Obituary of OPHELIA KNAPP, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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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:  October 31, 1957

Headline:  Mrs. Ophelia Knapp Dies at Her Home; Burial is in Belah

Mrs. Ophelia Knapp, 80, a resident of Trout, rural route, for the past 50 
years of so, who died Oct. 28, at 7:10 a.m. at her home, was buried Oct. 29 
following funeral services at 2 p.m. at the Fellowship Baptist Church.

The Revs. S. B. Spinks, Charles Woods and W. O. Lynch conducted the final 
rites with interment following in the Belah Cemetery under the direction of 
Hixson Funeral Home of Jena.

Mrs. Knapp, one of LaSalle Parish's oldest and most beloved citizens and 
matriarch of a large family, is survived by six daughters, Mrs. J. R. Heard 
of Shreveport, Mrs. J. T. Breland of Baton Rouge, Mrs. L. G. Burnum of Jena, 
Mrs. A. A. Jones of Trout, Mrs. P. J. Taylor of Trout, and Mrs. J. W. Breland 
of Shreveport; four sons, P. V. Dykes of Shreveport, L. T. Knapp of Jena, R. 
H. Knapp of Marshall, Texas, and J. A. Knapp of Trout; one brother, E. Meek 
of Monroe; three sisters, Mrs. John McKay of Pollock, Mrs. Mae Spangler of 
Dallas, Texas, and Mrs. J. D. Moore of Jefferson City, Mo.; 25 grandchildren 
and 10 great-grandchildren.

Serving as pallbearers were J. W. Curtis, Jimmy Breland, Adrian Heard, Larry 
Heard, P. V. Dykes, and Lester Taylor, all grandsons of the deceased.