Obituary of TOM HENDERSON, JR., 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. ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Date: February 24, 1949 Headline: Rites for Tom Henderson Held in Haynesville Private reburial services for Lt. Tom Henderson, Jr., who was once employed by H. R. Hayes Lumber Co., here in Jena, were held at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Henderson, in Haynesville, La., February 15. The Rev. Caroll D. Wood, of Monticello, Ark., officiated. Interment took place in the Haynesville Old Town Cemetery. Lt. Henderson entered the Army in Jena in 1942. He was killed in action on New Georgia in the Pacific on July 27, 1943.