Obituary of MILTON COUSERT FINLEY, 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.

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Date:  Jan 11, 1934, Thursday

Headline: Milton Finley is Called by Death at Family Home

Sub-Headline: Car Accident Fatal to Popular Young Man of this Section

A veil of sorrow was cast over this entire section last Saturday afternoon 
when it became known that Milton Cousert Finley, aged 37, had passed away at 
the home of his father near Trout at 1:45 o'clock.  Mr. Finley was injured in 
an automobile accident near Jonesville on November 14th and was conveyed to a 
Natchez hospital where he remained for seven weeks.  Last week he was 
returned to his father's home here and all of the loving care and medical 
attention possible was given to him, but he passed away quietly on Saturday 
afternoon surrounded by the immediate members of his family.

"Bud", as Mr. Finely was familiarly known to the people of this section, was 
born in Stamps, Arkansas, on March 19, 1897, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam H. 
Finley.  Shortly after the Trout mill was started in 1904 the family moved to 
Trout where they have resided continuously.  "Bud" saw service in the World 
War and was a member of the American Legion.  Except for the time he was in 
the service and a few years spent as a saw mill employee in Jasper, Texas, 
Mr. Finley has lived  in and around Trout.

He was married in 1921 to Miss Inez Manchester, to which union three 
children, Milton, Sam, and Mary Pearl, were born.  They, with their mother 
survive him.  He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Other 
relatives surviving him are his father and mother, of Trout, and the 
following brothers and sisters:  Dr. Paul Finley, Bogalusa; Mrs. C. C. North 
and Mrs. F. N. Steele, Monroe; Mrs. E. E. Dunlap of Jackson, La.; Mrs. C. A. 
Jones, DeRidder; Mrs. W. B. Jarvis, Trout, and Mrs. N. T. Andrews of Jena.

Funeral services were held at the family home on Sunday afternoon at 3 pm, 
interment following in the Belah Cemetery.  Members of the American Legion 
acted as pall bearers and assisted at the grave with the services being 
conducted by Rev. A. S. J. Neill, pastor of the Methodist Church, of Jena.