Obituary of SHELBY GILMORE, 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:  April 7, 1960

Headline:  Shelby Gilmore Succumbs in Olla Hospital

Shelby Gilmore, 57, a longtime resident of Zenoria, died Saturday at 2 a. m. 
in the Olla Hospital.  He was a mill wright.

Services were conducted Sunday at 2:30 p. m. from the Zenoria Baptist Church 
with the Revs. Leslie McCartney and Coda Salter in charge.  Burial was in 
Chalk Hill Cemetery under the direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of 
Jena.

Survivors include Gilmore's wife, Mrs. Aline Gilmore of Zenoria; one 
daughter, Mrs. Van H. Schmutz of Lake Charles; one brother, J. P. Gilmore of 
Tullos; three sons, John T. Gilmore of Lake Charles, Shelby J. Gilmore of the 
U. S. Navy, Albert H. Gilmore of Zenoria; two sisters, Mrs. Ivy Hutchins of 
Harrisonburg, Mrs. Mellie Ebby of Alexandria; his mother, Mrs. Cora Maxwell 
Gilmore of Zenoria and five grandchildren. 

Pallbearers were Bud Miles, Carson Weaver, Bass Brister, Pat McBroom, Jim 
Whatley and Haskell McBroom.