Obituary of HENRY DOUGHTY, 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 13, 1956, Thursday

Headline:  Henry Doughty Dies at Jonesboro Home

Henry Doughty, 75, of Jonesboro, a native and farmer resident of the 
Manifest-Rhinehart area, was buried recently at the Jonesboro Cemetery, 
following his death at a Jonesboro hospital on Nov. 28.  Mr. Doughty had been 
in poor health about a year but had reentered the hospital only a few days 
before his death.

The Rev. W. D. Becton of Westlake and the Rev. David Mason, pastor of the 
First Baptist Church of Jonesboro where Mr. Doughty was a member, conducted 
the final rites, with the interment under the direction of Southern Funeral 
Home of Jonesboro.

A teacher in the public schools for many years, clerk of the Ouachita Baptist 
Association for a long period of time, and retired several years ago as a 
school bus driver, Mr. Doughty is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ola Walker 
Doughty of Jonesboro; four daughters, Mrs. Allegra Kirkland of Beaumont, 
Texas; Mrs. Melba Roberts of Shreveport; Mrs. Dot White of Westlake, and Mrs. 
Betty Moseley of Jonesboro; one sister, Mrs. P. C. Girlinghouse of Jena, two 
brothers, J. M. Doughty of Pineville and A. G. Doughty of Bakersfield, 
Calif., and eight grandchildren.