Obituary of ROBERT L. FAIRBANKS, 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:  January 24, 1974, Thursday

Headline:  Robert Fairbanks

Robert L. Fairbanks, 79, of Wildsville, died at the Catahoula Parish Hospital 
last Thursday, January 17, 1974.  He was a retired farmer, deacon of 
Evangeline Baptist Church and a veteran of World War I.

Funeral services were held at Evangeline Baptist Church of Wildsville at 11 
a.m. Saturday with Revs. Willard Sandifer, J. O. McNair, and S. B. Spinks 
officiating.

Interment followed in Evangeline Cemetery of Wildsville under arrangements by 
Hixson Brothers Inc. of Jena.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mamie Linzy Fairbanks of Wildsville; two 
daughters, Mrs. Lesley Parker of Jena and Mrs. Theresa Jones of Wildsville; 
two sons, Gerald Fairbanks of Fort Worth, Texas, and Ronald L. Fairbanks of 
Wildsville; one sister, Mrs. May Hawthorne of Jonesville; ten grandchildren 
and three great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were James Edward Hutchins, Skeet Tosspen, Clyd LaCroix, Ralph 
Fairbanks, Ronald Hawthorne, Bob Hutchins, Reggie LaCroix, and Fred Fairbanks.