Obituary of GERALD WAYNE EVANS, 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:  April 20, 1967, Thursday

Headline:  Rites Held for Gerald Wayne Evans at Wallace Ridge

Gerald Wayne Evans, 30, of Orange, Texas, died at approximately 5:54 pm 
Sunday, April 16, 1967 near Baytown, Tex.

Mr. Evans was a dredge boat operator and he was discovered missing from the 
boat Sunday afternoon.  Upon dragging, workers found his body.  He was a 
member of the Baptist Church.

Funeral services were held at 10:00 o'clock Wednesday morning at Wallace 
Ridge Baptist Church with the Rev. L. C. Coates officiating.  Burial was in 
Heard Cemetery at Manifest under the direction of Kinner and Stevens Funeral 
Home, Jena.

Survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Evans of Orange, Tex.; two 
brothers, Charles and Tommy, both of Orange, Texas; one sister, Mrs. Joyce 
Helen Thurman of Orange, Texas, and a grandparent, Mrs. C. T. Bass of 
Harrisonburg.