
Monticello, Ark. Was in charge of services, with interment in the Nolley
Memorial cemetery under the direction of Hixson Brothers.

Mrs. Carter died Sunday night at 11:30 o'clock at the age of 73, following a
long and lingering illness. She was active in the Order of the Eastern Star
and a talented painter and needlecraft worker. She was a native of Summerfield
in Claiborne parish and a graduate of the old Mt. Lebonon college which later
was moved to Pineville and established at Louisiana college.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by three sons, Charles of Reeves,
La., Alton, postmaster at Jonesville and Turner of Jena; two sisters, Mrs.
Lizzie Lafargue of Marksville and Mrs. A. Eolian Baker Hardy of Mt. Lebanon,
one brother, T.W. O'Bannon of Pollock, two grand-daughters and numerous nieces
and nephews.

Those attending the funeral services for Mrs. Carter from out of town were
R.W. Cotton, Ernest J. White, Thomas H. McClure, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Beard, Mrs.
Rita Farley, Velma Jones, Mrs. Fred V. Fairbanks and Mrs. D.E. Brown, all of
Jonesville; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wright, JR. And Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Barr, all of
Ruston; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wright, Sr., Randall Wright and Narcissa Walters,
all of Baton Rouge; Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Human of Sulphur, Mr. Don R. Baker and
Don O. Baker of Leland, Miss., Mr. and Mrs. L.T. Baker, Mr. Carl Lafargue,
Mrs. Edith Armitage and Thelma Gardner, all of Shreveport.

Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Baker and Mrs. Frank D. Niles of Alexandria; Mrs. Edwin L.
Lafargue, Sr. and Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Lafargue, Jr. of Marksville; Mrs. Erline
Escude of Mansura, Ruth Carter, Dave carter and Andrew Carter, all of Monroe;
Mrs. Ben Lanier of Winnsboro, Mrs. Camie Hoover, Mrs. George K. Broadway and
Hiram Wright of Gilbert; Mr. And Mrs. J.B.  Thompson of Columbia; Mrs. T.L.
Sorrell of Grayson; Mr. and Mrs. J.U. Greer of Trout, Dr. J.L Stone of
Monticello, Ark., R.F. McGuffee and Cobby McGuffee of Enterprise and Forsythe
Carter and Mrs and Mrs. Ronald Richardson, Harrisonburg.