Obituary of J. E. DOUGHTY , LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

Copied and Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 902 Kilgore Court, Allen, TX, 75013 
(No relation to Mr. Doughty)

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:  April 10, 1958, Thursday

Headline:  J. E. Doughty, 63, Is Buried Wednesday at Pine Grove Cemetery

J. E. Doughty, 63, native and longtime resident of LaSalle Parish and the 
Jena area, was buried Wednesday following rites held at the Pine Grove 
Cemetery.

Services for Mr. Doughty were held at the First Baptist Church in Ferriday, 
with the Rev. Briggs and the Rev. McKeithen conducting the rites.

A resident of Ferriday for the past 10 years, Mr. Doughty died in a hospital 
there Tuesday morning.  He had been in ill health since last August.

A member of the long-established and prominent family in this section of 
Louisiana, Mr. Doughty is survived by his wife, the former Ruth Renfrow; two 
daughters, Mrs. Velda May Doughty Wilson and Mrs. Gladys Doughty Hutchenson; 
six sisters, Mrs. John Wilson and Mrs. J. A. Smith, both of Jena; Mrs. S. B. 
Spinks of the Fellowship community; Mrs. Minnie Arthurs of Foules, Mrs. Ada 
Haynes of Blade and Miss Lillie Doughty of Routon; a brother, W. R. Doughty 
of Sulphur Springs, Texas; three grandchildren and a number of nieces and 
nephews.

Interment was in the old family cemetery plot at Pine Grove.  Serving as 
pallbearers were "Bo" Wilson, J. Doughty, Beard Spinks, Coy Doughty, Hugh 
Arthurs, James Smith, Aubrey Doughty and Monroe Wright.