Obituary of HENRY BENJAMIN COON, 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 19, 1957, Thursday

Headline:  Ben Coon, 71, Dies at Jena Hospital

Henry Benjamin Coon, 71, a resident of Jena for the past 10 years, died at 
Jena Hospital Saturday night about 9 o'clock.  Funeral services were 
scheduled for this (Thurs.) afternoon at the Tidwell Cemetery near Nebo, but 
in the event of inclement weather, the rites will be held at the Crossroads 
Baptist Church.

The Rev. O. G. Cannon was scheduled to conduct the final rites, with 
interment in Tidwell Cemetery under the direction of Kinner and Stevens Home 
for Funerals, Jena.

Mr. Coon, a member of the Nebo Baptist Church, is survived by his wife, Mrs. 
Mary Coon, of Jena; five sons, Wade of Trout, Oral of Dallas, Texas, James of 
Jena, Marvin of Houston, Texas, and William of the U. S. Navy; two brothers, 
Monroe and Louis, both of Nebo; and a sister, Mrs. Ila Graham of Nebo, and 
seven grandchildren.