Obituary of LAMAR FLAHERTY, 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:  February 17, 1949

Headline:  Reburial Services for Lamar Flaherty Held Wed., Feb. 16

Reburial services for Pfc. Lamar Flaherty, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. 
Flaherty, of Jena, were held at 2 p.m., Wednesday at the Magnolia Cemetery 
where interment also took place.  Dargan Brooks and Tom Ratcliff were in 
charge of the funeral services which were conducted with military rites under 
the direction of the local post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.  This post 
is named the Whatley-Flaherty Post in honor of the deceased.

Pfc. Flaherty was killed action Monday, May 14, 1945.  This invasion was the 
third in which he participated, having taken part in the Iwo Jima invasion 
and one other.  During his term of service he received the Combat Infantry 
Badge, awarded for courage and devotion to duty on the field of battle.

He is survived by his daughter, Sharon; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. F. 
Flaherty, one sister, Mrs. Ernest Finklea, of Shreveport, La.; two brothers, 
Fred W. and Mike A., of Jena.

The funeral was under the direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home.