Obituary of E. LOTT COTTEN, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana Copied and Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 15520 Swan Lake Blvd., Gulfport, MS 39503 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. ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Date: September 5, 1946, Thursday Headline: Funeral Services for E. L. Cotten, 93, Held Sept. 1st Funeral services were held on September 1, 1946, Rev. A. B. Masters, Jonesville, officiating, for E. Lott Cotten, aged 93 years, at Harrisonburg Cemetery, with Hixson Bros., funeral directors, in charge of funeral arrangements. Death came on August 31, at 12:30 p. m. at his home in Harrisonburg. Mr. Cotten was born in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, on June 21, 1853. He later moved to Catahoula Parish, where he has resided for the past thirty years. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Mattie Strong, Jonesville, and Mrs. Lucy Husband, Harrisonburg; three sons, Oscar Cotten, Harrisonburg; Butler Cotten, Manifest; and Purvis Cotten, Gilbert, La.