Obituary of MARY JANE GANEY, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

Copied and Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 15520 Swan Lake Blvd., Gulfport, MS 
39503

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 23, 1936, Thursday

Headline:  Beloved lady Dies at Home on Saturday
Sub-headline:  Mrs. R. E. Ganey Buried at Chalk Hill Last Sunday P.M.

Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock on Sunday afternoon for Mrs. Mary 
Jane Ganey, aged 66, wife of R. E. "Uncle Bob" Ganey, of Little Creek, and 
one of the most beloved women in this section.  Interment was in the Chalk 
Hill Cemetery at Zenoria with Rev. Albritton, officiating.  The funeral 
arrangements were under the direction of Kinner & Stevens, local undertakers.

Mrs. Ganey's death came on Saturday morning at 7 o'clock and was attributed 
to apoplexy.  She had been a resident of the Little Creek community her 
entire lifetime and had made many friends because of her lovable disposition 
and her willingness to help her friends and neighbors at all times.

She was a devout member of the Baptist Church and had lived a Christian life 
since her admission to the church at Little Creek.

Surviving the deceased are her husband and the following sons and daughter:  
C. L. Ganey, J. F. Ganey, J. E. Ganey, C. P. Ganey, Lidia Cockerham, Idella 
Ganey, Emma Warwick, all of whom reside in this section and A. J. Ganey of 
Woodlake, California.  She also leaves a score of other relatives whose 
friends join in mourning her untimely death.