Obituary of LAVERNE CORLEY, 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 15, 1955

Headline:  Laverne Corley, 18, is Buried Wednesday

Miss Laverne Corley, 18-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Corley of 
Route 1, Trout, who died Monday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. at Gaharan's Clinic in 
Jena, was buried Wednesday morning at Belah Cemetery.

Final rites for Miss Corley were held at the Belah Methodist Church, with the 
Rev. G. A. Pritchard conducting the services assisted by the Revs. Bernace 
Thaxton, S. B. Spinks, and Jesse Norris.

Interment in Belah Cemetery was under the direction of Hixson Brothers 
Funeral Home of Jena.

Miss Corley, a former student of Jena High School, had been in ill health for 
some time.  She was forced to drop out of school about a year ago.

In addition to her parents, the young woman is survived by two sisters, 
Elizabeth Sue and Ida Clydell Corley, both of Route 1, Trout, and her 
maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Beavers of Route 1, Trout.

Pallbearers were Wilbur Ray Poole, Rinard Poole, Lewis Corley, Floyd 
Humphries, Jesse Caldwell, and Reginald Foley.