Obituary of JOHN W. GLIDEWELL, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  
Clippings 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:  September 13, 2000, Wednesday

Headline: Area Deaths

Sub-Headline:  John W. Glidewell

John W. Glidewell, 88, of Olla, died at the LaSalle General Hospital of Jena 
on Saturday, September 9, 2000.

He was a retired oil pumper for the Placid Oil Corporation and was a member 
of the Olla First Baptist Church.  He was born at Selma on Nov. 18, 1911, to 
the union of Richard Turner and Ola Ingles Glidewell.

Glidewell served in the United States Air Force where he received the 
distinguished flying cross and was also a prisoner of war during World War 
II.

Services were held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 12, at the Olla First Baptist 
Church with the Revs. Milton Wilson and Woody Rimes officiating.  

Interment followed in the Olla Cemetery under direction of Riser Funeral Home 
of Olla.

Survivors include his wife, Jean Brown Glidewell of Olla; one son, John 
Charles Glidewell; one daughter, Theresa Glidewell Gaddis of Jena; two 
grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers were Jonathan Gaddis, Pete Taylor, Richard Simmons, Blake Sims, 
William Moody, Mac Barksdale, Lee Braddock, and Edward Harris.

Honorary pallbearers were Gerald Glidewell and Mickey Riley.