Obituary of JESSIE RAY KENNON, 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:  May 18, 1967, Thursday

Headline:  Auto Accident Takes Life of Mr. J. R. Kennon

A Pineville man, Jessie Ray Kennon, 30, was killed near Ball in an auto 
accident Monday night.

Mr. Kennon's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Kennon, both reside in Jena, as does 
a sister, Mrs. Rose Mary Allen.

He was killed at 10 pm Monday.  He was employed as an automobile mechanic.

Funeral services were held at 11 am Wednesday at Midway Pentecostal Church 
with the Revs Ross Allen, Everett Mayo, and C. D. Thornton, officiating.  
Burial was in Belah Cemetery under the direction of Kinner and Stevens 
Funeral Home, Jena.

Survivors are his wife; one daughter, Debra Annette; one son, Jeffery Ray; 
four sisters, Mrs. Hattie Windham of Pineville, Mrs. Betty Cotton of 
Alexandria, Mrs. Rose Mary Allen of Jena, and Miss Joy Ann Kennon of 
Columbia, S. C.; and his parents.