Obituary of Mayo B. (M. B.) DORSEY, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

Copied and Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 15520 Swan Lake Blvd., Gulfport, MS 
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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:  August 22, 1957

HEADLINE:  Brother-In-Law of Jena Man, Woman Dies at Opelousas

M. B. Dorsey, 62, of Opelousas, who died suddenly on Aug. 12 at 6:30 p.m. 
from a heart attack, was buried last Thursday at the cemetery in Pollock, his 
boyhood home, according to information reaching this paper this week.

Mr. Dorsey was married to the former Ethel Coon of Jena, sister of Mrs. H. W. 
Cannon and Hobson Coon.

According to the report received by this paper, Mr. Dorsey, a retired 
employee of an oil company, had just left his home to go down town and had 
stopped at a service station nearby when he was stricken with a heart attack.

A member of the Methodist Church of Opelousas and the Masonic Lodge, Mr. 
Dorsey is survived by his wife, three sons, Mayo, Jr., of Lafayette, Dan of 
Opelousas, Don of the U. S. Army now stationed in the state of Washington; 
three grandchildren and several half-brothers, including Millard Walters, who 
formerly resided in Jena.

Funeral services were held at the chapel of an Opelousas funeral home with 
the Methodist minister conducting the final rites.  Masonic services were 
held at the graveside in Pollock.